Favre retires

Last night, Brett Favre decided to retire from the NFL. I don't know Favre, but I enjoyed watching him play in the scrambliness that he always used and the heart and gut that always drove his performances. Plus, he was in There's Something About Mary. I hope he has the courage to stick to his guns so he will be able to enjoy watching football and his boys grow up.

Dreams brought on by disappointment....

Can have happy endings I have found. So, I haven't much talked about the Patriots this year. I usually leave that to the Burger or LB. But, the New England Patriots had an amazing season. They were undefeated in the regular season and made their way to the Super Bowl. Last night, their perfect season was ended by the New York Giants. It was a crazy game. Very low scoring, weird plays, and our Pats just didn't look right. Something was wrong, whether it was the pressure to win it all, or age, or what, something wasn't right and the Giants took advantage of everything we gave them. The game was messy including some really weird play clock issues, topped off by the fact that there was one second left on the clock at the end of the game, the Giants had the ball, and to add insult to injury, the refs made them make the last play. They should have just effed with the clock again and brought it down to zero. Everyone was already on the field, the coaches had already shook hands and Belichick was in the locker room, I couldn't believe they made them end the game like that. It was disappointing, even heartbreaking. For this was much more than just the Super Bowl, it was a chance to become the Best Team Ever.

But last night I dreamt of Tom Brady. No, not that kind of dream. It was after the Super Bowl and there was a big party, everyone was dressed to the nines, and I got to ride with Tom in his limo with a zillion other girls (but of course I was sitting next to him), as we drove down the streets of Boston (I think) and we just talked about how he needs to get healthy and take some time to rest and get ready for next season. I really only remember that I told him he shouldn't be afraid to tell Belichick if he is hurt so he can get better, no one was going to be mad at him for admitting that he needed some rehab on his shoulder or whatever was wrong (apparently I was convinced that he was hurt - it must've been my mind rationalizing why he played so strangely last night). And he was really nice and seemed to understand and appreciate my concern. And man was he CUTE!

Annual being sick sucks post

Well, I have a cold again. I feel slightly better than yesterday but not much. I just have a cold - and no, it's not GT's fault, I'm pretty sure I was sick before the football game, it was just in the incubating stage at that point. So anyway, short and sweet - being sick sucks and we have a organization dinner tonight with members of our board, where I'm pretty sure my husband will know more of them than I do - ironic, eh? Whatevs, at least there will be good food.

Oh yeah, and the Pats are going to kick Eli's ass all the way back to Giants Stadium from AZ!

Red Cross

The other day a bunch of us at work had our CPR/AED refresher class. There is some new material this year, such as don't waste time to check for a pulse or the correct placement of your hands when you are starting CPR and do 30 compressions and 2 breaths for actual CPR. Also, we were treated to this lovely video upon which me and one other co-worker couldn't even watch:

Let's go Pats

I have heard a lot of talk about how boring the game between the Patriots and the Colts is going to be. I don't understand. Do people think it is going to be a blowout? That is the only kind of game that is boring. Do people not know that these teams are rivals? It is always exciting when rivals play (i.e. Red Sox and Yankees) even when it is a blowout. Maybe people are disappointed because there won't be any severe weather to contend with. This is a valid point, but that just means the strategy will have to be that much better. I, for one, am pretty sure this game will be anything but boring.

If you want to talk boring, let me tell you about this Microsoft Access class I took......

Pats Win!

After a very messy, but exciting game, the Pats pulled it out to beat the San Diego Chargers to advance to the AFC Championships where they will play the Indianapolis Colts in Indy. They won by a field goal. This is not an unusual way for the Patriots win, but it is unusal that the kicker was NOT Adam Vinatieri, but a much younger rookie named Stephen Gostkowski who pulled it off with grace. I have a feeling in a few years people in New England will be saying "Adam who? Oh you mean the traitor who when to Indy so he could keep his stats by kicking in a dome?" It is also good that the Pats will be playing in Indy as their home record wasn't so great this year. It will be an interesting game next week. Go Pats!