Deep Breaths

I don't think I have ever stared at my computer screen as intensely as I did just now. I swear I nearly went into cardiac arrest waiting for ESPN's GameCast page for the ND-Purdue game to refresh and tell me whether we converted on 4th and goal from the 2 with 29 seconds left when we were down by 4 points.

Tracking the game via GameCast, while better than nothing, is definitely an act in frustration. Basically you can just follow a play-by-play, so you have no idea what's happening with calls, injuries, coaching decisions, and an infinite amount of other intangibles.

And yet, I considered it worthwhile enough to cope with this frustration for 3.5 hours from 2:00 to 5:30am.

I also find myself rather hoarse... ok, don't worry, I wasn't actually yelling at my computer screen like a maniac. (I would never disrupt my Belgian neighbors with such shenanigans). On the contrary, I'm coming down with some kind of cold that has completely wiped out my voice. At first, I was concerned that I might have la grippe A, or, as we Americans call it, the swine flu. So, as is my custom, I searched the web to try to help self-diagnose myself.

I found this website particularly helpful: http://www.doihavetheswineflu.com/

Go Irish, beat Huskies!