83. Attend 3 basketball games 2010 season (5/3)

The completion of item 83 comes with both good and bad news.

We'll get the bad news out of the way first :) The girls ended their season with a sad loss. They made it all the way to the city championship only to have their biggest upset of the year. The school that won has beat us in this exact same championship game the last three years. It is an intense rivalry! It was not our team's best game and the girls were very heartbroken. It was sad yet endearing to see them crying as they watched the title slip away. However, all of us are extremely proud because they did such an amazing job to get to that point! Here they are receiving their runner up trophies!

I also got to treat three of my students and reward them by taking them to the game. We even got to stop for a little snack at Burger King first. At this point in the school year, it's nice to

start transitioning into the "mentor" role and spend some quality time with my students outside of the classroom. They were very giggly and excited and cheered throughout the entire game.

Some of the good news is that I superseded my goal! I made it to 5 games which I am proud to have squeezed into the craziness of life lately.

I finally made it to watch the upper boys play. These are the 7th and 8th graders and my former students. This game is DEFINITELY at a different level than the lower grades. I was impressed by their talent and intensity.

At one of the playoff games, I brought two of my girls to help cheer on the team. They loved being a part of the crowd and wrote me notes about how "It meant so much to them and it was the most fun ever!"

The boys won their playoff game which sent them to the City Championship. This was made out to be a bigger deal because it's considered the true, overall Middle School championship (because these are the older kids, the 7th and 8th graders). Our school even held a pep rally which is the first time they've ever done something like that at our school. I thoroughly embarrassed my children by yelling and cheering loudly. I even messed up one of the chants, and since I was belting at the top of my lungs, my students thought it was HILARIOUS! Glad my school spirit causes some joy for others :)

The good news here is that the boys rocked the championship game and are now the official #1 team! One of the boys even dunked the ball!

The final piece of good news is that item number 83 is complete!