Thought Bubble: Out Of The Bottom Of The Barrel?

Hey everyone! Missed me? After a month-long hiatus (which wasn't planned nor wanted), I've got my writing cap on and I've got a new Thought Bubble for you. I was planning to call this one ''Bottom of the barrel'', but in light of the Wild's recent 4-2 win against the Oilers, I decided to tweak it, but we're far from out of the woods on this one. Speaking of the Oilers, I'll also talk briefly about other teams who seem to be climbing from out of the bottom and I'll also talk very briefly about my hiatus.

Join me, please.

Opening panel: The Wild on the right track?

Second panel: Turnarounds around the league.

Final panel: The end.

One of my previous Thought Bubbles was entitled ''Wake me up when September ends''. Wake me up indeed. I had no idea how meaningful that phrase would be, because it was the worst month of my life. About two weeks after learning my younger sister was pregnant (and she's carrying the child of the guy who is now her ex-boyfriend), I awoke on a saturday morning to my girlfriend crying beside me. We had been talking about our future for a while now, and our plans are very different. She plans to do her master's degree in Europe next year after she graduates. I still have another year left after this year and frankly, I'm not much of a traveler, plus, I'm studying to become a teacher, a job which requires a certain degree of stability. She was crying because she knew we couldn't keep hiding it, we knew our relationship was going to have to end. So began the worst weekend of my life. We broke up on that day and the next day, I moved to my best friend's place. We haven't spoken since, even though we both still love each other very much and we're dying to talk to each other, but we both feel like we're not ready yet. For the past three weeks, I've been at the bottom of the barrel. I've lost my one true love, the only girlfriend I ever had, the only woman I ever loved. To this day, I still feel empty, and I find myself thinking of her all the time. This situation has made me fall behind on my studies, which are becoming more and more demanding, and it also explains why I had to take a lengthy break from writing. I'm getting better though, I'm taking things one step at a time, and living with my friend helps a lot, even though I often feel like I'm a bother (his girlfriend, who also happens to be one of my best friends, also lives there). I'm thankful we ended our relationship on the best terms possible, but it's still going to be extremely awkward when we start speaking to each other again. Hopefully now you understand why I've been away for so long, but I'm back now, and I'll be doing my best to make up for lost time.

Punchline: It's damn sad that the sellout streak is officially dead, but maybe this will be a wake-up call for the Wild, because even though the Wild have iced much worse teams than this and still sold every game possible, the fans are tired of being played with, so this team has to step up big.

Good to be back.

JS