Rivalries are exciting and create interesting behaviors amongst friends.

Our good friend, Mr. G, arrived Sunday with a “lucky plant” and pretended to be happy for us when the Patriots won. My husband purchased 2 helium balloons – one was a Patriots balloon and the other one was for Mr. G. Things turned out well for both. Maybe it was the lucky plant?

After Mr. G left, we realized mutual happiness would be impossible on February 5, 2012.

In an attempt to lighten the impending emotional devastation one of us would face at XLVI, we created a scientifically crafted method for predicting the actual winner. We attached both balloons to the lucky plant, at equal heights, and will track daily, the rate of deflation. The last balloon floating will indicate which team will win. Knowing the outcome ahead of time will, hopefully, lessen the chances of one of us…I don’t even want to go there. And because we have a lucky plant that originated in Asia, we thought we needed a fan living in Asia to participate. Happy Rick in Hong Kong will be with us, weighing in from the other side (not to be misinterpreted that he is a Giant’s fan).