There was much excitement on the Majors baseball field yesterday afternoon.
Mets vs A's. Final score 9-4
We had sunshine in our eyes followed by gray clouds, a wind tunnel and sprinkling. There were bases stolen, batters out of order (coaches mistake, 2 automatic outs), errors giving up runs, a runner out at home plate and a number of questionable Ump calls. As I said, much excitement. Overall, both teams played a good game, but someones gotta win! AND IT WAS THE METS!!!!
Indy made a rather nice play catching a fly ball in center field for the 3rd out with runners on base. Way to go Indy!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
I Have Been Blessed
At 7:20am Sunday, in between phone calls with Esprit, I received the phone call that my dear friend Charlie lost her battle with lung cancer earlier that morning.
I knew this call was inevitable and yet I feel this is surreal and I'm certain the reality hasn't fully hit me. Charlie has lived in Florida for over 15 years and I wasn't able to be with her physically throughout her battle. I was given the gift of spending a weekend with Charlie almost 1 year ago, after she'd had her first round of chemo.
I knew Charlie for 25 short years. Ours was a bond that transcends time and distance. We shared laughter and tears, dancing and drinking, known each others loves and lost loves. An unconditional friendship.
To know Charlie is to love Charlie. Everybody loved Charlie. I Loved Charlie.
I am looking at a photo of my dear friend as I type this. Crying and laughing intermittently. As I was speaking with Charlie's daughter Stephanie earlier today, we figure there's quite a party going on in Heaven. Charlie's there and there's always a good time where ever Charlie goes.
I Love You and will miss you, Charlie. But, I have been Blessed to have known you.
I knew this call was inevitable and yet I feel this is surreal and I'm certain the reality hasn't fully hit me. Charlie has lived in Florida for over 15 years and I wasn't able to be with her physically throughout her battle. I was given the gift of spending a weekend with Charlie almost 1 year ago, after she'd had her first round of chemo.
I knew Charlie for 25 short years. Ours was a bond that transcends time and distance. We shared laughter and tears, dancing and drinking, known each others loves and lost loves. An unconditional friendship.
To know Charlie is to love Charlie. Everybody loved Charlie. I Loved Charlie.
I am looking at a photo of my dear friend as I type this. Crying and laughing intermittently. As I was speaking with Charlie's daughter Stephanie earlier today, we figure there's quite a party going on in Heaven. Charlie's there and there's always a good time where ever Charlie goes.
I Love You and will miss you, Charlie. But, I have been Blessed to have known you.
So Much to Write About
After my previous post the days were going by without much to say. I was missing Esprit terribly and so the days were SLOWLY passing, but really nothing else... until this past weekend, which is still pretty blurry.
I desperatly tried to get to the Friday night crop at Angel's. I waited until Friday to reserve my place and had to cancel a few hours later. Work. It seems CPA's don't really care about my crop schedule. A much needed ME time that had to be put on hold.
We all slept in on Saturday, Indy included, until after 10:00am. Haven't had the opportunity to do that in a long time. Needless to say the rest of Saturday went by rather quickly. Indy's soccer game was in Laguna Beach at 4:30pm. Tie game. As always very exciting.
Sunday morning I was awakened at 5:30am by a phone call from Esprit. There had been a problem with their return flights and they were stuck in New Bern, NC! Esprit was frantic and now so was I. 7 hours later...Esprit and Daniel had missed all of their connecting flights and it was apparent they would not be coming home until Monday. US Airways claimed they didn't have paid tickets from Charlotte to LA. Expedia claimed that US Airways had made changes to their tickets and wouldn't do anything to assist. With the storm in the Northeast all flights were overbooked and there weren't too many options available. I have never felt so helpless. I couldn't do anything. Eventually, US Airways made arrangements for flights out on Monday. As I write Scott has picked Esprit and Daniel up from the airport and we await there arrival at any moment!!!!!!
In the midst of the many phone calls with Esprit we received a sad email from Scott's Dad and Sharon. Their beloved dog, Clancy, had been killed by a hit and run driver last week. We are sad for their loss. We remember Clancy as a pup. He and Indy would share Grandpa's chair while watching movies.
Did I mention that Sunday was also our 18 year anniversary?
I desperatly tried to get to the Friday night crop at Angel's. I waited until Friday to reserve my place and had to cancel a few hours later. Work. It seems CPA's don't really care about my crop schedule. A much needed ME time that had to be put on hold.
