I'm back, baby!
Having taken my plate full of mango (Seinfeld reference) I'm back to the blog.
"Why, Jim, did you take off a few days?" you ask.
Well, it's pretty simple. After working, oh, 30 days or so in a row (give or take) I needed a day or two off. Plus, when I got into the office on Tuesday, I needed a Bobcat to help excavate my desk. I also had a few angry phone calls from Duke fans to listen to on my voice mail (more on that later).
I didn't make it in until Tuesday because I had a minor - well, okay, major - traffic incident on Monday. My beloved Civic (162,000 miles and still purrin' like a kitten!) was blindsided by a deer. Let's set the record straight from the beginning. The deer hit me. Not the other way around. Just driving down the road, minding my own business and ... whammo.
I know what you're all going to ask. As far as I know, the deer was fine. After turning around and heading back home to call body shops, I drove right past the accident site. There was Bambi, sitting up in the grass, looking a bit stunned, but overall in good health. The Civic? Well, you'd better believe it takes more than a massive collision which crumples in every panel on the right side of my car to keep my baby down. She's got a bit of cosmetic damage - okay, a lot of cosmetic damage - but she's still good to go. Sort of like Rudy Tomjanovich post Kermit Washington.
And yes, Mom and Dad, I'm fine too.
And yes, eventually I'm going to get back to sports. Just wait til the next post in an hour or so.