Saturday

I have had this Saturday circled on the calendar for quite a while as it is Bowdoin's last home game of the 2016 season against Bates.  And, anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that not much will keep me away from this game.  But, there are two key words that I typed in the two previous sentences:  season and game.  There is always next season, and it is only a game.

It is for those reasons that I made a decision moments ago that has made me change my plans.  My youngest daughter is a senior at Maine College of Art, and over the course of the next two days they are holding their "Family and Friends Weekend."  This school has meant the world to her, as well as her mother and me because it has allowed her to grow to heights we had never imagined years ago.  Therefore, I will be spending time with my family at Megan's home away from home - and checking out the Bowdoin-Bates score online on Saturday.