Super Bowl Sunday: Meh, Meh, and a Cleaning Fairy
🌼 Date: Sunday, February 8, 2026
⚡ Energy: Reserved. Protected. Intentionally spent on nothing.
💗 Status: Resting with snacks and opinions.
🏈 Outlook: Some wins had nothing to do with football.
Today was Super Bowl Sunday.
Now, we don’t actually watch football during the season, but the Super Bowl is different. We tune in for the commercials and the halftime show, like many people do. It’s supposed to be fun. Entertaining. A little over-the-top.
Well… let’s just say my expectations were not met.
The halftime show left me wondering why I committed to watching the entire thing. I kept waiting for something exciting to happen, or at least for more than about 20 seconds in English. But nope. Mostly confusion. At the time, I had zero clue what was going on.
Afterward, I read about what the performer was trying to portray through the storyline, and sure—it made more sense then. But honestly, that would have been helpful information before I sat there squinting at the TV wondering if I missed something important.
And then there were the commercials.
I kept waiting for the good ones. The kind we used to talk about the next day. Pepsi. Budweiser. And yes—the frogs sitting on the log (Bud… Weis… Er…). Those were classics.
This year?
Meh.
We Googled how much an ad costs now, and apparently, they started at $8 million. In my humble opinion, some of those companies absolutely wasted their money.
Of course, we still cheered for the Seahawks, because Pacific Northwest loyalty runs deep—even when they’re not playing.
But the very best part of my day had nothing to do with football.
Marnie the cleaning fairy paid another visit before the game and worked her magic. The house felt lighter, calmer, and more put together—things I simply don’t have the energy to manage right now.
And as a bonus? She brought dinner with her when she came back to watch the game.
I officially did nothing today. No chores. No productivity. No pushing through. I let my body rest—on purpose—because I know what’s coming tomorrow.
Today was about conserving energy, accepting help, and letting the world spin without me for a few hours.
And that?
Was exactly what I needed.
💗 Tina –
One Badass Day at a Time
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