Pepper McSausage Picks

A pick a day until my mom comes back to life.

Yesterday’s parlay was a good win. The kind of win that should make a dent in getting my mom back to life. It still feels surreal that she’s gone and I’ll just never get to talk to her again (if I quit making picks). The paramedics tried resuscitating her when she died. I got two calls that day. One telling us she was unconscious and that they were trying to resuscitate her. Then the longest 15 minutes of my life. Followed up by the inevitable phone call. In that 15 minutes, I was sure they were gonna bring her back despite the fact that logic would’ve suggested there was no way. God knows how long she was unresponsive before she was even found. Could’ve been 5 minutes, could’ve been an hour, who knows! I don’t think your heart is supposed to stop for any number of minutes so I’d imagine the longer the case may be, the less likely it is the bring someone back. Despite all that, I was so angry with her. I couldn’t wait for her to wake back up (give her a day to catch herself) and then give her the hard truth. Sadly, even if she made it through, I don’t think she would’ve ever gotten better. It’s one thing to be wildly undisciplined (which she was), that’s hard enough to overcome addiction with, but I don’t think she had a strong enough will to live to begin with. I think a lot about how frightening her final moments must’ve been for her, the anxiety that she was probably suffering through. I will forever hope that my fears are wrong, and that she peacefully slipped into unconsciousness without any forethought.

Today’s Pick: CHARLOTTE HORNETS TEAM TOTAL OVER 110 POINTS

They’re on the second leg of a back to back, so all of their stars might sit. But we’ll still have Kon and a fast pace! The books are probably setting this line anticipating that it feels to high for a star-less Hornets off a back-to-back, but yesterday’s win was the sort of momentum shifter that should benefit (at the very least) the offense today!

Good luck everyone and I’ll see you on the other side!

Pick record: 14-16 (thank you Jaelan and Montez!)