On Disappointment

Remember when you were a kid and all you wanted for Christmas was that shiny new red bike? You were extra good all year, ate all your vegetables and only hit your sister a couple of times. Remember on Christmas morning, that crushing blow of utter defeat you felt when there was no shiny new red bike? Welcome to New England.

It just feels like the Giants wanted it more and you can’t fault them for it. It’s one of the greatest upsets in sports history and they just might have deserved it more. But it’s still hard to trek 18 games victorious just to lose the last and most important.

I try to think that worse things have happened. Fires and bombs. Those things are pretty bad. There’s still no peace in the Middle East. Next to these 18-1 doesn’t sound so bad, does it? Well I think the wallowing is healthy and it hasn’t even been 12 hours yet, so I’m still gonna wallow just a bit longer.