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It is odd. I haven't had much to write about lately when it pertains to basketball for a couple of different reasons, I guess. The first is because I am busy working on my +30 hours for my teaching job. I am taking online classes trying to get that pay raise which is the only way we can do that in Indiana. Well, at least until 2016 when some dumb stuff will take over; paying teachers on merit. I could write about that, but don't have time or really the patience. Secondly, my sister in law, Megan McKinley, had a heart transplant when she was 2 years old and is now 30. That heart is worn out and she is fighting and waiting for another transplant. That one puts a lot of silly things into perspective of what we deal with on a daily basis....and most of what we deal with is silly stuff.
But we are in a basketball purgatory right now. Summer basketball is over, weights and open gym have become the norm and practice isn't for another month. We have the fall sports and college football to tide us over, but it isn't the same. When I go into a gym for a volleyball match, it's nice. I am in a gym and I smell popcorn and I get the basketball "feel", but it's not basketball. Plus it is so darn hot in most gyms around here this time of year.
With all of the daily issues I encounter, basketball does a good job of taking my mind off those issues if even for a short moment. So come on basketball season, I need to you for my mind to slow down and we can get to work.
