Baseball game and updates

The Cubs game was great! The weather was amazing, our seats were ok, and the beer was indeed COLD.

We did make it into The Stadium Club, the "name on the list only" place inside the ballpark where the players are fed before the games. It was so totally cool. I wish I'd taken some pictures while we were there but I didn't want to look all "this is the first and only time I'll ever have the opportunity to see this place".

After the game was over (CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!) we hit up a few of the bars in the neighborhood. Casey McGee's, The Cubby Bear, Harry Carey's - just to name a few. They were all packed with Cubs fans so it was great. What isn't great is that I went from feeling great to stumbling drunk in a short amount of time. It hit me out of no where! So, we got on the redline going the WRONG direction and ended up getting off at the next stop and grabbing a $25 cab ride back to Union Station and barely made it onto our 5:55 Amtrak back home. Thank god it's a 2 hour ride, plenty of time to sober up.

Friday morning we got a phone call at 4am that someone very close to us had passed away. My husband has had the same best friend since he was 5 years old, and his dad passed away from complications after surgery. He was an awesome man and I think Brett, our friend, said it best at the funeral. Not only was he his dad, he was also his friend and his friends' friend. And that he was. I mean, my daughter calls Brett Uncle Brett, even though there is no relation whatsoever, and his mom and dad Grandma Carol and Grandpa Merv. So, once again we were a funeral home for the 4th time in the past 8 months. I realize we're getting to that age where we'll probably experience this more and more with our parents and grandparents getting up there in age, but seriously, 4 times in less than one year?!

My daughter did indeed win the Wii that the softball league had as a prize for their fundraiser. She sold over $425 of scratch-offs and smoked her closest competition by hundreds of dollars. HUNDREDS! They called us on Saturday wanting to drop it off, but as you can see from up above - we were at Wrigley Field. So they brought it over on Monday night and we've played every night since then. We don't have any games yet other than the sports pack that comes with it - golf, bowling, boxing, baseball, tennis - but it's still so much fun! But, I have to say....I'm sore! We were talking about it at the visitation and funeral and found out the physical therapy students are now learning about how to rehab people with gaming injuries. For real!

School starts in less than 2 weeks again. I can't wait!!!!!