Fantasy or Reality

Last night I had a real conundrum. I had to choose between fantasy and reality. The fantasy probably isn't what you think but it raises an interesting question that I thought of on the way to work. Not sure if Cheese and I can flesh it out into an episode of Conversations or not but that is for the future to unveil. What actually happened was that I had a fantasy hockey draft scheduled for half past seven local time. It's in a league with my cousin, very exclusive, pay to play, keeper league. I gave up my own league that I had run since 2008 due to unnecessary pressures on the commissioner and also half the league trying to be Taco. Part of the problem with running a league of family and friends is that they get lax, and forget to set their lineup. I would have thought it would have been overridden by competitive taunting at family events and the desire to show up those you associate with regularly but not the case.  So I'm in the exclusive league. People take it very seriously, especially in the first year of a keeper league, after all, the players you draft in this draft are going to be the ones that shape your team for the years to come. I got several reminder emails telling me that it was going to happen and I was ready. I set my pre-draft rankings just in case. It is harvest season too, and things don't always go smoothly. This was one of those rare events where things did go smooth though, actually too smooth. We harvested soybean at one site and it came off so quick that we decided we should go after another smaller site that was on the way home. This meant that I had to choose between my fantasy draft and getting closer to being done harvest. I have to live with my autodrafted team all season and potentially for years to come but I would be getting something important accomplished in the real world. I guess the question is would you rather do something for sure in reality or have a chance at living a fantasy. That's not the original question but I forget what it was, as I had to put a pin in this post between starting to write it and actually finishing it. Which was annoying. So would you choose a sure bet or would you take a chance at a mediocre fantasy. I think there is more to this and I might re-visit it at some point but for now I'm going to have let you go.