ITS ALL OVER...

Well, we made it.  Football season is officially over.  Superbowl Sunday proved to be the cherry on the cake of the season.  It wasn't perfect, and the NFL has a few sour spots no doubt, but overall, a super fun season.  We experienced the first college bowl playoff and boy was that awesome, especially for Buckeye fans.  The Superbowl was a perfect nail biter, and Katy Perry's amazing halftime performance rocked.  I personally am in the market for a giant gold mechanical lion to ride around in my back yard!  

And finally, Milford won it's first state high school championship of the season (yes, I read Gil Thorpe in the comics every day and you should too - this is real life people.)

One of the things I found most irritating throughout the season, however, was Pete Carroll's gum chewing antics on the sideline.  Pete Carroll, coach of the SuperBowl "runner-up" Seahawks is constantly chewing on a wad of gum as he coaches.  I don't know about you, but it is distracting, and obviously results in loss of concentration and poor play calling.  I'm not the only one who has noticed this as you can see a clip of the action here:  http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/12/2/5168838/seahawks-saints-2013-update-monday-night-football

I remember when I quit chewing gum.  I was in college and sitting in front of the mirror at my hair salon chatting with the kind soul who gave me relatively decent $12.00 hair cuts.  I too was chomping away and all of the sudden I actually looked at how rediculous I looked.  CHOMP, CHOMP, talk talk, CHOMP, CHOMP, talk talk.  My mouth never stopped moving.  That was officially the last time I chewed gum for any longer than to freshen my breath in an emergency.  (Hint, any gum, or mint for that matter, with sugar, will ultimately result in bad breath as sugar will do that to you - you must use sugar free products!)  These are my favorites!!

And while I don't want to "pile on" while the guy is down, I think the Seahawk's play calling at the end of the game, which resulted in an interception (when they very likely would have won the game otherwise), is an opportunity for reflection for all of us.  The bottom line is, don't over think it.  Many of the arm chair quarterbacks who have discussed the Seahawks last play (pass instead of a run) are simply suggesting Pete Carroll and his offensive coordinator made a difficult situation out of something that really should have been quite simple. 

As mothers, we have to avoid the same mistake.  Every day we are managing our families, making decisions and at least for me, hoping that by the end of the day, I haven't totally screwed anything up.  Probably the best advice we can take from this is to remember hey, we did this yesterday, and the day before, and so far everyone is still doing just fine.  Don't overthink it.  Be the best mom I can and for the most part, my team will feel victorious at the end of the day.