My Life Is My Own Again!
I could write something profound about how the team and the organization came together to win the World Series for the SECOND time on my life time, how all 25 guys contributed to the team winning, the differences between the 2004 team and the 2007 team, etc, etc…but what fun would that be? Instead let’s see how the Red Sox winning the 2007 World Series affects ME!!!!!!
I can sleep again!!! No more sleep deprived days at work, trying to map out the best time to take a nap after work but before the next game or briefly considering a nap in my car at lunch. No more nightmares after a game we win that it isn’t over and we lose in horribly dramatic fashion.
R.I.P. “The Candle”…this will get its own posting. I’ve talked about this candle in this blog since 2003, seriously, go look. In a post to come soon I will reveal ALL about The Candle we never talk about.
No more planning my social calendar around what team we’re playing, who’s pitching or whether its safe to leave the house if we won the night before for fear of screwing up the luck. Have you ever tried to explain to a 3 and 7 year old, “Auntie has to go so she can watch the game at her house because they lost last night but if I go back home to watch the game I’ll have changed the luck so they’ll win now”? All you’ll get back is blank stares. One day they will understand, oh yes, one day they will….
No more letting games decide my mood the next day. You really don’t want to be on the business end of my attitude after a tough loss. On the plus side I’m almost pleasant after a big win. Now we’re back to not talking to me until after 9am unless you want a blank stare while I’m sipping my Dunkies.
No more fearing the Yankees! They’re officially in a rebuilding year! No more giving a crap what A-Rod does! I don’t care if he hits 80 HRs next season as long as it’s not with us! He could announce in the last moment of the World Series that he’s decided to become a tranny, change his name to Chaquita and is the new spokesperson for Maybelline’s Perfect Plums lip line and I wouldn’t bat an eye lash.
I don’t have to hate JD Drew nearly as much! Damn you for hitting well in the post-season, DAMN YOU!
I can still hate all things French Canadian!!!! I may not have to see Gagne come into a game again, ever.
I can spend an exorbitant amount of money on anything that says 2007 World Series Champions. I’m talking Christmas ornaments, shot glasses, t-shirts, sweatshirts, DVDs, commemorative plaques……
I can start saving for Opening Day 2008 tickets.
No more OCD! I don’t have to worry about switching the channel the right number of times. No more wearing the same shirt to bed that could probably crawl to bed on its own by the end of the World Series. No more figuring the lucky outfit for going to the games and the right lucky ensemble for watching it at home. I can enjoy watching replays of the games over the winter without reverting to the fetal position. I can leave my house after 7pm on a weekend. I don’t have to break out into a cold sweat for fear that Dunkies might switch my cinnamon coffee I had every morning during the playoffs for french vanilla. No more knocking wood until my knuckles are raw. I can LIVE AGAIN!!!
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