Whistling man...

Christ's College, Cambridge

This morning when I woke up, my clock read 80 degrees for the outside temperature. Surely this must be a mistake.

Turns out that it was a slight mistake. Slight is the key word in the previous sentence. The temperature is hovering in the mid-60s today. That makes me happy. Yes, sunshine makes me happy. It makes me smile. It makes me whistle.

And what better to whistle than the NCAA basketball tournament theme song -- "One Shining Moment." It makes for a tough tune to whistle, but in any event I'm pumped about the sun...and pumped about March Madness! Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to watch one game of the tournament this year. Seems like the only channel that carries any of the games is the North American Sports Network, and I just don't have that on my satellite.

It's been a good week. Lent term finished this week, so now I've just got Easter term and I'm finished at Cambridge. Pretty hard to believe that the time has gone by so quickly. I've spent most of the week working on papers (a few more left to do), and also continued my marathon watching of The West Wing. In one recent episode that I watched, President Bartlett mentions Christ's College at Cambridge. Funny, I was just there for a formal hall (see photo above). It's a lovely college at Cambridge, and I dined with fellow Rotary Scholar Jason Sauer (of Christ's) and our mutual friend John Burlew. I worked with John this past summer at NSA, and Jason and John know each other from Kentucky. They like to talk about bourbon together.

Not much going on this weekend besides more paper writing and getting ready for a visit from my parents!