2022 Life Logs, Day 352: World Cup Win for Messi
Date: Sunday, December 18, 2022
Weather: Partly Sunny: High 41, Low 25 degrees F
Sunrise and Sunset: 7:05 am & 4:15 pm
Location: At Home in the Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
If you are not a soccer fan, you might not know that today was the final game of the 2022 World Cup held in Qatar. The game was between the defending champion, France, and Argentina. Argentina’s Lionel Messi is 35 years-old and is generally accepted as the best soccer player of all time. His list of achievements is very long, but he has never played on the winning team in a World Cup final. Today was his day. Argentina dominated in the first half, but in the second half, France’s 23-year-old Mbappé scored two goals to tie with Argentina. The game went into overtime and ended in 3-3 tie. Penalty kicks were won by Argentina, and the World Cup was theirs. The announcers kept saying that this was the best World Cup game of all time. Mbappé is a phenomenal player, but he has many World Cup possibilities in his future. I was just so happy that Messi finally got the ultimate win in the world of soccer. I was glued to the TV for almost four hours, so I didn’t get as much done outside today as I had hoped. But there is always tomorrow for that. There is only one World Cup final.
I watched the game alone, as Sam still has the flu. I am, therefore, avoiding direct contact with him and didn’t go over to Heather and Jed’s to watch with them. They had a holiday party to attend after the World Cup game, so when I went over to do some fall leaf clean up, Sam was the only one at home. I wore a mask and went inside to say hello and ask him what he thought of the game. He said it was the best soccer game he has ever watched. I then mowed the backyard, bagged the leaves, and headed home with the lawn mower and leaf blower to finish the fall leaf clean up here. Sam was going to do that, but with him out of commission, I will see how much I can get done. I will pick up the bags of leaves from Heather and Jed’s tomorrow once someone carries them up the hill from the backyard. That I can’t do. I got a little done at home before dark and will continue tomorrow. I had to stop in time to play fetch with Shadow before the last light faded. Some things are just more important than others.
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah, and I chose not to be with the Goldstones for that either. I missed the lighting of the candles on the first night of Hanukkah and eating those delicious latkes. But hopefully none of the rest of us gets the flu and we can enjoy Christmas together. For those of you who observe, “Chag Sameach.” This means ‘happy holiday’ in Hebrew.
