For my GF Bruins

It´s 5:15 a.m. in Tajonar, Pamplona, España, Europe, World, Universe. I can´t sleep. You know how sometimes your mind just won´t turn off... yeah. I was perusing myspace and discovered Fitch had put together a little slide show. It really made me miss my friends from home. Let me share a few of the pics that pinged my heart strings...

In the first one we´ve got Team Tina with Lizzo behind the camara. God I love those gals! It was the best weekend of forfeits ever. I still haven´t heard back from that damn tourney director. "Tina comin´through" homeslices. I have never seen another ponytail bounce quite like Shai´s. I was telling Em here about the "softball card" today and how I used to give shimmy the shout out "Shaiiii" and she´d holla back, "heeeeyyyyy." And there´s the ever sweating Fitch-meister past yours truly and my mean mug. Remember our accordian parties at the old A.P.T.? And "Thunder clap, thunder thigh"? We are so weird. How about when you mysteriously showed up and started playing basketball freshman year. I don´t even remember how we became friends, I think it just was. And who could forget Liz´s choice phrases, "my fave-reet color iz nee-on yella," or that kick ass Ali impersonation. Or possibly when she decided to do an interpretive dance for devotion and practically gave Christine a lap dance? Priceless, I´m laughing out loud.

The next pic just makes me think of friends in general. Liz has a weird left eye, possibly a sprained face from an open mouth smile. Kimbo is attempting the open mouth smile, but a little late, so looks more like a turtle mouth. Tiniest mouth ever! Shai, as always, just happy to be in the picture and being all beautiful and photogenic.

Now the last one is the toughest to look at. I believe this was my junior year of hoops. I think that was the "bangs" era anyway. I think we´re at the original Fitcherosa, before the big move into town. S and T Fitch always knew how to treat us when we came through town. I think I´ve had a heart to heart with Scott Fitch everytime I´m in Ritzville. Of course, who knows if he´s actually heard me or if he´s just nodding to move things along ; ) I´m rockin´the Ritzville sweats from my first visit here in Spain. Who´d a thunk it, the Broncos runnin´ with the bulls?

Was our team really that small or was someone missing from this picture? Either way it makes me want to be there, right there, right now. All of us together, just hanging out, maybe a hug here or there. I can actually feel being in a picture with you girls. We had one almost every pre-game meal: shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip. I could just tuck you all in for a signature Darby bosom hug right now. Sigh, croon.

Sorry this is a bit sentimental and a little focused to certain people, but it´s my blog dern it.

Otras... I´m back in Spain for New Years, woot woot. I´ll get a Christmas blog up tomorrow hopefully, but right now my hands are too cold. No pictures really for the next blog, but lots of food to describe for good G-ma Mary and tales of my attempts not to get drunk but still try everything. Rough duty...

Have fun during the holiday basketball season and go to the LSI for me and ask whoever´s blogging why I´m not there, he he he. Lemme know how all the teams are and which fancy name coaches come. Fill me in on the L.O. tourney also and how the girls are shaping up this year for H.S. Did someone take Kevin Love´s knee out yet? Oh yeah, it´s the Singler/Love Sr. year, keep me posted on that. Any personal updates on GFU ball are most fabulous of course. Peace in the middle east!