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.
