Failing The Stress Test
by Howard Simon
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posted Mar 27 2012 11:58AM
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It finally hit me last weekend. I finally reached the point where I couldn’t take the stress of the Sabres frantic pursuit of a playoff spot. Quite honestly I lasted longer than I thought I would but it did help that I spent a week in Mexico almost completely out of touch.
As the Sabres prepared to play the Rangers last Friday night, I couldn’t sit still. I had so much nervous energy, I was unable to just sit in my comfy chair and watch the game. So I grabbed my Iphone, opened up the WGR App and took a stroll around the neighborhood. For an entire period. There were probably some people who were thinking “what’s up with the crazy guy walking around and cheering/screaming?”
The next night it happened again but this time, walking was not an option. I had promised my lovely wife that we would have a family night out for dinner and ice cream(if you work at Jenny Craig, please disregard the ice cream reference). Don’t worry I did DVR the game in the event I needed to go back and watch whatever I missed. By the time I got home, the Sabres were leading and I only had to worry about them holding on the rest of the way.
Now to tonight’s game with Washington. I started getting nervous about this one on Sunday night right after the Caps beat Minnesota to move back into a tie with the Sabres. When I came to work on Monday morning it felt just like the Monday after the end of the regular season and I was awaiting the Sabres playoff opener. At least I didn’t have to wait 3 or 4 days for this game to be played.
I am now officially in “hunker down” mode where my family knows I’m not the most fun person to be around. Unless the Sabres win, then I’m fine. Tonight I will be down in my basement/office watching the game by myself, not answering the phone and not conversing with members of my family(except during intermission when I take the dog out for a walk so I can work off the nerves).
I would like to apologize in advance to anyone I come in contact with this week and next because I may seem distant and anti-social. I am far from that but these are special circumstances and I don’t drink(other than the odd cake vodka shots at WGR events) or smoke so I have no outlet. I can’t binge eat either because that would defeat the purpose of my diet.
So Good Luck to the Sabres in this stretch run and here’s hoping I get to do all of this again in a couple of weeks.
Tags : Locations : Minnesota, Washington
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