We all slept in on Saturday, Indy included, until after 10:00am. Haven't had the opportunity to do that in a long time. Needless to say the rest of Saturday went by rather quickly. Indy's soccer game was in Laguna Beach at 4:30pm. Tie game. As always very exciting.
Sunday morning I was awakened at 5:30am by a phone call from Esprit. There had been a problem with their return flights and they were stuck in New Bern, NC! Esprit was frantic and now so was I. 7 hours later...Esprit and Daniel had missed all of their connecting flights and it was apparent they would not be coming home until Monday. US Airways claimed they didn't have paid tickets from Charlotte to LA. Expedia claimed that US Airways had made changes to their tickets and wouldn't do anything to assist. With the storm in the Northeast all flights were overbooked and there weren't too many options available. I have never felt so helpless. I couldn't do anything. Eventually, US Airways made arrangements for flights out on Monday. As I write Scott has picked Esprit and Daniel up from the airport and we await there arrival at any moment!!!!!!
In the midst of the many phone calls with Esprit we received a sad email from Scott's Dad and Sharon. Their beloved dog, Clancy, had been killed by a hit and run driver last week. We are sad for their loss. We remember Clancy as a pup. He and Indy would share Grandpa's chair while watching movies.
Did I mention that Sunday was also our 18 year anniversary?
Monday, March 12, 2007
North Carolina
Esprit and boyfriend Daniel left early (the airport shuttle picked them up at 3:10AM!) for a week's vacation in New Bern, NC visiting Daniel's father. They landed in New Bern around 4:45pm ET and I've already talked with Esprit. Thank goodness for cell phones! Mine will get used A LOT this week...
Here's Esprit fitting herself in Daniel's bag. His clothes are already in there too! We debated saving the plane fare... LOL!!, not really.
Indy's Sports Update
Mets Baseball
Saturday was the first "official" game of the season. Our opponents, the Phillies could do no wrong. They scored 12 runs in the first inning. It was impossible to catch up (: The game was called a mercy at the bottom of the 4th inning 14-3.
Arsenal Soccer
What a fantastic start to the season! All 3 games played this season have been shut outs. 2-0, 6-0, 2-0. Very exciting to watch. Indy is definitely in his element on the soccer field. He scored the first goal at Saturday's game and assisted with 2 more. He gets more pleasure out of the assist, funny guy. Can hardly wait for our next game!
I've posted running game totals to the left and will update every week.
Saturday was the first "official" game of the season. Our opponents, the Phillies could do no wrong. They scored 12 runs in the first inning. It was impossible to catch up (: The game was called a mercy at the bottom of the 4th inning 14-3.
Arsenal Soccer
What a fantastic start to the season! All 3 games played this season have been shut outs. 2-0, 6-0, 2-0. Very exciting to watch. Indy is definitely in his element on the soccer field. He scored the first goal at Saturday's game and assisted with 2 more. He gets more pleasure out of the assist, funny guy. Can hardly wait for our next game!
I've posted running game totals to the left and will update every week.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Pond problems this week...
One of the hoses to the pump came loose causing a majority of water to flow out of the pond this week. By the time it was discovered and water added our fish were extremely stressed. Our white Koi didn't make it. The orange Koi did, but isn't out of danger yet. She appears to be quite sad about the loss of her mate. We are all sad too. Silly how attached we become to our fish.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
And Off to Opening Day for Baseball
Directly from soccer it was off to the baseball field for Opening Day. This year Indy is on the Mets. We missed the early morning festivities and arrived just in time to have photos taken. This was followed pretty much straight away with our double header exhibition games.
More Soccer
The boys had a great first game of the season with a winning score of 1-0. Looking forward to our game this Saturday. Bright and early. 8:00am in San Clemente. Looking forward to the extra large coffee for this one!
A Little Bit of Soccer
Spring Soccer season officially started this past weekend. Very exciting...this is the first time Indy has done the Spring season. He's on the "Arsenal" team. Looks to be a fun time. We had a practice scrimmage on the 24th bright and EARLY and arrived to help setup the field with coffee in hand. I think Esprit's picture says it all.
I'll get a better photo of Indy, but here's what I did get - Indy's the one bent over on the left side.
Final score? Arsenal 0 - Visitor 0
I'll get a better photo of Indy, but here's what I did get - Indy's the one bent over on the left side.
Final score? Arsenal 0 - Visitor 0
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