Those December Nights

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Some of the best evenings are totally unplanned. Take, for instance, Thursday - when Steve and I carpooled to work, but he ended up hanging out at our apartment. Gerritt came over, too, so the four of us resurrected a bit of the poker nights of yore, after heading over to Santini's for some grub. When Jeanette came by to pick up the episode of Lost we'd taped for her, we had an impromptu mini-party on our hands. It was cool having people over at our apartment again, after a few weeks of it being just me and Josh, then traveling on the weekends.

Last night, Josh and I repaid the favor of Gerritt driving all those times to visit us. We drove up to Columbia to hang out with him, Mel, and Mel's roommate, Rachel. We passed the time by playing a very fun game known as Ticket To Ride. Think of it as Risk, with trains, across just the U.S., and it doesn't last as long, and you'll start to get the idea of what Ticket to Ride is all about. I was hooked. In keeping with the theme of this entry, however, we didn't really plan anything beforehand.

Tonight, however, has been completely planned. We're scant hours away from the ACC Championship game. A bunch of us will be watching it out in Ashburn somewhere, surrounded by other Hokies. My only hope is that when the game is over, the Hokie Nation will be able to share in a nice, tall glass of ACC CHAMPIONSHIP!