My thoughts by Paul M. Dugan

  Hi there…,          Hope your January of 2024 had started out awesome for you all.    First all the crazy weather for a up & down time has being torch for my allergies so I have taken another medicine for it.    It’s being much better for me.    The terrible weather has hurt our schedule and made us stir crazy sometimes. Will Mother Nature or Father Winter come back to bite us? My job report:    Since it’s pretty cold or warm outside.    I took my client’s dog out for walk when it’s safe to do so.    I did get off two days when there was too much snow last week. A few sports topics I should mention:    NFL - Both AFC & NFC title game (bunch of ND football are on this rosters this time) look pretty interesting so who will get the Super Bowl LVIII this time?    College Basketball for Men & Women are rushing up for all of it.    Both University of NotreDame teams are doing as well as they can be.    ND football Blue/Gold is on this coming April & hope it’s good.

 My latest Note for you to read . Hi there….,     The snow has mashed up my work schedule this week and hope it gets better next week (two off because of the snow conditions).  I have being shoveling a lot this week.  I do know that Buffalo, NY. is being hit a lot with plenty of snow out there so my shoveling is easy here in our area. Weather always get you all when travel is involved.  After holiday recap details.  Hope everyone got their holiday cards (several pictures on it also) in the mail this year.  Allergies have being bothering me a lot this 2024 year and don’t know why.  You? University of Notre Dame Athletics updates for certain sports like Men Basketball, Women Basketball , Men Ice Hockey & etc.  Other school sports from the ncaa. Latest Men & Women Basketball rankings (1/16/2024): A.P. Men Basketball Poll : Conn. Purdue Kansas North Carolina Houston Tennessee Duke Kentucky Baylor Memphis Wisconsin Arizona Auburn Illinois Oklahoma Utah state Marquette Creighton

I still go to my favorite restaurants from Great American Restaurant and here are new ones that are called BESTBUNS locations: Shirlington , Springfield & Tysons .  I have been near the Shirlington one that the Carlyle is present.  Just to smell bread she not order anything at this time.  Has anyone get or ordered anything from this places?  Let me know how they are?  Our High School- Paul VI ((Loudoun County) has had made some head line according to the sports world. How is your high school doing in sports?   I watch various sports when they don’t involve my University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish sports teams when it’s less to my feelings toward it (ND sports news ).  I try not to watch any of my teams with my family because I am afraid I will hurt their feelings and etc.  For the NFL playoff I hoping the Cleveland Browns get a good seed to advance to the future SuperBowl. So who will coach the Washington Commanders next and that’s coming very soon.  I am back on watching