Symptoms include:
- Overindulgence in beverages as they don't require you to look down to consume them.
- Under indulgence in eating as you may often forget to eat dinner as the matches leave you only approximately 45 minutes between them. And that "half time" in soccer is really just a time-out so God help you if you want to try and find something to stuff in your face in those 4 minutes between the first and second half.
- Your throat will become hoarse either from yelling at the referee for being card happy or blind depending on the night/team. Your scratchy esophagus will be exacerbated by screaming at the person across the table asking if they can see how much time is left or asking if that really was a yellow card and/or does anyone have to go to referee school?!
All in all, World Cup fever leads to long hours, light wallets and the need to do a detox soon. Also, it leads to forgetfulness. Which is why, Peace Corps Senegal, I wanted to apologize.
With all this soccer mayhem I completely forgot our anniversary. I am so sorry I didn't make mention of it last week. I promise these three years have been truly wonderful and if Brazil hadn't promised an interesting opener and that USA-Ghana game hadn't kept me up so late, I am sure I would have let you know how much I appreciate you with a lovely Facebook post or a #tbt on instagram with photos from our stage one year parties, I certainly would have waxed nostalgic on this blog about how much you have taught me these past three years and helped me become a better woman.
However, the Italy-Costa Rica game starts in just over an hour and I can't make dinner plans with you because France plays at 7 pm, but maybe next week? After group play is over?
We should catch up over lunch.
