Every year since 1997 (and also in 1993),  I’ve attended,  with my Dad and two brothers,  the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament (all of us are Kentucky fans,  since we all went to high school and college in Kentucky — college at Murray State).  This year it was in New Orleans,  and I just got back.  It was a much needed getaway.  My Dad had purchased hotel reservations, Tournament tickets,  and plane tickets all last fall.  There was much “up in the air” as to whether I’d be able to go.  If I were to have found work as I had hoped I would before this past weekend,  chances are I could not have gotten the days off that quick.   Since I had not been fortunate enough to do so,  it seemed best to go ahead,  and maybe let all the tension and anxiety subside for a short time.  It seemed to work.   We got on a plane Thursday morning at 7:25 and I got back at 8am this morning.