The Thunder managed to put a Country-A$$-Whoopin’ (CAW) on the Lakers on Saturday night, but they have a big one tonight in L.A. The game starts late for us at 9:30 P.M. Lets hope we can pull off a big “W”, and let me hope that I can stay awake. I am so excited! It would be great if we could steal a win out there this game, and finish the Lakers off here in OKC on friday! Lets do it, guys! Thunder up!
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If you hadn’t heard already. Simon came down with the flu mid last week. He probably had the worst night on Friday night. We probably used every single towel and rag in the house trying to clean up after the poor kid. Candy and I may have had a total of six or seven hours of actual sleep on Friday night. So Saturday was nutzo around our house. We had a sick boy all day who kept Candy and I both on our toes. We were giving Simon medicine, trying to get him to eat, hoping he didn’t cough up what he had eaten, and taking care of the little baby. I had also discovered on Wednesday that I have allergies because although I felt like crap all weekend, I in fact, did not have the flu. And on top of all of that, we were getting some stuff ready for a garage sale that we plan to have next weekend.
Somehow, I managed to keep in mind that my beloved Thunder were going to be playing the Lakers that evening, and made sure to tune in when the game started. The game stated off awesome, and the Thunder jumped out to a huge lead that they were able to maintain for the rest of the night, which was a good thing because there was no way that I could maintain focus on anything but the chaos that was surrounding me.
About 9:30 Candy started to notice that our easy-going 6-month-old, Isaac, was starting to act a bit cranky, and seemed to be running a temperature, and since Simon had the flu, we figured that it was time to call the pediatrician and get a tamaflu prescription for little bubba as well, so we did. An hour later, Simon and I are hanging out at the 24-hour Walgreens (Simon loves to go our, he behaves well, and his feelings get hurt if I go without him. He also seemed to be feeling a lot better). I somehow managed to rack up $60 worth of crap and a few treats from the McDonalds before we made it home. Simon enjoyed some French fries on the ride home which was good because he wouldn’t hardly eat anything all day.
After arriving home, we managed to get the big boy in bed by 11, and we were down to dealing with the little one who had already received his dose of medicine, and was most likely ready to go to sleep as well, right? WRONG! Lo and behold he managed to quickly develop a 101.6 fever that we had a heck of a time breaking. Candy and I spent the next 3 hours cleaning up vomit and trying to cool the kid off. We stripped him down to his diaper and gave him sponge baths hoping to cool him off. Both of us were half asleep. Well, long story short we managed to finally get the boy cooled off enough and properly dosed with infant’s Tylenol and he went to sleep. The two of us were so wound up from all the excitement that we had a hard time going to sleep, and once again, spent the next day running on fumes. Lets hope next weekend is less eventful.
How was your weekend?
So, just in case you weren’t paying attention, today has been a big day for Oklahoma Sports. The NFL draft round one took place today, and there were 3 Sooners taken in the first 4 picks. That has not happened in the draft since Nortre Dame in 1946! Sam Bradford went #1 overall (can you say big, big, big, big paycheck?) to the Saint Louis Rams who were in desperate need of a quarterback. Ndamukong Suh from Nebraska was taken #2 overall by the Detroit Lions. As a Sooner fan, I must say, I am really glad to see this guy go on to the NFL. He pretty much played the entire Defensive Line for Nebraska. At #3, Gerald McCoy was taken by the Buccaneers, and Trent Williams was drafted by Washington. Jermain Gresham from OU was taken by Cincinnati at #21. Former Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant was drafter 24th overall by the Dallas Cowboys. So, needless to say Oklahoma will be well represented in the NFL next season.
Secondly, The Thunder hosted the Lakers tonight in a history making event. The First ever home NBA playoffs game in Oklahoma City. The thunder have lost 2 games to the defending champs from L.A., but you can see that they’ve got a lot of heart, and they are young so that spells lots of future goodness for our local NBA franchise. Currently the Lakers lead 66 to 62 in the 3rd. GO THUNDER, and congratulations Oklahoma the country is finally seeing just how great this state really is!!!
Well, it’s playoff time here in Oklahoma City. Our NBA team has made it to the post season. In round one, we will have a David-and-Goliath-matchup between our boys in blue and the defending champs, the Los Angeles Lakers. I for one am really looking forward to this one because I have been a Laker-hater for most of my life. Not really sure why, but I was a Bulls fan as a kid, I loved Jordan, and I remember rooting against the Lakers a lot. I also always thought that the “LAKERS” moniker did not fit L.A. I understand that the team started out in the Great Lakes region of the U.S., but the name should have changed when the team moved.
It seems that the competition ball has already started rolling based on some comments by the Lakers head a-hole coach, Phil Jackson (Yes, I know he coached the Bulls back when I rooted for them, but that’s before I realized what a turd he is). He has claimed that Kevin Durant gets superstar treatment and thus, gets too many foul calls in his favor. Well, Mr. Jackson, no disrespect to you, but KD is in fact, an NBA SUPERSTAR! He is the youngest player ever to be the league scoring champion. Besides, what room do you have to talk? You have that prima donna Kobe Bryant on your roster. It seems that we have a case of the pot calling the kettle black here. I can only hope that the competition on the court is as amusing. I hope to see the Thunder win this series, but realistically, it would be great to see us force a 6 or 7 game series. Not that our team cannot win this, but they will have their work cut out for them. Regardless of the outcome, I am proud to have the Thunder here, I am proud to be an Oklahoman, and I am proud of out Big League City! GO THUNDER!!!
Game one is Sunday afternoon at 2:00!!!