Seeing Favre in Purple

I was up on time – right at 5:30am - and there was little variation to a routine that’s become pretty much set in stone. I exercised, walked Ykraps, played on the PC, meditated, stretched and ran. It was quite cool during my run. I wore shorts and a thin, long sleeved running shirt, but I wished I had worn something warmer. It couldn’t have been even 50 degrees. Yikes! Back at the house, the kids and Mindy were busy in the kitchen. Bella complained about not feeling well but we made nothing of it. Soon Mindy was off to school leaving me to get Jacob and Bella on the bus. We hoped this would be the last week of the late bus schedule. After my breakfast I showered and dressed for work. Me and the kids headed out to the bus stop at 8:05am. The bus was parked at the end of our street but sat there until 8:18am keeping with the prior schedule. She mentioned that the change was coming, and hopefully this week. I headed off to work immediately after the kids were on the bus. I drove the BM’er. Work was fairly quiet. Busy, but well managed. I left for lunch around 1pm. I just needed to getaway but had no real agenda. I ended up visiting both Macy’s furniture & World Market just to browse. I was back at the office in something less than an hour. I left work for the day around 5:30pm. Mindy said we’d be having leftovers. And when I got home there were leftovers spread out across the entire island countertop. There was steak, chicken & noodles, pizza, mashed potatoes, cucumber salad, and baked beans. I opted for the chicken & noodles. Bella told me that she wasn’t feeling well. I touched her head and was surprised to find her on fire. Meanwhile, Mindy was on the phone with her brother Craig talking about our friend and neighbor, Amy Morgan, who passed away last Friday after a five year battle with bone cancer. Very sad. She was 38 years old. After Mindy was off the phone I suggested that she take Bella’s temperature. She did and found it to be 102.5. That’s warm. She called her brother back and shared the data. He suggested that she dose her up with Tylenol and Advil, and shared that he’s diagnosed a handful of Swine flu cases in the past week or so, but also mentioned that it could be a number of other things as well. He suggested that we monitor her for the next day or so to see what gives. We gave her some Tylenol and she went to lie down. Bella’s fever began to break within the hour but she continued moping around. Mindy was worried about the prospect of staying home the following day given that Monday was her first day with her full class after last week’s staggered start. I offered up that I might be able to stay home. After all, I brought my laptop home, which isn’t something I do that regularly. This was Monday, and the Minnesota Vikings were playing on MNF. I was psyched. Even though this was preseason, I was very eager to see Brett Favre in action. He was scheduled to play the entire first half. I hurried through kitchen duty and by 7pm I was on the sofa with the TV tuned to the ESPN pregame. Kick-off was at 8pm. The Vikings took the opening kick-off out to the 26 yard line. On the first play, Favre handed off to Adrian Peterson, who immediately ran for a 74 yard touchdown. Boom! Just like that it was 7-0. The game never regained that same level of excitement after the quick start, but I was quite pleased with the Vikings offense. Favre looked good to me, and a far better field general than anyone else they’ve had in that role for several years. Save for a rash of penalties, they looked ready to start the season. Mindy headed to bed just after halftime. I stayed up until it was over. They won 17-10.