My favorite advertisement of all time went like this:

 ”You have a 25th hour in your day, do you eat, sleep, or exercise…. We thought so.” 

Complete with a woman in workout gear and the advertised shoes.

I had that ad on my fridge for years (ok, the ad ran in the early 90s).

So, every fall when I “fall back” in the central time zone, I think of this ad.  I must say that, as an economist, that ad brings a bit of a dry humor to me as well as I debate if eating, sleeping, and exercise, or anything else, are perfect substitutes. 

This year, the 25th hour day fell on the last day of my time off before structured workouts or any running or biking; I didn’t work out.  Instead, I did sleep with my extra hour.  This is highly unusual but became a reality when my daughter went off with her friend to play, and Michael and I parked our bodies in front of the TV for some football - Packers v.Chiefs.  Michael is a huge Green Bay fan - we both love Favre - quite an athlete, and he is our age.  And, I did fall asleep a bit during the game.

Other teammates and friends used their extra hour to recover from IM Florida.  Well raced by many - including the amazing Tim Hola who did this race 3 weeks after Hawaii.  Marie, Paolina, and Mark all looked fabulous.  (If I missed anyone else, I apologize.) 

So, coming around back from triathlon to sleeping to football, any takers for some action on the Packers v. Cowboys game on November 29?  Michael is taking me to Dallas for the game in celebration of my 38th bday.  Yee Haw!  Go Cowboys!  I already have an outfit to wear.  Maybe Jerry Jones will see my spirit and skills and he’ll give me my dream job - owner of the Dallas Cowboys.  Last time they played, I won a trip to Hawaii from Michael (no, we weren’t married yet, so he was still working it).  He won’t bet me straight up (yet).  Both teams are 7 and 1, though, so you never know.  I vote for Dallas-Indy superbowl.  Maybe Mark will join me in this Super Bowl Dream.

By the way, mullet watchers, a guy (Davis, I think) on the Chiefs has a mullet.  He was quoted saying that the front says “success” and the back says “party”.  Ben, I think that should be your mullet interview question, “What does your mullet SAY?”