In less than an hour the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Montreal Alouettes will take the field for the 97th Grey Cup game . . . for the championship of the Canadian Football League.

I will be watching the game here in Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica, via the Internet thanks to CFL.ca (and ten US dollars).  I pray that the electricity or the Internet doesn’t go down (as is not unusual) mid-game.

I was flattered to receive an e-mail from a Ms. Abby Schneider from CBC Radio‘s Morning Edition, who wanted to interview me about watching the Grey Cup game here in Costa Rica.  Unfortunately, her e-mail was sent this morning, and I spent the entire day at the beach and just received her e-mail about 15 minutes ago . . . so I suspect that it might be a little late for a Morning Edition interview.  (I hope that she mentioned (or will mention) my blog on the radio . . . I’d welcome the publicity!).

Anyway, it’s almost game time . . . so I’d better go get my Rider jersey on and walk over to the Monkey Bar at the Flamingo Beach Resort (where I hope some other Rider fans will be congregating).  I’m going to sit underneath the Durant and Fantuz autographed Roughrider flag that says, “To all our Costa Rican fans . . . ” and cheer like a wild woman, watching the game on the small screen of my notebook computer.

Go Riders!