We were counting down the days...until the big event...when we could escape reality for a week.
Don't we look giddy with excitement? Well, one of us looks a little dreamy, but the other one of us looks excited about it!
March Madness was upon us and we were on our way to Las Vegas to watch nonstop basketball games.
Before making me sit through trillions of ball games, Glen so kindly consented to sit through a movie with me. We watched Monuments Men and almost had the theater all to ourselves.
Talk about being giddy with excitement. Glen got all giddy when he saw the stairs leading up to the arena where the games were about to be played.
Let the girls' games begin!!
And let BYU win!! Hurrah!!
Not very many people were there to watch the two girls' games in the afternoon. I entertained myself by reading that very thick book (and a couple of other not-so-thick books throughout the week) when BYU wasn't playing.
Glen was even found seeking game diversions on his phone during the slow times of the basketball games.
In between the two afternoon session games and the two evening session games we would be out walking the long hallways to get the blood circulating from all that sitting.
Between sessions we would hurry off to a buffet and try to get back before the first evening session game began. We have our regular buffets we always go to, but this year Glen surprised me by having us eat at the buffet in the Paris Hotel. It was set up like we were sitting outside in a French village. I loved the atmosphere of it all!!
Back for the men's games. BYU won!!!!
Look at me being so happy when I could find a buffet with sorbet for me to eat for dessert.
We watched games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Then we had a much-enjoyed day of rest from going to the games and from wearing our game-day apparel.
We found a Las Vegas Ward to attend church. We ate our one meal of the day at the Wynn buffet. Glen has a new calorie counting app on his phone, so he now religiously enters all the food he's about to eat into his phone to see where he stands and how much more food he can eat for his allotment of calories for the day.
Yes--I was a happy diner because they had sorbet.
Glen used the coupons the hotel gave us for free popcorn which he ate while we watched a couple of movies in our room. Can't be Sunday for him without eating popcorn. Such a nice, relaxing day. Loved it!!!!
Then it was back to the games Monday and Tuesday.
We got stopped in the long hallway by a sports blogger from Deseret News. He was interviewing fans from the various teams. I guess Glen wasn't a big enough sports fan because his name didn't make it into the newspaper. Shucks!
It finally got down to Tournament Tuesday when the two final games were being played. It was pretty awesome to see BYU on both sides of the tournament board.
Glen's goal for the week was for both BYU teams to dominate over Gonzaga. Too bad that didn't happen. Boo hoo!
My goal for the week (besides reading as many books as possible) was to never have to sit in our actual assigned seats in the green seats area. They were hard seats. I wanted to stay on the 6-inches of cushion seats and my goal was achieved. Success!
We ate our last buffet at the Bellagio. I thought Glen's plate looked very colorful--bright green veggies and all that bright red bloody meat.
Instead of ending on a losing note, I'll end on a beautiful note. We walked through the Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Gardens--my favorite thing to do at the Bellagio. The display was one we'd seen before of a butterfly garden theme. The picture, though, was different. It is always amazing how they imitate a work of art by using flowers and plants as the medium to create something so lovely and interesting to look at.
After a week of being so relaxed and removed from the usual cares of the world, it was hard to want to come back home.
Generally the thoughts of watching 18 games in such a relatively short period of time would actually make me go mad. But, in this case, I was so ready for a break and enjoyed so much not having anybody or anything needing my attention. It was awesome!! Sign me up for next year!!
March Madness here we come again, and again and again!!
