In the Year 2000

So, I can't help but be on bit reflective on this Final Four Day 2009. Anothert time that Michigan State went to the Final Four was in the year 2000, when I was 22 years old and a senior at MSU. Yeah. Things are a little different now.

In the Year 2000:

• I was not anybody's wife.
• No one called me Mommy.
• I thought I was really busy and had lots of responsibilities. That makes me smile now.
  
• I had never had a real job, or, resigned from a real job, for that matter.
• 7:00 PM was when my night was just starting to get going, instead of just starting to wind down.
• I had never bought a house.
• I could pretty much do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted.
• Sleeping in meant 11 or so, not 7.
• It must be said... I had no stretch marks.

All that said, this Final Four brings with it new joys. Instead of watching the game at Breslin with friends, I will watch it with my family, eating McDonald's in front of the TV. I will watch Eli point out Sparty every time he sees him. I'll watch Andy hold his daughter. And I'll love it just as much as I loved that game in 2000. Provided that we win, of course.