The life of a post-college tournament junkie

As we begin the greatest week of the year (NCAA tournament week) I've been thinking about whether the fact that I'm no longer in school is good or bad. The good thing about it is that I'm not swamped with schoolwork and don't have to spend any time studying for winter quarter finals. Now I can spend every waking hour trying to fill out my bracket without feeling guilty. It's nice to be able to spend hour after hour watching ESPN and surfing college hoops sites as I soak in every last morsel of tournament information.

But on the other hand, I have to be at work ALL DAMN DAY Thursday and Friday, meaning I can't watch the games!!! I'm even gonna miss Stanford! In college, I would just plan all my studying around the tournament itself, allowing myself a large block of time to plop myself in front of the TV. But now, I'll only be able to see the night games on TV and I'll have to settle for those real-time scoreboards to track the games while I'm at the office. I guess I can bring in headphones (although it'll be suspicious since no one in my office ever wears headphones) and try to listen in via internet radio. But it just won't be the same. Next year I should plan ahead and take vacation those days. Sigh.