Life Without Sports

Breathing.

Eating.

Drinking (water, of course).

U2.

And... sports. Sports and lots of sports.

This is the "stuff" of my daily life (not including: God, family, my beautiful girlfriend, and friends, of course. Oh...and my job... right, can't forget the job). These are the things I not only enjoy spending time on, but actually feel I almost "need" to spend time on.

Yeah, seriously. I go a few days without some "Where the Streets Have No Name" and I feel like I missed breakfast. Go a few hours without checking ESPN.com and I feel parched. No, seriously, I do.

Am I obsessed? Probably. Am I concerned? Not really.

But this is why I have decided that I will be going a week - this week - without sports. That's right - no ESPN, no Rockies, no Jim Rome, no Sports page, no predicting how many TD's and INT's Kyle Orton will have in December road games this year (not that I've done that...recently).

I guess I just want to make sure that my priorities in life are in the right place. I guess I just want to make sure I can live a normal, well-adjusted, healthy lifestyle without sports.

Call it lent, call it a revival, call it insanity...whatever it is, it will teach me just how much I want (or need) sports in my life.

Time to get out there and give it my best shot...er, try.

Wish me luck.