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Dear Megan,

Son of a b**ch! I cannot believe that Vanderbilt choked that game away. I hate to sound like a whiner, but does this not happen every time we play in a big game at home? We have the game nearly in hand and then we find some way to give it right back. Rargh. I don't think that I have seen Vandy win a game at home bigger than, say, Ole Miss (and really, how hard is that these days?). Rumor has it that the two coaches (Bobby Johnson and Mark Richt) exchanged words on the field after the game regarding the Georgia players' celebration on the Vanderbilt logo (pictured). Given Bobby Johnson's well-documented aversion to cuss words, I am sure that that was a heated exchange. "Dang it, Mark! Get your dad-gum players of my gosh darn logo! Frak!"

I do have someone to blame, though, and that is the annoying chick who was sitting in front of us. She refused to stand up the entire time, and she even put her fingers in her ears when it got too loud. (Sure, the General in me came out for much of the game--gotta support the troops, Megs. But really, fingers in the ears? Are you five?) I also feel bad for the host of the tailgate party we attended. Love that guy. But he was already hurting by the time Heather and I made our way to the game; I can't imagine that he fared well through the four quarters. A picture of Heather and I during one of the happier parts of the game (and yes, we are wearing paper Commodore hats):






Other than that, we had a nice weekend with Heather and Brad and Claire and my mom in town. Ella had a good time celebrating her birthday. I think having a full house made up for not throwing a party with kids for her. At least, I'll keep telling myself until she grows up and blames any problems on the fact that I didn't have kids over for her fourth birthday. My favorite part was when she opened up her new Snoopy sno-cone machine. I had been worried that I just bought it out of my own sense of nostalgia (Snoopy sno-cone machine is the best!), but when Ella opened it she said, "Oh! It's just what I always wanted!" My heart grew three sizes that day. Ella and the B-Rad:





Oh! Guess who we saw at breakfast on Saturday! Fontaine. Do you remember her? Dan dated her briefly and she was the source of so many Eric Clapton song parodies? Yup, she was sitting right next to us at the French breakfast bistro. Bizarro.

Little else to report from this end. Hope all's well out your way.

Finally, congratulations are again in order for the Rockies: Champions of the National League. Excellent.



love, molly

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