Fair Weather Fan

Boston Celtics won Game 4 last week against the Lakers. But I wasn't there to witness the 24-point deficit comeback. Why? Because I knew the Celtics were for sure going to lose when they were trailing by 20 or so points at the half. So what did I do? I told myself that I needed to go to bed because I had to be up early in the morning. Not so. I just couldn't stand seeing the Celtics getting it handed to them. Little did I know the greatest NBA come-back of all time was about to go down.

Round 3 of the U.S. Open golf tournament was yesterday & I stopped watching it when Tiger was at the 13th hole because I had to watch the re-run of Celtics-Lakers game 4 which was showing on ESPN classic simultaneously. Not so. The only reason I switched over was because Tiger kept hitting his ball into the rough & I just didn't want to see him keep bogeying the holes (he'd had a rough going). So what did I miss during the switch-over? Tiger made an eagle putt on the 13th hole & chipped the ball for a birdie on the 16th hole. Ugh. I was so upset that I had missed both those shots. But luckily, I switched back in time to see him make another eagle putt on the 18th hole & take the lead.

Lesson learned from my "fair-weathering" on these 2 occasions . . . weather-all. So the final round of the golf tournament was today & Tiger got off to a very rough start (double bogey & bogey on first two holes). What a nightmare. But I perservered on. Watched the entire 18 holes & was rewarded with the most dramatic birdie putt by Tiger on the final hole which moved him into a tie for the lead & forced an 18-hole playoff round tomorrow.

As I write this, it's Game 5 of the Celtics-Lakers series with 6:10 left in the 4th quarter. The Lakers are up 80-73. I'm off to bed. I have to be up real early in the morning!