Week 9

If the warmer weather and blooming cherry blossoms haven’t made it clear already, the fact that we’re almost completely through the month of March points to one thing: spring has officially sprung.

It also points to another hard-to-ignore fact: the Madness has finally begun.

I was home in NY for Easter weekend, and although I was busy catching up with family and friends, I made sure I was by a television on Friday night to watch Villanova’s game against Clemson. Text-messages also played a vital role in keeping me updated on the Nova v. Siena game during my Easter Sunday afternoon mass. It’s probably a good thing that I wasn’t in D.C. during the tournament’s opening weekend, since I probably would have been the only one celebrating Davidson’s (surprise) elimination of Georgetown. This Friday we go against Kansas, and although it’s going to be a tough game, it definitely won’t be a boring one.

I didn’t expect to miss D.C. while I was in New York City for only a few days, but I found myself comparing the two cities quite often. Although New York is great, it can almost be a little too quirky for me; D.C., on the other hand, has a more professional feel to it. It’s also a lot easier to learn the area – after living in New York for twenty-one years, I still wouldn’t be able to explain the quickest route to the posh streets of the Upper East Side from the downtown roads of Chelsea. I could never picture myself living in anywhere else but New York, but I’m slowly beginning to become attached to D.C. It’s probably not a good thing, seeing as how in a little over a month, I’ll be heading back home. But, it’ll definitely bring about more opportunities later on since I won’t be restricted to one city.

I should probably finish up my work writing sample now, but keep your fingers crossed that we advance to the Elite Eight !!