Games

Although Pete Arthmire is a West Virginia Mountaineers fan, I have decided to tolerate him. Actually, I have learned to live with this deficiency of him quite well seeing how I have beaten him five out of six times in our weekly bet. My team of course is the UConn Huskies! Whoever’s team beats the point spread by more points in a given week wins the bet. As UConn is having a surprisingly good year and West Virginia has not lived up to the hype, I am up 5 to 1. Thanks Pete!

Allison is a kindergarten teacher and is also a lot of fun. She is a huge Red Sox fan and the best way to get on her bad side is to say anything against her beloved Fenway boys. Blair and I have enjoyed hanging out with both Allison and Pete and are ready to challenge them to another mean game of late night cards.

Blair has taught me how to play euchre. Euchre is definitely a Midwestern card game and even though I went to college in Ohio and have family from the area I just never learned how to play. Because of my passion for the Midwest and its people, I felt obliged to finally learn this game. Unfortunately, Blair and I haven’t found anyone yet to play with us. We’ve played a lot of hearts which makes the train rides go faster.