Covid Fucks Up Everything

ONE: 

The Bruins lost in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Got their asses kicked. 4 to 1.

Watched a ton of the B's last year, up to and including Game 7 of the finals - which they lost. When this  season began I told everybody who would listen that the B's were gonna be on a mission, gonna kick some ass.

They were and they did. Up until the fucking coronavirus disaster, the Bruins had the best record in the NHL. I am convinced that if the season was not interrupted they were headed to another championship.

Yes, Tampa Bay went through the same shit, but I think all this disruption affects different people differently. Being away from their families, worrying about their families and themselves, differences in routines and practices, no home ice.

Athletes are creatures of habit. They need routine. The Bruins were playing in August, for Christ sake. And they looked like a different team than they did in March.

TWO:

J.D. Martinez is hitting .227 with 4 home runs. In 2019 he hit .304 with 36 home runs. In 2018 he hit .330 with 43 home runs. Yes, I am aware that he cannot watch tape and he says that is having an affect.

He is too good a hitter for that to be the only excuse. I believe he is a student of hitting, much like Ted Williams was. He knows hitting. Everything Covid-related has got to have him off balance. Including living in the park during home series.

THREE:

Carol and I have a get out of jail free card, thanks to crazy unemployment benefits. We have been around long enough to know we cannot piss it away. Could be our last chance at dignity and freedom.

We have lined up a couple of contractors to work on the house. Two guys we trust completely. References from people we trust.

The plan is to make whatever repairs we can afford, put the house on the market in the spring, sell it, buy a mobile home flat out - no mortgage - and slip comfortably into full retirement. We deserve that.

Both contractors warned us that they are flat out. Everybody is looking at their house and saying "Hey, let's get that fixed". 

We lined them both up over a month ago. The landscape dude finally showed up last week and ripped all the shrubs out from in front of the house. Looks much better.

The other dude is going to repair and stain the deck that faces the driveway, repair the deck on the other side of the porch, completely rebuild the deck that rotted off the back of the house, replace a basement window, and fix the screen door that was improperly installed by another dude.

He hasn't started yet but he is keeping us posted. I want all that done before winter sets in. He said it won't take him more than a week. So it will probably get done.

This fucking disease fucks everything up. Killing people, causing endless suffering and worry, killing businesses, disrupting lives, disrupting sports, handcuffing homeowners.

2020 is a lost year. It will bleed into 2021. I do not need this shit. 

Nobody does.