Usually when I write this time of year I am touting the Cardinals Baseball season and the onset of summer.   Ironically, this year we are having 40’s at night in May and the Blues Hockey run of a lifetime!!!   It seems to be a foreshadowing of things that fireplaces and heaters are running while our beloved Blues are in the final round before the Stanley Cup series.   Hockey means winter and ice and cold weather….not summer and heat.   So I’ll take the cold and cheer the Blues on!

Frankly, I’m happy for cooler days because as I’ve gotten older, I don’t do well with oppressive humidity and heat.   I can only tolerate it if I am at the beach.   And then I gladly  deal with it while I sip a margarita and bury my toes in the sand with a book in my hand….but I digress.

My husband had season hockey tickets for 28 years…it wasn’t until we had school aged children that we got rid of them because we just couldn’t go to all the games and attend to homework, school events and a real schedule.   But we always follow the Blues in their season efforts.   In years past  we have suffered some pretty difficult first round disappointment in the play off’s because the team was eliminated in the first round – even when they seemed to be the favorite/promising team that year.   This year it’s a bit of disbelief….they are in the finals – only a few games to go to have a chance at the coveted Stanley Cup.  We are almost afraid to believe.  Or look.

I personally can’t watch the games.   It’s way too stressful.   Just tell me when it’s over.   The lack of control over the puck is a nightmare for a person  who likes to be in control like me.   Both Football and baseball allow a great deal of control over things when you are on offense.  And unless you make a mistake or fail to move the ball, things can go your way.  Hockey  is like a crap shoot.   And I don’t play craps.  I have enough stress in Real Estate.   So I stay in my room and watch HGTV or Food Network while my husband and son yell at the TV during the games.    If I want excitement all I have to do is get into a multiple offer situation with a buyer!  It’s quite enough, thank you very much.

But I wanted to pay homage to the faithful Blues….it’s time, please put us out of our Stanley Cup misery and WIN IT this year.   I believe it will happen….the cold weather is an omen.