Bowl Rumors

The rumors are flying about which Bowl game the WMU Broncos will be playing in this year. Patty indicated that an ESPN report had WMU playing Middle Tennessee in the Bahamas Bowl on December 24. Then, the rumor was that WMU had not approved the selection as yet. At any rate, we all started checking into air fares and making arrangements for going to that game. It is a very expensive trip from AZ as there are no direct flights to the Bahamas and all of them require a plane change - some in Miami, and even some in Philadelphia if you can believe that. We'll have to wait and see what develops with the official announcement. It sure would be nice to spend Christmas in the Bahamas watching Austin's Bowl game.

Another unknown is whether Josie would be able to get the time off from work before Christmas. Those are tough days to get off with the holiday workload. Usually, days leading up to major holidays are black-out dates for all employees. We'll have to see how this all plays out but it is exciting for Patty and her family - especially Austin - regardless of when and where the game will be played.

I took my broken hearing aid to the Audiologist yesterday to have sent off for repairs. One of my hearing aids broke on Thanksgiving morning - of course, that's the only time they break is when there is no chance for repairs to begin for 4 days over a holiday weekend. It will be at least the rest of this week before I can expect to see it again. The Audiologist rigged a temporary replacement for me to use, but that is nothing like having my regular aid. Maybe I won't have to hear anything that is more than half important the rest of this week...