My Dream

I have always wanted to go to the U.S. Open in New York City. Of course, when my family was in New York years ago, we didn't think about even going to see the courts, let alone planning our trip around when the U.S Open was. It's fine, we still had a fun trip and I'm really not that bitter.

That being said, every year my family fills out a bracket for the U.S Open. We use this website: http://bracketchallenge.usopen.org/#/ Make sure to save it as a favorite on your computer, so you can fill out a bracket next year.

Whoever wins on this website nationally, gets a free trip to the U.S Open for 2 the following year. (I think) This has yet to happen to anyone in my family. When it does though, I'm sure they will pick me to be the 2nd person going on this free trip. My family has a separate bracket just for us on the website called "The Denning League." It constantly updates and tells us who is winning on the men's side, women's side, and overall. At the beginning of the tournament, I looked at this site often because I was winning the men's side for a few days. Now, I prefer not to look because I keep getting further and further down in the rankings.

We always have a hard time determining what the winner of our family gets. Some of the ideas thrown out this year have been: an amazon gift-card, a free-flight, personal satisfaction, and a trophy. You can guess which idea was mine... (Anything that has do with the word free) I think we are going with a trophy and whoever wins has to keep it on display in their house all year, until it's time for the U.S Open again which is when the new winner will take it over. (Unless of course, the same person (me) were to win 2 years in a row.) By the way, I would not be happy just to have "personal satisfaction" after my win. I want something to show for my dominance.

I am a tennis fanatic. I get REALLY into tennis and have a hard time not watching every match. I'm not quite on the level my grandmother is on though. Watching the U.S Open becomes her full-time job and she doesn't even need to be paid to do it. A big debate in our family includes some of the top men. A couple family members seem to think Nadal is the best. Many others have Djokovic (Jokey) winning. My question is why wouldn't you have Federer winning? I love "Fed." He is so classy which can be hard to do. I don't ever see him throw his racket or lose his temper. He is a family man and has 2 sets of twins which I think is so cool. He is always funny and nice when he is interviewed before/after a match. That being said, Go Fed! I'm routing for you even if I stand somewhat alone in my family.

Andrew and I should both graduate this coming April, and I told him that I would love to go to the "US Open" to celebrate... We'll see if that happens. If not, I will continue to do bracket after bracket until I win that free trip.