I'm laying in bed, watching FIFA coverage.I never imagined that I'd be in South Africa with my beautiful wife bringing me coffee and a tray of fruit and biscuits after she turned on the soccer coverage.
Sarah has gotten so into the FIFA World Cup. I'm actually surprised at how she has jumped head-first into the pandemonium.
It didn't really surprise me when the kids got into it. Jarrod came with us on Saturday and is still here. Mason arrived yesterday.
I'm sitting in my bedroom with my angel, eating breakfast, and waiting for the first game to start. Today's matches are Netherlands v. Denmark, Japan v. Cameroon, and Italy v. Paraguay.
Sarah was on Twitter yesterday talking about how we're sort of having a competition. She said on Twitter that she was for Australia so I said that Germany was going to win. Just so you all know, I won that bet.
Now, we are starting our own little world cup. We're going to bet on who's going to win each game and whoever has the most points at the end of the FIFA World Cup wins. We were talking about betting on who's going to ultimately win, but Jarrod made the good point of, "What if none of our picks win?"
So today's choices are:
Netherlands v. Denmark
Sarah and Jarrod is for Denmark
Mason and I are for Netherlands
Japan v. Cameroon
Sarah and Jarrod are for Japan (because neither know where Cameroon is.)
Mason and I are for Cameroon
Italy v. Paraguay
Sarah and Jarrod are for Italy
Mason and I are for Paraguay
Wish Mason and I luck because I can't fathom what will happen to us if Sarah and Jarrod win this competition.
For you NFL fans, "soccer" was called football long before your sport. I'm European and proud to be a fan of the original football.
