The Adventures of Cowboy Hazel

“After years of waiting… Now it’s your turn!” Thus read the big envelope sitting in my mailbox from the New York Jets this afternoon when I got back from the pharmacy (picking up more of that nasty smelling lotion). There’s not a lot that could have taken my mind off the misery that not running because of injury is, but finding out that my years of being on the waiting list for season tickets had finally paid off was definitely up there.

I logged onto their website, checked for seats and somehow, amazingly, ended up with a pair of tickets 20 rows back on the main level! They’re on the 10-yard-line, which isn’t ideal, but there’s no way I can complain… To have season tickets for the Jets on the main level!? I can’t even believe my good fortune.

There is, however, some bad news that goes along with that — the price tag. I spent a little over $1800 on the tickets so pretty much every other non-required expense just got shut down. No more sailing trip to the Bahamas. No more bicycle. No more Yankees games this year (except the ones I already have tickets too). I’ll probably have to sell a couple games too because I really want to be saving up money for my future house… Good news on that is that tickets in my section are already going for like $200 each on StubHub.

So, I finally have my childhood dream of being a season ticket holder. It didn’t come in the city I thought it would, but it feels very good nonetheless. I’m very excited to see what the Jets put together this year with Mark Sanchez in the mix. I have a good feeling about my adopted team.

In running news: I went for a super-slow run this evening and made it about two-and-a-half miles before the knee flared up and I quit. I didn’t push it at all, was trying to be safe. It was my first run since Monday. My knee feels okay tonight which is a definite improvement over the pain from earlier in the week.

Also, I have an MRI at 8:30 tomorrow morning. It might not be necessary, but the insurance is covering it and I’d love to know for sure that nothing else besides the IT Band issue is going on. Plus, the doctor said there might be fluid on the knee that they can take out which would help me heal quicker. I don’t care what it takes, I just want to be fixed up and back on the road. Unfortunately, I won’t know what the results of the MRI mean until Monday because that’s when my next visit to the orthopedist is. I still can’t believe I’m heading back there again… I must be desperate.