Hosting

Last night after work I stopped to get supplies for tonight’s fantasy football draft party which I am hosting again for the 5th or 6th consecutive year.  Despite being geographically inconvenient for most of the owners, they tolerate the drive because I have the space and tech to hold a pretty fun draft.  Having the remote owners that “attend” the draft via a Skype video call displayed on the 73 inch tv with 5 speaker surround sound is cool as well.

Because of what has gone down the last 10 days I have obviously not been giving the draft party or the draft itself much thought at all.  As far as drafting my team I will put the same prep into it that I typically do, next to nothing, outside of a player ranking list that I will refer to.  Despite my lack of conventional draft prep I have somehow managed to earn second place in the league the last two years in a row.  I make my picks mostly on feel.

I also have the last draft position, drafting number 12 out of 12 teams.  I have been the last team to draft at least 2-3 other times. I’m not sure how I managed that since it is statistically very remote to draw the 12th spot so often.  Although picking last isn’t great, it is nice that when I am picking, it is two players at a time, as the pick order is using a “snake” method.  So when I make my first picks it will be the 12th and 13th player selected which isn’t a bad deal.

Cindy will be around this year to help me with the hosting duties which will be nice.  Trying to attend to the party logistics and making quality draft picks is not always an easy task. Go Team Green Machine.

Today if things go as planned I should be taking possession of my mom’s cremated remains and will be handed her death certificate, something that is needed to muddle through the estate settlement process.  I just want it all to be over with.