Sparkling Occasion

The Mister put a bottle of house sparkling wine (Chateau St. Michelle Blanc de Noir) "for Monday night," last weekend. Monday night was the East Region NCAA Women's Division II basketball championship. The opposition, the Crimson Hawks of Indiana, Pennsylvania, played well and were ahead at half (an unfamiliar situation for the local fans. The Lady Pioneers have won 88 of their last 90 home games, and usually the domination is obvious by half), yet the Pioneers prevailed in the end. Upon returning home, humming "Country Roads", and fantasizing about somehow making it to Nebraska to watch the team win the National Championship, I pulled out the bottle of sparkling wine only to find out that the Mister had intended it as dinner wine (we had been expecting guests) rather than celebration wine. After much arm twisting, we drank it anyway. Good wine on a good evening.