I'm not sure I have the constitution to be a sports fan.
When the Canucks lost two games in a row last week in the first round of the Stanley Cup finals (and I mean LOST-- it was ugly) I turned into a giant ball of hockey-stress. I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned all night, fretting about the Blackhawks. When I finally managed to drift into fitful sleep, the Blackhawks were my first thought when I awoke the next morning.
My acupuncturist-- and I swear this is true-- felt my pulse and said, "Have you been feeling a lot of stress lately?"
It took me two days to recover.
For the next game in the series, I stopped wearing the Canucks jersey I'd worn for the first five games, and switched to my Canucks t-shirt and hat.
Because clearly the jersey was the problem. Without it, surely the Canucks would win.
But they didn't! (Although they did play better and the loss wasn't as brutal.)
It helped that I spent most of the game intentionally focused on other things to keep my stress level down.
Then tonight. Game seven. Do or die.
I went out to dinner just so I wouldn't have to watch the whole game. When I got home, half-way through the first period, the Canucks were up 1-0. And they stayed that way until almost the end of the third period when the dastardly Blackhawks managed to sneak one past Roberto Luongo.
The clock ran out. The game was tied 1-1.
Overtime.
At which point, I was about to jump out of my skin.
And then-- whoosh! Alex Burrows breaks away! He scores!
The Canucks win!!!
And I cry.
Seriously.
Cry.
Can you imagine what I'll be like once the IVF drugs start?
LOL I'm sorry I had to laugh. I cried too! And also wondered if I'm cut out for this sports obsession/addiction. I suppose it's too late now to worry about that.
Those few minutes of OT were just about all I could handle.
I was yelling things like
"Don't you let them do this!", "Finish this! NOW!", and MANY other things.
Well I'm guessing we are hooked. Looking back over the regular season I realized I did not miss one. single. game. 82 games....is that something I should admit to because it sounds CRAZY!
Glad you got hooked on hockey like I did......out of the blue.
GO CANUCKS!
Posted by: Chris | 04/27/2011 at 04:58 AM
Sorry, I'm a Metro-Detroiter. Go Wings!
Posted by: Beth | 04/27/2011 at 01:19 PM
Are you sure you aren't Canadian?
I woke up this morning and turned on my computer to see the results. To late to watch the entire game in my time zone.
Posted by: Rhonda | 04/27/2011 at 05:00 PM
We are living parallel hockey-fan lives right now b/c I just finished listening to (I don't have cable tv) the Portland Winterhawks/Spokane Chiefs WHL hockey game on the radio, and it too went into overtime....and...we WON (Winterhawks)!!!!!!!!! I didn't cry, but I screamed and ran around my house and freaked my cat right the hell out.
Good times. :)
Posted by: Rheed | 04/27/2011 at 10:35 PM