Saturday Night Thoughts

I just got off of work for the night and had to tell my boss that I'll be leaving in a few weeks....and it was sad. I call her my boss, but I don't look at her in that way at all. Those people are family to me. I've mentioned it here before, but I'm a personal care attendant and work with a family of 3 people in wheelchairs ages 23-30 who live with their mom and dad and they are all amazing people. All 3 of the people I work with are considered to have sever mental retardation, though I debate that in some areas...they understand and make more sense than the rest of the world sometimes. They all have a rare muscle degenerative disease called Mucolipidosis Type IV. Their mom and dad are some of the most incredible people I've ever met. The dad has multiple sclerosis unrelated to the children's disease, and the mom does more charity work than anyone I've ever met, all while taking care of her kids and husband. I never leave their house without a smile on my face and I've never met a more positive and loving group of people in all my life. They'll continue to be in my life as long as they're on this earth, but it will be hard after 6 years of working with them to say goodbye in that respect. They are the reason that I'm in this field.

On a different note, how about those Tigers?!! LSU is doing one hell of a job of making me temporarily forget the travesty that was the Saints game on Thursday night. LSU just went into half-time against Virginia Tech 24-0! What an amazing team. I'd kill to be at that game right now. My sister got 4 tickets to the game, and I could've gone...but I had to work. It's all good though, I'm enjoying it on TV. Now if only the Saints could take some pointers from the Tigers, we might be OK! What the hell happened to the Saints? I'm really hoping that the Colts are just THAT good. Which they are, and they did play one hell of a game, but we did play a pretty shitty game. Step it up boys!
And finally, there are only 3 left right now, which may be gone by the time I post this, but Lisa Snellings-Clark has posted little black poppets!!! Of course I bought mine already :p Here's the link to her current sale. If you don't see them up anymore, keep checking back as she may add more. I noticed she also added some more purple poppets and those really cool harlequin candle holders! Also check out her latest blog post as she has a preview of things to come for Halloween time...mwuhahahah! Now go buy a goth poppet!

It's Football Time!!!

It's that time of the year again :D That wonderful time of the year where many of you get to skip over some of my posts because they will surely bore the hell out of you! Football time! Tonight, the Saints take on the Colts and you'd swear that it's a home game for us. I'll have my Drew Brees jersey on and will fit in with the rest of New Orleans who has just about gone nuts. There's a sense of magic in the air right now. Everywhere you look in the city, there's black and gold, there are smiles on everyone's faces, there are fleur de lis' pasted on everything, people are screaming "who d'at"...the city has taken a day off from life.

The Saints have come to mean more than just football to our city. They are a break from the grim reminders of what life has become down here. During football season, the residents of New Orleans can rest assured that one day out of the week, they're going to have a good day, and they're going to be in good company, and they're going to unite with other fans and wear smiles on their faces, listen to jazz, dance, eat some good food, and watch one hell of a game. Then they go back home to the reality of post Katrina life, but it's just a little bit better than before, because their spirits have been lifted by that sense of unity.

Last year, the nation watched as the Saints took on the Falcons in one of the most memorable games in football history. It was magical..it was our first home game since Katrina and it was that game that started this uniting front. This year, even though our Saints are playing away for their opening game, it might as well be in our own backyards...the unity, the energy, and that same sense of magic can be felt everywhere. And the city looks a little bit happier today than it has in awhile.

Bless you boys

So we don't go all the way. About 4 hours ago, I was very upset and wouldn't have written this post. But I have to give the guys credit. We played an amazing season. Those guys poured their hearts into every game they played and made every New Orleanian everywhere proud to say we are from this city. We had a really bad game (and some bad officiating) under really bad conditions, but that's just one game. That game did mean everything to an extent, but meant nothing at the same time. We know how good of a team this is and how proud they have made us this season. Would've been nice to go to the big game, but we'll survive, get back to rebuilding our city, and await a promising 2007 season.

Hey, at least Payton Manning will still be representing New Orleans in the Super Bowl. So not all is lost. Good luck Colts! Crush the Bears!

Literary rant to return tomorrow I'm sure ;)

Black and Gold Don't Fail Me Now

The city is alive with the electric buzz of a potential black and gold super bowl. You'd swear that we've already won the super bowl with the way this city has been acting. I thought the opening home game with Atlanta was big, but that was nothing compared to this.

The Saints have done such a great thing for this city. You really forget about everything going on here when they're playing, or when you're waiting for this first time NFC championship victory. Did you ever think you'd hear that the Saints are playing in the super bowl? I hope that at about 6:00 tomorrow night, I can say that. I had all but given up on the Saints. I didn't even watch the games anymore. But I knew at that Atlanta game that this would be a magical season. Win or lose tomorrow, hats off to the team. They've all been a class act and have given a city that is down in the dumps the booster shot that it needed....but of course, we'll win :D

And a little bit of good game related news. I will be allowed to take off tomorrow from 2-6 and come back after the game. So instead of yet another 13 hour shift, it's now only 9 hours.