Now that's more like it.

Had a very fun weekend, which only featured two days of rain thank you very much. Really since Sunday, the weather here has been absolutely beautiful. Not sure I even believe it. Here’s a weekend recap:

Friday:
Sox game 11:
Yes, I’ve been to 11 Sox games. My friends pretty much hate me, but I’m not sure why. I only bought some of the tickets before the season started. Since then, I’ve purchased a few on StubHub and even through the Sox site. It’s not that hard to do, people!!

Anyway, worked the day shift on Friday and met up with Jacks, Mom, and her friend Dori to pre-game. Jacks and I went to the Cask, Mom and Dori to the Baseball Tavern. We each have our places. I’ve been nice enough to compromise, however. I like to pre-game at Cask and post at the Tavern and/or Copperfield’s. Why? Because the both have an activity (pool table at Tavern/hoop at Copperfield’s). I find that after a game, I need an activity to keep me busy and also keep me from over-boozing. Most of the time, it works.

Jacks and I were supposed to sit in the grandstands, an area of the park I haven’t been to in over a year. We went up to an usher named Donna and she asked where we were sitting. I told her and Jackie jokingly quipped, "unless you have something better." To our surprise, Donna said she did and led us to folding chairs behind the lower box seats!!! This is an area for people in wheelchairs, but I guess there were unoccupied for the evening. They were great. We had a whole platform of open space in front of us, an unheard of scenario in Fenway. Usually, my knees are in my chest and I can hardly cross my legs!! In short, it was great!!

Sat next to a nice mother/daughter, Donna and Kennan. Kennan was graduating from high school and was on a senior trip. The rest of her class was stuck up in the grandstands, but I guess they were smart enough to talk to my new favorite usher too!! We chatted with them the entire game, which was a Sox win over Texas. I’m now 9-2 in games attended.

Why I like to beat guys at sports:
Long story short, because when I went up to the hoop machine at Copperfield’s, the guy who had just shot and who’s score was flashing told me "You can play, but you have to beat my 63." I was enraged inside for a couple reasons: a) I don’t need your permission to play. b) you assume because I’m a girl, I won’t even come close to 63. Instead of giving him my whole "apparently, you don’t know who I am" spiel, I just said "Oh, okay. I’ll try."
84 points later, his ass was grass!! "I think I beat your 63. Did I beat your 63?," I asked as he hung his head and got it bad from his friends. I’ll tell you, sometimes I just love being me.
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Saturday:
Worked. Won’t bore you with that.
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Sunday:
Mom picked me up and we drove up to East Bumm New Hampshire for my cousin Bernadette and Mike’s 25th Wedding Anniversary. I was one of two flower girls in their wedding, so I pretty much had to go. I was tired from working the night before, but was glad we went when we got there. Their daughters put together a very nice party for the pair and a good time was had by all.

Helped Jill put the finishing paint touches on our new blue, Red Sox dining room. Walls are a light blue and Red Sox photos/plaques/glasses/signs adorn the walls. It’s tastefully done and looks absolutely fabulous!!
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That’s all for this week. I haven’t been very funny lately and for this, I apologize. Things slow down considerably at the newspaper during the summer, so I’ll have A LOT of time on my hands to keep up with my blog!! Until then, peace out!