I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I may not have looked quite like this kid on the outside, but that overexcited twirling, pointing, quick step move was definitely happening on the inside. I may have done a little skipping and jumping and squealing on the way to the car.) If you didn't get the memo, I am here in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this weekend. I came up for a bobsled combine (yes, we have to retake the combine every year). It just so happens that my friend Christa Bowman lives here with her family. Definitely a win, win. We were rowing buddies at K-State for 4 years. It's been so great to catch up with her and her family. It's been almost a year and a half since I've seen them. Definitely too long. I've been looking for a reason to come visit, and voila, a reason appeared. So I flew in last night and caught some ZZZ's before the big day. Barb, Christa's mom, came with me today to take it all in. She was my surrogate mom for the day, and I'm ...