Found a new obsession

I’ve probably mentioned before that I’m not a “half-way” person. When I start doing something, I do it. This is why I should never try heroine…not the point of this post, but definitely true. I decide to lose weight; I lose 110 pounds. I decide to start exercising; I have rarely missed a workout in 6 years. I start being a Texas Ranger fan; I almost insist on watching every game (tv or otherwise, I’ll even listen to it on the radio in a pinch). I eat a candy bar; I eat 10 candy bars. I get on Facebook and start playing Bejeweled; I play for hours. You get the picture. It ain’t always healthy, but that’s who I am. I become obsessed/addicted easily. I prefer to call it “focused” or “intense” or “crazy”…wait, not that last one!

My husband decided to create a fantasy baseball league with some friends on Facebook. Because fantasy baseball is a competition, I was all about it. Right away I started researching how to put my players in draft order. You think this would be easy…put the good players and players you want on your team high on the list. However, after much research, I find out that a lot of thought and consideration need to go into this process. Here is something you should know, baseball keeps A LOT of statistics. So, the logical thing for me to do is make a spreadsheet, right? I told you, “crazy”. My husband talked me off the spreadsheet ledge, but I still spent an obscene amount of time doing research. Turns out the good players and players I liked ended up at the top, grrrr. Then, all I had to do was wait for the draft!!!

My team drafted today! I really don’t know what I’m doing, but I can tell you that I have spent a lot of time doing it. I’m shifting players and trying to figure who I want to trade with. I’m looking up stats of players, again. I have set my roster for the whole week to try to maximize my stats or at least I think that’s what I’ve done. Again, I don’t know what I’m doing! It is so exciting!! Why? I have no freaking idea. I think whoever wins gets beer and barbecue or something equally as obtainable without winning the fantasy baseball thingy-ma-jig. But it’s my new obsession and it was totally fun tonight messing with it all. By the way, my team is called the SA Sluggers…what a stupid name! Next year I’m going to do a little research on rockin' fantasy baseball team names! Go Sluggers!!