Okay, so I actually began writing this post yesterday morning shortly after March Madness began. Now it's Friday morning, I have the day off, and I am finally getting around to finish it. Thus is my life of late - especially in the blogging world. I have been blogging somewhat regularly since Emerie was born (read "Baby Emerie Arrives!" for proof) - that was just about 5 years ago. Hard to believe. There has been ebb & flow, mostly aligned with the natural ebb & flow of our lives. But it is something that still refreshes me and something I really crave to do more. Oh well.

Enjoying the tournament so far. Got to see the Jayhawks first round game thanks to CBS March Madness On Demand online. As I said earlier this week, I'm probably more pumped about this year's tournament than I have been in quite awhile. Case in point: I am officially a part of 9 pools this year! A few are big, nationwide pools (ESPN & Second Act's Facebook pool, & the CBS/Facebook brackets). A couple are from my recent past (LifeWay & Threads). And four are from my present - our annual Friends & Family pool, GiANT Impact, Catalyst & one extra on the side. Doing pretty well - just missed three picks yesterday. Of course, Micah is beating me - he only missed one :-)

Slept in this morning - something I haven't really been able to do in awhile. Our dog, Mercy, has been waking Josiah & I up almost every night for the past week for some strange reason. She decided to let us sleep last night, only to have Emerie wake me up needing something in the middle of the night. Oh well, so goes parenthood :-)