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Stacey’s Slice of Life Story: Day #19

Stacey Shubitz

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Sitting in the doctor’s waiting room.
In pain.
Waiting.
Not fun.

“Hey,” Marc said getting my attention. “We need to do this before tomorrow.”
I gave him a look. I had no idea what he was talking about.
He reached into his briefcase and retrieved the 2008 NCAA Brackets.
“Yeah, let’s do it now!” I perked up pretty quickly.
We started filling out our brackets until we heard, “Stacey,” from the inside corridor.
I got up, feeling as if I had won an award, gathered my belongings and started heading towards the examination room. Marc scurried to put the brackets back in his briefcase. “I’ll meet you in a minute.”

After the nurse, who was lovely, did the intake, we had to wait for the doctor. (I don’t like waiting.) Marc looked at me and said, “Should we finish them up?”
“No, he’ll be in any minute,” I said not wanting my new doctor to catch us filling out NCAA Brackets. (It’s not like we’re in a betting pool. It’s just the two of us… Something we’ve been doing since we started dating.)
“He may take longer,” Marc said knowingly.
“Okay,” I replied.

So there we were, filling out our brackets; Marc more carefully than I did mine.
“I think I really messed up the South,” I admitted. I rushed. I went to fast.
We compared our results, settled on a point system, and the grand prizes.
If I win the brackets Marc has to accompany me to Jacob’s Pillow this summer. If he wins, then I will drive him around in a golf cart during his next round of golf. Either way, we’ll be spending time together and that’s what counts. (But honestly, I hope that I win!)

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Published by Stacey Shubitz

Stacey Shubitz is a K-6 literacy consultant and former elementary teacher. She is the author of CRAFT MOVES and other professional books on writing workshop. Her forthcoming book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.

6 thoughts on “Stacey’s Slice of Life Story: Day #19”

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  3. I love this slice! You’re a woman after my sister’s heart. She was busily making her bracket, too. I love the NCAA tournament, college basketball is so much more fun to watch than professional. I hope you win!

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  4. I love how furtive you were, as if you were two high school kids huddling under the stairs.
    Interesting picks.
    Here is my grid:

    I go parochial all the way, though, with UConn going to the finals (prob not going to happen but no one predicted my New York Giants would make it to Superbowl and win it all, either, so I am going with my heart)

    Jacob’s Pillow is not far from here, although I am ashamed to say I have never gone.

    Kevin

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  6. That’s a nice official slice that works well with your school post. A rich personal life informs the richness of your work life, don’t you think?
    Bonnie
    I loved Jacob’s Pillow when I spent a summer in the Berkshires when, I would have to do some serious thinking.

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