On Futbol

My husband is leaving me. It happened once before, right after we were married. We were newlyweds just back from our honeymoon. We moved into our new apartment in Tucson and about a week later he left. He was up at all hours of the night. I had been replaced. About a month later he came back. I forgave him for his temporary insanity and things have been great for the last 4 years. But tomorrow I'll be single again.
Tomorrow Mexico plays the first game of the entire World Cup against South Africa (the host county if you really don't follow soccer). My husband is taking off work and going over to a friends house to watch the game live at 8 AM on a giant screen TV. Even if the game was at 3AM he would still be doing this. My husband is obsessed with approximately 2 hobbies, Futbol (soccer) and music, in that order. To call them hobbies makes it sound, well like a Hobie. They aren't really hobbies for him, more like the definitions of his life. He honestly could listen to ESPN Deportes or Futbol Picante 24 hours a day 7 days a week and not bore even for a second. Right now he is watching the pre-cup show. Juanes (who is supporting Mexico in the World Cup, because Colombia didn't earn itself a spot) is playing a pre-cup concert and I just had to tell him to calm down because he came out with a Mexican flag and my husband flipped out. I had to remind him that our son was sleeping and he better not wake him. So basically this concert is combining two of his favorite things in life, futbol and music.
Four years ago as newlyweds I was the dutiful new wife and tried to care about this obsession of his. I'm not sure if out of love for my husband or because I had absolutely no idea what I was getting into. I taped every game for him (pre-DVR days) and left him to scream and shout all he wanted. I even learned how the tournament was set up, some of the rules of the game and which teams had a decent chance and who sucked. I brought my book and sat with him on the couch while he watched every game aired on our non-cable TV.
This go round is different. For one I'm not the dutiful newlywed. I'm a seasoned (well 4 years at least) wife who knows that it might be best for our marriage to just let him have his month. Plus with a 10 month old, when do I have time to sit and read a book?
I'll try and keep you all posted about the madness that is consuming this house hold and I'll also try to keep my sanity among it all. For now I have to say, VIVA MEXICO!