The Blue Jays did it!

Oh boy! Was it ever tense, but the boys in blue have secured for themselves a trip to the ALCS! This hasn’t happened since 2015, and I was very sick with EB, and stuck in the isolation wing of our local hospital for eight days. I think they thought I had SARS, or MERS or some sort of COVID-19 type thing from out of China. The CDC people asked me about 100 times if I’d traveled to China, or had been with anybody who had. I had a sinus infection that depleted my immune system and I picked up EB from a walk in clinic visit. It was an ugly nine weeks, plus recovery time. But… He gets around to saying finally, on my last night in the hospital I was allowed to wander into the third floor patient lounge (alone) to watch the final game where we lost to the Kansas City Royals in game five. A tragedy. Perhaps we can remedy that this year with a trip to the World series! We haven’t won since the 92-93 back to backs. Could have done a three-peat but the league had a lock out, and the team disbanded several key components of the winning group. Shame that.

While I do currently have a sore throat, and the early sneezing stages of a cold, I am healthy enough to enjoy the ALCS from the comfort of my own home. The Blues get a couple of days rest as the deciding game for their opponent runs on Friday evening. Next week is going to be a tense one! I had such a tough time falling asleep after the win last night, even with the NyQuil coursing through my veins like a ten tonne truck. The adrenaline was counter acting the cold meds mightily.

Cold morning, with frost on the ground and only 3°C here. I wasn’t convinced I was going to split any wood today, but I eventually came around to it. I did another 90 minutes though I started later after fixing my wife’s tire, and taking a longer walking route through the pumpkin patch with the dog. Now that the bean portion of the field is done I don’t feel bad with the dog & I traipsing through the field standing on stuff. Tell you the truth, now I feel as though I want to take a nap. I’m exhausted. And hungry. But mainly tired. These ball games go so late into the night. Bye-bye Yankee Doodle dandies.