The Aftermath

Glory is fading, it is still a desolate February afternoon. What I experienced in the last 21 days (this was no blackjack moment) was triumph, elated glory, disappointment, anguish, sorrow, desperation and finally yesterday defeat. This is what happens when the football team you routed for since you were able to crawl rises up from nowhere to not only win the Super Bowl, but beat Green Bay at Lambeau Field to get there and then beat the undefeated all-world beating and yes undefeated (at the time) Patriots to get there. Then this is what happens in the forthcoming days, when your housing search starts to get numb as the days get colder. When you realize your place of work is no longer what it seems. Then finally, you get great news, that you finally found a house that we (meaning me and Mrs) only to be told that another bid was accepted. The momentary sense of warmth replaced by bitter cold yet again