Vince's Journey

Well there is no denying we are in the midst of winter. Temperatures dipped below zero over night and today's high is not expected to reach double digits. I'd like to take this opportunity to say that I'd rather deal with this bitter cold than have to go through one of those humid and unbearably hot spells that hit every August. At least when it's this cold you can build a fire, get under a nice warm blanket and be comfortable. When it's excrutiatingly hot, it just sucks the energy out of you. And those spells can last weeks at a time - I doubt we'll be dealing with sub-zero temperatures into next week. So stay warm, put on an extra layer of clothes and make the best of it, at least we're not in our tenth consecutive day of 95+ degree temps with no end in sight!

It was a bitter end to my Buckeye's football season. When they scored with 2 minutes left to go up 21-17, it looked like they may have ended their recent curse in bowl games but it was obviously not to be. To give up the go ahead TD with 16 seconds remaining on the clock was a tough way for the Buckeye seniors to end their great careers. I don't know why the defensive coaches blitzed in that situation; they should have dropped 7 DB's back and kept all the Texas receivers in front of them - just a bad call and one that obviously led to a tough, tough loss.

Jules has a big interview on Monday - hopefully all will go well and she'll soon have a little more stable work situation. If you want to say a little prayer at around 1 pm on Monday that would be most appreciated. Aaron was recently accepted at Marquette so his final four school choices are Xavier, St. Louis, John Carroll and of course, Marquette. We're hopeful that he'll get the tuition remission at all these schools but we won't know that until March. I'm pretty confident he'll get offered at XU, SLU and John Carroll but I hear it's a bit more competitive at Marquette. Given that school is the furthest from Cincinnati, maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing; we'd kind of like to see him stay relatively close to home. Aaron is also playing lacrosse again and we're looking forward to getting out and watching him play this spring.

Judd continues to do well at UD - he played club volleyball last semester and will play in some tournaments this semester, as well. Abbey is also doing very well. She is looking forward to going up to Chicago in a few weeks for a Junior UN conference.

I hope everyone's year is off to a great start. We're living in some pretty strange times right now and it would be nice to see some of the recent economic trends turn around. As the old song goes, 'We sure could use a little good news!' But as I learned in a very personal way, as long as you have your health you can work through all the other challenges in life that may come your way.

I'll be sure to post again in the near future!