Stefy was in town this weekend, and since I probably won’t get to see my girl again for at least three weeks, it was nice to spend some time together. We went out for dinner on Friday after I got home from work and then came back to watch the MSU game against Memphis.
I’ll cut in here with a quick aside about the game. In a word: painful. Memphis clearly deserved their #1 seed, and the first half was perhaps the worst 20 minutes of basketball we played all season. It was a bummer to see Drew Neitzel go out on a sour note after giving us four terrific years in green and white, but at least he went out with class:
“It’s been a great ride,” said Neitzel, after scoring six points in his final game. “I’m so thankful, so blessed for the opportunities I’ve had to wear this uniform for four years. … I’ve learned a lot from coach Izzo and my teammates over the years, played with some great players.
“You know, it’s been great. I’m blessed.”
Neitzel, the starting point guard as a freshman on that 2005 team, leaves as MSU’s 14th all-time scorer (1,534 points). He is fourth at MSU and 10th in the Big Ten in assists (582). He’s also third on the school’s 3-pointer list (273) and the all-time leader in free-throw percentage (86.6 percent).
“I said all along, he’s been the All-American boy,” Izzo said. “He’s an Academic All-American. There’s only been four in the history of our program. You know, he’s overcome a lot. It was his dream to play at this level.
“You hate to see a guy not have one of his best games in the last game, but he should be remembered more for what he gave off the court, into the community.”
Back to the rest of the weekend now.
Saturday was a fun day to go walk around Eastwood and do a little shopping. It was by no means ‘warm,’ but you could definitely tell that spring was in the air.
Later that afternoon we went back up to Eastwood for a double date with Stef’s high school friend Ty and her boyfriend Paul at Max & Erma’s. We had gone out with them for a similar dinner back in the fall, but it was nice to get together again and catch up on everything.
Yesterday Stef and I went over to my dad’s for lunch with the family. Sherry picked up some Chinese take-out on her way home, and those egg rolls from Ing Credible really hit the spot.We hung out and played with the girls for a couple hours after lunch, then came back to my place and watched Star Wars on DVD and ordered a pizza for dinner. See? This is why my girl is so amazing — she actually likes Star Wars.
Anyway, that was basically it for the weekend. Stef headed back to Chicago this morning, which means I’ll have at least a couple really boring weekends between now and our next visit. The one bright spot is that my mom’s birthday is next Wednesday, and I’ll be going to Ohio the weekend after that, so at least I won’t go totally nuts here in Lansing.
Yep… still need a vacation.
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