Friday, April 12, 2024

Final Four Chronicles: The Departure

 

The time has come for our crew to depart, and although we had a great time, we are more than ready to get back to civilization.  But, it is possible something fun, funny, or interesting occurs on our ways home.

Tuesday, April 9

22:03 - Kev-O notices that the Purdue fans on his flight are big mad.  Complainting that "Hurley doesn't do it the right way.  He touched a player [Edey] and that should have been a technical foul.

22:04 - Kev-O immediately realizes that this is why they lost by double digits.

22:05 - Sinickal tells him to mention that Edey commits assault 10 times a game and it is never called.

22:06 - Sinickal also notes that Kev-O's answer tells us that Purdue is big AND mad, not just big mad.

22:08 - From Kev-O, "Oh no.  Dude is like 5'7", which is confusing because I don't know how he got inside the building on January 6.

Wednesday, April 10

04:30 E.D.T. (approx.) - Kev-O wheels down in Atlanta.

06:00 P.S.T. - Both Pepster and Sinickal are up.  Tony is likely on a work call.

07:00 - Papa Si and Anne are up.  Anne starts preparing breakfast.

07:48 - Sinickal and Pepster go to Basher's for orange juice.  Pick up orange juice only.

07:57 - Sinickal and Pepster back at the house.  Walk into the house without the orange juice.  Return to the car.

07:58 - Anne asks if we got the text about buying jelly; we did not.

08:02 - Anne cooking breakfast reminds us of the first time we attending a Final Four together, in New Orleans, 2003, where Pepster's aunt Sylvia cooked us breakfast each-and-every morning.  Sinickal reminds everyone that Syracuse won that year behind Carmelo Anthony.  Anne remarks, "Has it been that long since Syracuse has won?"

8:20 - Breakfast is served.

8:22 - Anne proclaims that the Saga of the Jelly is solved.

8:58 - Discussion regarding nuclear power plant explosions.  Don't ask.

9:04 - Sinickal tells Anne that she should just move somewhere completely surrounded by nothingness, like the panhandle of Oklahoma, perhaps the northeast corner.

09:36 - To the airport for Tony's flight.

10:08 - See a guy riding a horse, in the middle of a field, outside a trailer park.

10:18 - Airport cheat code!

10:27 - Drop off Tony.

10:46 - Pepster and Sinickal at Coach House.  Live baseball on television.  Gotta love west coast time!

10:47 - Sinickal notes that he just loves the amount of people out drinking at this time in the morning during the middle of the week is astounding.

11:19 - To Cold Beer and Cheeseburgers for lunch.

11:24 - Enter Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers.

12:00 - Tony wheels up to New York.

12:47 - Exit Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers.  Sure we talked about stuff, but too exhausted to really realize and remember what it was.

12:59 - Pepster enters airport.

13:32 - Four girls in line for the jetway, looking like they came off of a girls weekend/week.  Two of the girls are wearing hats that say, "Dump Him!"  We hope it wasn't a bachelorette party!

14:00 - Pepster wheels up to Houston.  Nobody on his flight is wearing any college gear.  Final Four is definitely over.

18:30 C.D.T. - Pepster wheels down in Houston.

18:00 E.D.T. - Tony wheels down in New York.

19:20 C.D.T. - Pepster wheels up to Fort Lauderdale.

10:45 E.D.T. - Pepster wheels down in Fort Lauderdale.

00:10 - Pepster arrives home.

22:00 P.S.T. - Sinickal wheels up to DC.

Thursday, April 11

9:03 E.D.T. Sinickal is wheels down in Washington DC. We are a wrap for the 2024 Final Four Chronicles.

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