Number 109, An improbable outcome

Saturday morning I got up early to play pickleball with Sue, the first time we had done that in nearly two months. Sue had a foot injury while I was staying away because of my persistent IT band issues. We played a couple hours and had mixed results as I would expect. It was fun regardless. This was the longest I played in awhile and I could feel it in my right leg afterward.

I made a quick video describing the process to make one of the cool multicolor prints on the A1, just because.

Saturday night I did a two and a half hour live stream, my 109th, where I talked about the new wheel I purchased, a Kingsong F22. As always the stream had a lot of side topics. I was tired from a poor night of sleep on Friday so I didn’t go as long as I sometimes can.

The weekend itself was on the slow side. I wasn’t feeling overly energetic or motivated for whatever reason. Thank goodness the Eagles did not suffer from any lethargy.

Ever since the team utterly collapsed at the end of last season I became very skeptical and cautious about their ability to win it all again. This entire season I felt like I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, waiting for the collapse to ensue, it never did. Instead they saved their best performance of the year for the Super Bowl, obliterating the Chiefs. Even when the Eagles were up four scores in the 3rd quarter I still did not feel secure in the idea that they would win. Once the score reached 40-6 I finally felt the outcome was secured.

The defense was ruthless, pressuring Mahomes the entire game, sacking him more times than he ever was previously. Despite KC focusing on shutting down Barkley the Eagles still found ways to move the ball, relying on Hurts arm and legs more than normal. Even Jake Elliot shook off the inconsistency that he suffered from this year and hit a bunch of field goals as well as extra points without a miss.

It was an unexpected yet amazing win that I was happy to be able to witness. It’s hard to believe that seven years have passed since their last win. When I thought back to what my reality was at that time it was so, so different.

What a game……