Nothing New +Addendum

Work is pretty typical.

Still waiting for my glasses to be shipped - zennioptical.

Butt surgery recovery is pretty much complete.

Waiting for Saturday College Football to start.

Oh yeah - basketball tickets arrived yesterday. Yaaay!

Addendum

How in the heck was NC State predicted to go 8-4 for sure? With 9-3 or 10-2 a real possibility?

Final Score: Florida State 34 - NC State 0.

Good Grief.

State is now 4-4 with 4 games left. UNC, Boston College, Clemson and Maryland.

We might, might, win 2 of them.

I Don't Believe It Except It Happened

Running errands this morning - grocery store, haircut, etc. and I'm finally headed home on South US 1 Freeway.

Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye I see, pooft, a wasp comes shooting out of the center AC vent of the dashboard.

And he's pissed. Really, really, pissed. Someone's going to pay for this little journey he's been on - and that someone is me.

So he's trying to sting me around the head and I'm swatting away at him.

At 65 mph on the freeway.

He's finally going for my right ear and I swat the ever loving shit out of him.

Along with the wasp - I get my glasses with the same swat. Which come flying off my face, bounce off the steering wheel, and go flying out the window.

At 65 mph on the freeway.

I. Can't. Belive. What. Just. Happened!

Fortunately, I keep 30 day contact lenses at home - and I've got 3 sets left. So I'm good till I can get some new glasses made.

Also fortunately, the rest of the drive was straight down the freeway with just a mile or so driving the country road to my house. My astigmatism is so bad - I can't even see the dashboard in front of me. It's all just a blur of grey, black and some white. I can't even read the signs along the road. Not talking about the speed limit signs - I'm talking about the big overhead and exit signs.

And - I'm out the hundreds new glasses will cost.

Stupid wasp.

Breakfast With The Basketball Team +Addendum

Just got back from the first (to become annual) Basketball Tip Off Breakfast at the Arena Club.

AD Yow started off with a candid assessment of where NCSU Sports is - not just basketball but overall. Positive and negative. She acknowledged that Wolfpack Club support is amazing and overwhelming in light of the performance of our teams over the past decade and more.

She gave us the frank report that improvement is a process and won't happen overnight. She concluded with (and I'm paraphrasing) that she's a dog person, but said she was giving away her age by remembering the "Hang In There Baby" poster back in the 70's - paused, and then said to us - "You're the Cat".

LOL

I like candid, straightforward, no bullshit people.

Both Yow and new head coach Mark Gottfried seem to be those kind of folks. I think I like 'em.

Assistant coach Orlando Early sat next to Chip and me. We had a nice conversation. Good people.

My optimism is renewed.

Addendum

Couple of photos from the Raleigh News & Observer. Chip and I are in the second photo. Where's Waldo?