I
finally rolled into my bed; it was about one or so. I am able to go to sleep
pretty easily, but throughout the night I find myself waking up with what is to
come the next day on my mind.
You may be asking yourself what I
am talking about that is coming up. Is it Christmas? No. Is it my Birthday? No.
The thing that I cannot sleep over is March Madness.
Now yes, it may seem a little silly
to lose sleep over a college basketball tournament, but ever since I was in the
seventh grade I have loved college basketball and all that is to come with it. For
those of you who don’t keep up with college basketball, March Madness is a 64
team single elimination tournament. You can compare it to the state playoffs
for high school just larger. It is action packed along with emotion, hence the
name March Madness.
The
reason I bring this up is I want to talk about how each and every one of us are
different in our own ways. As humans we tend to like and get excited about different
things; whether it is food, music, or anything else. For example everybody
seems to like Dr. Pepper, where as I cannot stand it.
People
will always like different things than other people. That is how it has always
been and always will be. What tastes good or what music sounds good in our ears
is not chosen by us. We are not robotic, and the preferences in options is what
makes each of us, us.
When I couldn’t
sleep I felt as If my mind was overloading itself to where I could not sleep
for more than an hour at a time the closer I got to waking up. Until I finally
just said screw it and got myself up to watch the first of many games for that
day.
I don’t know why my body wouldn’t let me
sleep, but I can remember doing the same thing as a child when it was Christmas
the next day. It is odd because now that I am older I do not do this for
Christmas but I do over March Madness.
We all
get excited over different things whether it is sports, holidays, coming up
events or parties, a concert, maybe even a vacation. Whatever it is that gets
you excited is part of what makes up you. I would love to hear in the comments
things that make each of you excited, or maybe even a time in your life that
you were excited for, that kept you from being able to sleep. Thank you for
reading.
Your sleepless night is completely relatable by anyone that has ever been excited for something. I completely underastand that everyones likes differ from others because I don't follow basketball at all and I was actually amazed that you could lose sleep over March Madness but I compared the loss of sleep because of over-excitement and it made everything else click into place like a puzzle. I'm baffled by the diversity of enjoyment that every single person has because it is true, not everyone likes the same thing. Thank you for sharing this about yourself, Brandon.
ReplyDeleteBrandon I'll be honest and say that I didn't always find sports or basketball all that exciting. In fact I detested them for awhile but I have actually grown to find some fun within them. Even though I can't play to save my life, watching is still enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteMarch Madness is something I never knew about until a couple years ago when you explained what it all was. I had no idea college basketball could create such a buzz in the sports world. Plus, I never would have thought I could have fun watching them myself.
During this spring break when we got to hangout a bit you put on some of the games and I had an actual good time cheering for one team or the other. I'll never be as crazy about basketball as you are but thank you for sharing just how deep your love for the sport goes.