Since I started blogging on CR, this is the longest stretch I've ever went without making a new blog. I've been pretty busy the last 3+ weeks, and when I'm not, I've been too tired to want to concentrate on typing out an entry.

In anycase, since my last blog, I went to Denver for the Wild hockey road-playoff games. We won the first game 3-2, and after two of the three goals got calls from friends back in Minnesota who said they showed us on TV. I'm not too surprised by that, since there weren't too many people decked out in Wild gear and of the ones who were, we were the only group I ever saw that was six large. After that win it was so much fun leaving and doing a "lets go Wild!" chant around the opposition's home. The second game we got blown out and we left about 10 minutes before the game was actually over. Avalanche fans were overall pretty tame. Nobody threw anything at us, and nobody ever got too vulgar or angry at our presence.

In my last blog there was a comment of, "Do you think there are specific reasons that you've played so well? Any minor adjustments to your game that have been helpful, or just generally making timely reads, calls, bluffs, etc.? "

This is a really tough Q to answer, especially because I feel like in my last week or two of play, I haven't been playing as well. But around the time of the last blog, I think it was that I was simply playing within myself and making good hand reading decisions, getting maximum value when winning, actually laying down a few hands when beat, and being super tenacious in the right moments and locking down into check/call mode at the right time as well. The last week or two, I can feel my focus isn't quite 100% there. I know that happens for me sometimes when I get busy with other things in life, and the easiest way to get the focus back is by playing and trying to refine my rhythm.

Lastly, a quick shout-out to my Twins for an impressive 5-0 stretch against the White Sox and Tigers. Hopefully they can keep this up and somehow overachieve their way into a playoff birth. Having our season tickets for some playoff games would be unreal.