Boston, You're My (Soggy) Home
So after surviving that 10-hr Saturday afternoon shift (which went by a lot better than previous end-of-quarters because I actually remembered to pack headphones), I headed to Dave's for the next couple of days. I took yesterday and today off because we went to a game at Fenway last night! It was quite a hassle trying to round up everyone to get there on time, but with a little help (and leadfootedness) from the Lucky Chosen One*, we reached Dave's brother Tony's place in Dedham with plenty of time to spare!
We got to the game on time, but as many of you know it was a wash-out in two ways! For some reason we put out our crappiest pitchers that night, and Toronto clobbered us. The goddamn Canadians** beat us at the Great American Pastime! Then Mother Nature joined in on the fun in the seventh inning with a freak rainstorm that had all of us fleeing in an ineffective slow manner out of the stands. I don't think I've ever been rained on so hard before!
The cool thing about last night was somehow, among the thousands of people, we ran into Maura - twice! Also, Dave's friend Don came with us, and I got to meet him for the second time ever. And I had my very first Fenway frank! I had gotten one from the dude walking by, and was just finishing it, when Dave came back with one he had bought me inside!
Today was fun, too, but I will make another post for it since this one's reaching the "skip because it's too long" limit***, hehehe.
*that's apparently me; I have the fortune cookie fortune to prove it in my wallet
**remember, when it comes from a Canuck like me it's okay
***I believe weirdos on 4chan call this "tl;dr"
We got to the game on time, but as many of you know it was a wash-out in two ways! For some reason we put out our crappiest pitchers that night, and Toronto clobbered us. The goddamn Canadians** beat us at the Great American Pastime! Then Mother Nature joined in on the fun in the seventh inning with a freak rainstorm that had all of us fleeing in an ineffective slow manner out of the stands. I don't think I've ever been rained on so hard before!
The cool thing about last night was somehow, among the thousands of people, we ran into Maura - twice! Also, Dave's friend Don came with us, and I got to meet him for the second time ever. And I had my very first Fenway frank! I had gotten one from the dude walking by, and was just finishing it, when Dave came back with one he had bought me inside!
Today was fun, too, but I will make another post for it since this one's reaching the "skip because it's too long" limit***, hehehe.
*that's apparently me; I have the fortune cookie fortune to prove it in my wallet
**remember, when it comes from a Canuck like me it's okay
***I believe weirdos on 4chan call this "tl;dr"