No, we aren’t getting on a plane. We’re headed to the ICSB Basketball Tournament. It started yesterday and continues today. On our first year here, we thought we would go to a couple of games. When we got there, we realized that we didn’t understand what we were getting ourselves into. This was a lot bigger deal than we thought. American candy (payday, nerds, reese’s, etc . . ), american food (sub sandwiches, chili dogs), american drinks (dr. pepper, mountain dew), american sport, and americans. It is the event of the year for our school and everyone comes and stays the whole time. The younger kids are focused on friends and candy. It is a two day sugar high. They run laps around the gym with occasional stops for candy. The older kids watch the games, hang with friends, eat candy and have a blast. I’m not sure all the women know that there are games going on as they have a two day chance to catch up on everything. The men watch the games and visit. Yesterday, when the last game ended, I stood up to leave and most of the adults in the stands didn’t budge. I’m not sure they knew that it was over.
Highlight of this year: ICSB played Bucharest Christian yesterday morning. It was back and forth for the first half with Bucharest up 20-18 at half. 10 minutes (halfway) into the 2nd half, Bucharest was up 31-18. ICSB hadn’t scored at all and Bucharest was running away with it. I commented to my friends that it looked like it was over because ICSB would have to keep Bucharest from scoring in order to have a chance. Unbelievably, ICSB went on a huge run and ended up winning 34-32. WOW! Bucharest didn’t score until they hit a free throw with 20 seconds to go. It was a great game and it is why I love this weekend.