I came back out to Sandy this morning. I was just here last week, but our family Christmas events were postponed due to the weather, pushing them back to New Year's Eve. The drive from Eugene to Portland today only took 2 hours, which seemed like nothing compared to the 6 hour mess of snow, traffic, and ODOT that Sarah and I experienced on the 23rd. Nearly all of the snow has melted in Sandy now, so driving is no longer as difficult even on top of the hill and into the residential streets.
I spent most of the afternoon talking to my grandma while I was waiting for my parents to get home from work, and I remembered that that was how I spent ten years of afternoons when I was growing up. Funny how those things slip my mind and then wander back in.
We all watched the Holiday Bowl at 5:00, in which Oregon played Oklahoma State University, a higher ranked a heavily favored opponent. They quickly went down 10-0, then 17-7 by the end of the first quarter, but then the defense stepped it up and only allowed 14 points over the next three quarters to a team that averages 42 points each game. The offense was just as good, coming up with 34 points in the second half. It was an exciting game to watch, and especially good for Oregon fans (which I imagine made up most of the San Diego crowd).
My parents went to bed shortly thereafter, so I watched the second half of the basketball game between Portland and Boston. A couple of weeks ago, Portland played surprisingly close to the Celtics while on the tail end of a long road trip. They fell apart in fourth quarter, though, and lost to the heavily favored Celtics. I expected that to happen again tonight, even though they were at home this time, because of the absence of Brandon Roy. The Blazers were ahead by 3 when I turned the game on and that was pretty much how it stayed for about half an hour the final horn sounded and they had somehow defeated the champs without their all-star shooting guard.
Not a lot else going on. Hoping to make this a frequently updated site...
We all watched the Holiday Bowl at 5:00, in which Oregon played Oklahoma State University, a higher ranked a heavily favored opponent. They quickly went down 10-0, then 17-7 by the end of the first quarter, but then the defense stepped it up and only allowed 14 points over the next three quarters to a team that averages 42 points each game. The offense was just as good, coming up with 34 points in the second half. It was an exciting game to watch, and especially good for Oregon fans (which I imagine made up most of the San Diego crowd).
My parents went to bed shortly thereafter, so I watched the second half of the basketball game between Portland and Boston. A couple of weeks ago, Portland played surprisingly close to the Celtics while on the tail end of a long road trip. They fell apart in fourth quarter, though, and lost to the heavily favored Celtics. I expected that to happen again tonight, even though they were at home this time, because of the absence of Brandon Roy. The Blazers were ahead by 3 when I turned the game on and that was pretty much how it stayed for about half an hour the final horn sounded and they had somehow defeated the champs without their all-star shooting guard.
Not a lot else going on. Hoping to make this a frequently updated site...
