The last time the Green Bay Packers were at the Super Bowl was 1997. That was 14 years ago! That's way too long if you are a member of my family. My dad has been a huge Packers fan since he was a youngin and the love for the team got handed down to the rest of the family. You can probably imagine our pure joy and happiness when the Packers defeated the Bears a few weeks ago in their championship game. Winning that game meant they would be heading to the Super Bowl; a long awaited day in my family.
Just to give you a little glimpse of how important this was to my dad especially, we had this conversation a few days after the championship win.
Me: So the last time the Packers were at the Super Bowl was in '97, right?
Dad: Yeah
Me: And they played the Broncos?
Dad: Yeah
Me: And they lost?
Dad: Yeah
Me: And you were heartbroken?
Dad: Yeah
Me: We don't talk about that day, do we?
Dad: No
So on Super Bowl Sunday we had a little get together. It was planned for more people but a few had a family emergency and weren't able to make it. It ended up being my whole family and a couple of friends. Usually I really don't care about the game and only watch the Super Bowl for the commercials but this year the commercials kinda stunk so I'm glad our team was playing.
The moment the Packers won my dad and brother got so excited and started yelling and cheering like there was no tomorrow. This made my dog start barking like crazy and scared the crap out of my cat who was sleeping on my lap. He lept up and scratched me through my jeans so now I have a nice cut on my leg but I say it was worth it. The Packers won! Wahoo!
To top it all off, there was a fantastic Glee episode right after the game. And another new episode two days later. Best week ever!
