The Vince Lombardi (Super Bowl) trophy is headed back to Wisconsin. Named after arguably the best football coach ever, to those that knew him and/or played for him, he was a better man and mentor than a coach. I’ve read a few books about the man and it seems he was always more interested in teaching young men how to be “good men” rather than good football players. In the pre-game yesterday they interviewed Bart Starr, the famous quarterback from years ago. When asked about how Coach Lombardi prepared them for a game he said “coach didn’t prepare us for games, he prepared us for life”. He went on to say that Coach’s priorities were “God, then family and then us”, joking that we, and football, were way down the totem pole as far as importance in life. Other famous quotes include those such as “son, winning isn’t the most important thing, giving your best effort is”. Seems like today, we could use a bit of Lombardi wisdom in our lives. Oh well, important or not, it was a great game and I’m thrilled the Pack won!
We had a busy day yesterday making snow forts in the front yard in case the dreaded neighbor kids came over and dared to pick up a snowball. Mom worked until 5:30, (they let her go home a 1/2 an hour early) and we all watched the halftime show together. She had her first employee review yesterday and to no one’s surprise, (those of us that know her), she was of course rated “awesome” in all catagories. She started the day going to work with a temperature over 100 degrees but said she couldn’t call in sick as she’d only been there a few weeks and it was Super Bowl Sunday. That’s the kind of worker she is. It’s 6am and she still has a 101 degree fever and the boys are both nursing their endless head colds and deep rooted coughs. So far I’ve managed to avoid the plague that lives in our home.
We’re supposed to get another round of snow tonight that is threatening to close the schools tomorrow. We have a lot on the ground outside right now and it’ll warm up enough just to melt it a bit so it can re-freeze into a nice icy sheet on the walks and streets. We both (the wife and I) got in our exercise yesterday and passed on any adult beverages. We feel much better when we incorporate those practices into our days. The boys have basketball tonight but as of now, we need to keep them home as we need to try to kick these deep coughs. I’m off to the elliptical downstairs as my day starts with a conference call in about 90 minutes.
Enjoy the week and keep a positive attitude.