We are in it now.  Yesterday we had a little get together here… eight of us with cheat sheets in hand going through a fantasty football draft.  I’ve only ever done this one other time and Karen has never done it.  Though Karen is already in the spirit of the thing and has talked trash to her upcoming match up for the week.  Too funny.  She cracks me up.

For those of you who don’t know or haven’t ever done the fantasy football thing before this is sort of how it works….  we drew numbers to see what the order of our draft would be, we ate huge amounts of snacks, we drank beer, and we, in order, went through the process of picking 17 players (including the following positions… quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end, kicker, coach, and a defense).  Did I leave anything out?  Anyway… you can spread your 17 picks out over those positions as you see fit.  It’s always a good idea to have a couple of everything because there are bye weeks (weeks when the players don’t play) you have to account for.  You don’t want to get stuck not earning any points for that week because you didn’t have a player playing.  You get the idea.  You end up with a roster of starters and some bench players.  You can switch them around if you like, bring someone in off the bench and put someone on the bench… that sort of thing.  You can also drop players and add different ones if you like.  It’s quite the process.  The thing is… we have a league.  Eight of us… eight teams.  There are two divisions in our league.  Every week you play someone else in the league, though our teams also get bye weeks.  This week I’m matched up against Team Top Hats (Terri… let the games begin!!!).  Our players, who come from various teams around the actual NFL, will earn points based on their stats for that week in the games they play.  Our players, as a whole, will earn our total scores for that week.  Every week those scores will continue to accrue until we get down to the playoffs.  Four of us will still be in, and four will be out and relegated to watching the rest of the action from the sidelines.  At the end of the thing the winner will get the pot.  Because, well… there’s always money involved.  LOL  We keep track of all of this online at ESPN dot com.  We can message each other through that site and also keep track of our teams, their scores, our other league members scores, and such.  I think it’s going to be fun.  Mostly, I’m sure, because we know each other and it will be fun to talk smack and give each other a hard time about points, etc.

We had a great time last night ladies… thanks everyone for coming over and for bringing your great snacks, wonderful company, and fantastic souls into our abode.  You are one stellar group of women.  Cheers… and, a parting word…. YOU ARE ALL GOING DOWN!