Today I went against karma and challenged fate. I went over to watch the Saints game at a friend’s house. I have watched every regular season game except the Giants game by myself for one reason or another. I was invited over after plans to hang out Friday fell through, and I made the fate challenging clear when the plans were reconfigured for today. Jacob agreed that we were flying in the face of superstition.

Yesterday I had gotten a text from his wife about today that I didn’t know I had until my phone had hit the floor. It had vibrated itself right off the counter in the kitchen. When I went to reply, I realized buttons were not working. When the damage was fully realized, the 3, 7, and 9 were out of commission. I had to make phone calls instead of texting. OMG! Then after my 2nd phone call, magically everything was back to normal. AMAZING PHONE LIVES ON!

So back to the game, I wore my Fujita jersey and brought over some left over High Life from Halloween. The camo cans are hard to pass up. We watched the game together and everything went fine. The Saints are 10-0 for the first time in their history. Things are looking good to watch games together later in the season. It’s a good thing the challenging of fate was when they were playing the 1-8 Bucs and not next week against the Patriots. Next week I’ll be watching alone, just like I watched the last MNF game.

Incidentally, the games I’ve worn my Fujita jersey for earlier in the season where I’d watch by myself, I felt like I was in an NFL commercial. Who wears a jersey at their house when they’re watching a game by themselves? Apparently me.