Living with MCL

I just had a friend write, and ask why there wasn’t anything on my blog about the Pittsburgh Steelers record setting 6th Super Bowl win.

The truth of the matter is, despite it being the most exciting Super Bowl in ages, and my team winning (remember I was born and raised in Pittsburgh), for some reason, it just didn’t mean as much to me this time.

Now don’t get me wrong, I was excited about the victory, I just have a few other problems, most notably my hand, that are occupying my mind more right now than worrying about posting to my blog.

I think my hand is getting better, but it’s still swollen, and doesn’t seem to be improving fast enough for my liking.

I was able to get back on the bike this weekend, riding 30 miles on Friday, and 50 miles on Saturday, and even though I didn’t lose too much ability, I wasn’t able to ride to my full potential because of my hand.

Oh well, what can you do? Fortunately the Steelers did win, cause who knows how I’d be feeling right now had they lost.

GO STEELERS!

Because I sure can’t say much about the rest of the week.

Even my beloved Steelers, defeating the Baltimore Ravens to start off the week, didn’t do much to stem the mostly negative tone to the week.

It started on Tuesday, when I put gas in my car at the neighborhood gas station, before going to work, and soon discovering the gas station 1 mile down the road was selling it for 6¢ less per gallon. That was followed by my realizing I had forgotten to brush my teeth before leaving the house (and I was too far from home to turn around).

Then the work week seemed overly burdened by some very annoying customers [thank goodness Becky was there to calm me down]. One customer even sent us a letter stating we weren’t working to the latest revision of a specification that was released barely a month ago.

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had my beloved Steelers won the Super Bowl.

Not only was last nights Super Bowl one of the most exciting football games I have ever watched, the New York Giants won, beating the smug, and over confident New England Patriots.

And when Bill Belicheck walked off the field in a huff, even before the game ended, it made the victory by the Giants just that much sweeter.

WAY TO GO GIANTS!!!!!

Not sure how much this might relate to having cancer, or in its treatment, but in every day life, and in the world of football, it’s a sure fire way to guarantee a loss.

I saw it about a month ago when Baltimore lost to New England in the final seconds of the game, and you can see it for yourself, in the body language of Hines Ward, as my beloved Steelers lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars last night.

After being down by 18 points, in the 3rd quarter, the Steelers played brilliantly, gaining the lead by one point, with just over 6 minutes remaining in the 4 quarter, using a varied attack of short passes, and the occasional run.

But with just over 3 minutes to go in the game, the Steelers resorted strictly to their running game, in an attempt to run the clock down, and ended up giving the ball back to Jacksonville with 2:38 to go.

The rest is history, but I think there is a valuable lesson to be learned.

Never second guess yourself. Your first instinct is usually the right one. And you always have to go with what you’re most comfortable with, and what’s working at the time.

Had the Steelers done that, they might have won the game.