All Flyered Out

Well the Flyers lost last night dramatically in overtime to the Blackhawks to end their improbable Stanley Cup run.  I am not going to pretend I saw the game, I didn’t.  In fact I haven’t seen a single game all season long.  It just felt disingenuous to start watching them now.  Anyway, even though they lost, they sort of won anyway much like the 2008 Eagles.  That year the Eagles limped into the playoffs as the low playoff seed and had an improbable run of wins that got them to the NFC championship. 

The Flyers did much the same thing, squeaking into the playoffs on the last day of the regular season and then going on an incredible run in the playoffs, including coming back from a 3-0 deficit, only the third team to EVER accomplish such a feat.  Hats off the to the Flyers, I wish I could name one player on the team. I can’t.

Last night Ali and I mowed the grounds in prep for our trip.  The grass was extra high since we let it go several days longer than normal.  Ali had to crawl over certain areas and didn’t finish up until darkness was setting in.  Weed whacking went slow for me as well since I hadn’t done it in 3 weeks.

Today we have a crushing amount of things to get ready before we leave. 

Ali has been having bad neck and upper back pain the past couple days.  She thinks it is leftover from the triathlon on Sunday but I’m not so sure.  Anyway it has made simple things like sleeping very difficult to do.  Hopefully it clears up soon.  She will have plenty of time to rest in the van.

As before I hope to provide periodic updates to the blog while I am on the road.  It promises to be quite the adventure.

Peace, out.