Thanksgiving, Basketball, First Day of Snow

It snowed yesterday!  The first day of snow in Iowa is always exciting to me.  I went to a basketball game at Drake, thankful for something interesting to do other than shop.  It wasn't black Friday but the Saturday afterward.  The first quarter the Drake women's bb team looked a little sluggish and just could not sink a basket.  Even the layups were off.  They didn't look anything like they did when they played Iowa.  I watched the highlights of that game on You-tube and the Drake women scored 90 points against the 5th ranked Hawkeyes, losing 90-113 (11/19/2023).  However, by the 4th quarter of the game I was watching in person, they rallied and looked a lot better.  Still, they lost to the Richmond Virginia Spiders 66 to 74.  I cannot believe a school would name one of their sports team The Spiders.  

 

 


 

The big surprise, and treat, was seeing the snow coming down as I exited the the arena.  It was coming down pretty steadily.  There was just a dusting of snow on the streets and sidewalks so it must have just started.  The walk home was fun and invigorating.  

Thanksgiving dinner was delish.  It was traditional with turkey, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes.  I even peeled the potatoes for the mashed potatoes.  The niece who just moved back from Hawaii must now get used to Iowa winters.  She looked happy though. 

Talking about an odd feeling.  For one brief moment I looked around the room and realized I was a minority in a room full of Native Americans.  I was the sole Chinese-American there.  We were watching a football game-- The Washington Crcockmnaexx$%^s and the Dallas Cowboys.  The what?  I had to ask what she said.  The Commanders?  Where are they from?  Washington, they used to be the Washington Redskins.  Oh, that was much more familiar to me.  She explained the renaming of the football team from the politically incorrect Washington Redskins to the Washington Commanders. COMMANDERS??? Why don't the owners put some time into naming their teams!!??  

How do you feel about that I asked.  She said she thought the name Redskins was pretty derogatory.  That answered that.  I mean, any irritation with having to deal with the stupid name of Commanders was dissolved by a slow realization and a friendly confirmation.   Yea, it takes about 20 seconds of contemplation to understand the insult.  It's all cool, sis.

I had a nice Thanksgiving.  






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