Monday Reflections

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It’s Monday morning as I write this.  I was up early this morning as one of our cats woke me up to be fed this morning.  I got  up and fed him then went back to bed for a bit and decided I was wide awake.  I have yet to make my coffee as the electric bean grinder makes a lot of noise.  Others aren’t up yet so I thought I would come out and enjoy my first bowl of the day.  

Quiet Night is my tobacco of choice this morning.  My coffee will be Bella Maria when I get around to making it.  But I was up just before sunrise.  I just sat in the quiet of the early morning reflecting on the weekend.,  I enjoyed college football on Saturday as I usually do on fall Saturday’s.  Sunday I didn’t do a lot but just kind of hung out on the lanai.  I’m not into pro football but did catch some scores yesterday.  

Weekends are generally pretty quiet for me.  There were a few surprises in the scores from Saturday.  As always there were upsets and a few teams didn’t do as well as expected.  As always there are a lot of armchair quarterbacks on Monday’s reflecting on both college and pro games over the weekend.  I’m not a Monday quarterback, but I like to see what others are saying about the games.  

Say what you will about college football, but I’m a fan of college football.  It’s not just about one team, but more about college football in general.  Th AP poll makes things interesting as the teams are ranked from week to week.  Quite a few teams have a future NFL stars.  It’s just a hobby to follow college football as I don’t bet on games.  But I like to see how well Vegas predicts games and then see the results.

Well, the sun is up now and the Monday alarm will go off shortly.  I’ll make my coffee and enjoy my first cup with another bowl.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave  

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