Monday, January 10, 2011

For me the best part about Christmas week was having both my children home but like all good things that has come to an end. My son took some vacation time from his job working for a Public Relations firm in New York but was back in his Hoboken apartment by New Year’s Eve. My daughter’s three-week winter recess ended this past weekend when we took her back to Penn State as the spring semester officially begins today. We spent a good portion of Saturday getting her new room ready as she moved into a different dorm to be on a floor with other girls in her sorority. The job was made a bit more difficult because her roommate was not returning until Sunday but managed to make a lot of progress. I kept shaking my head over the amount of clothes that had to be put away as I hung on a seemingly endless supply of shirts, dresses, sweaters, jackets and more. What a difference from my son who could fit a semester’s worth of clothes in a bin or two. Anyway all went well and we returned home yesterday to a home that will now be very quiet….at least until spring break in early March.

We are not even four weeks into winter and it feels like a season that will never end. We’ve had a blizzard and then this past weekend’s snowfall and now there is more on the way and worst of all to me is it’s been cold just about every day. We have not even reached the point in which we usually get the most severe weather so one can only hope it’s a case of getting it out of the way early. However if this is what we can expect through January and February….well that’s a terrible thought.

This past Friday Night we broadcast the Manasquan and Monsignor Donovan basketball game on the Shore Sports Network and our Player of the Game was Donovan senior Anthony Duszczak. He scored 16 points and grabbed a bunch of rebounds to help the Griffins win an important divisional contest. What made his performance stand out was it came just ten days after his mother died from cancer. Anthony handled the post-game interview with incredible poise and went out of his way to thank the Mon Don community for their support. Donations were collected for the American Cancer Society in Joann Duszczak’s memory and students in the “pit” wore green to bring awareness to liver cancer. The Griffins host Lakewood tomorrow night in a very important game for both teams.