The NFL and Sundays

Sundays are the day before we Americans have to go back to work or school or carpools or myriad other duties on Monday. Our calendars mark Sunday as the first day of the week. For me it is the end of my weekend. Most people go to church on Sunday, go to a restaurant for brunch, and come home to get “ready for some football”. I have never been a real fan of any sport and least of all football. I learned the names of some teams (Cowboys, Packers, Colts, etc) but I never have been interested in football except for the camaraderie, chips and dip, beer, and those little sausages in the biscuits. Being with friends, ignoring the falling leaves that mark the change of seasons from warm to cool then cold, taking my mind off the inevitable march of time towards a return to my job on Monday is the NFL’s gift to me. Lots of people are fans or fanatics of the NFL here in Mississippi. Bless them. Sundays would normally be very depressing for me. So, here’s to the NFL, its fans and fanatics and it’s distractions from a long, quiet, boring Sunday afternoon in the south. Long live the NFL!!