9:31 AM Sitting in the Hilton Hotel across the street from the O Hare airport in Chicago. You learn something valuable everyday. Earlier, a couple of fellow travelers and myself left the secure area of the airport to head over to the international terminal where we discovered we cannot check in until 4 PM. We don't have boarding passes to re-enter the central terminals, so we are now stranded. Good thing Conrad Hilton started this luxury hotel chain.
For the next three weeks, I will be in India on a shortened study abroad trip that includes company tours and sightseeing. I am really looking forward to this trip largely because it's the first time I've ever traveled to Asia. I've read the culture is drastically different, but you really can't get essential knowledge of a place until you've been there physically.
Christmas time was an engaging trip as usual. We got together with extended family, but this go around didn't feel like past Christmases. When you are a kid, Christmas is the big event, the thing you look forward to for weeks. This time, I avoided onset of the Christmas commercials because I don't watch much television in Lawrence. Then my mind was preoccupied with deep thoughts I didn't have time for during the semester. Then the packing started for the India trip. For once, I was insulated from the ugly, commercialized side of Christmas. However, we went to Christmas mass which is the main reason we celebrate this holiday in the first place.
Bill Self coached teams have rarely performed well against mid-major schools. I went to game against Davidson last Monday and what I saw brought back memories of NCAA tournament losses against Bucknell, Bradley, Northern Iowa, and Virginia Commonwealth. Every year, the Jayhawk faithful never know what to expect against these less talented, but more disciplined squads from smaller schools. After two more tune-up games against Howard and North Dakota, the Jayhawks will open Big 12 play with a match up against a well-coached Kansas State team.
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