Phillies @ MindSay

Going to the Phils game last night was a ton of fun, but man is my butt dragging this morning. Ugh. If there were such a thing as a coffee IV, I'd be completely hooked up by now.

 

The first half of the night was great... perfect baseball weather, really. Sunny skies and not too hot and not too cold. The second half, though, was another story. Around the middle of the sixth inning, the skies opened up, thunder rumbled, and lightning flashed. Lib and I (along with every other Phillies fan in attendance) took cover under the overhangs and watched the field crew scramble to cover up the infield. With a rain delay officially called, the jumbo screen switched to the Flyers/Penguins playoff game... although that wasn't a happy ending. =/

 

Lib and I then met up with cousin Zach, two of his friends, Em, and her new squeeze Chaz at McFadden's for a short birthday celebration for Zach. I had no idea he would be at the game until I had updated my Facebook status on the way into the city, and my aunt commented that Zach would also be in attendance. So pretty cool that I got to hang out with my cousin for a bit... and now he can stop whining that I never go out for a beer with him. ;)

 

I didn't get on the train back home until 11:15 and rolled in an hour later. Then it was another hour until I flopped in bed, due to having to wash the city grime off of my body, haha. So going to bed two hours later than normal results in a very sleepy, sluggish Jelli. I've been doing pretty good so far, but boy I wouldn't turn down a nap if I could take one.

 

Anyway, two of the photos last night (taken with my phone because I'm an idiot and forgot my camera):

 

Memorial outside CBP to longtime Phillies announcer Harry Kalas.

 

Shot of the park before the game started.

Phillies home opener tonight!

First, this entire region is still riding high from last night's win. Which means work was fun today because lots of people were in good moods and were wearing Phillies shirts or colors, and work kind of took a back burner.

Second, Lauren and I both begged our new boss to let us take vacation days tomorrow in order to attend the championship parade in Center City tomorrow. The begging paid off, so we're taking the train out in the morning for the all-day party.

Third, good fortune continued to smile upon us as we fought with Ticketmaster to procure (free) tickets to the post-parade celebration at both Citizens Bank Park and the Linc. We succeeded, though we ended up giving our tickets to a co-worker and his wife (and their two kids) because another friend had somehow managed to get 16 tickets to CBP. We'll be using those.

Fourth, the good moods continued when we chowed down on mini-cupcakes from Cupcakes Gourmet for Estelle's birthday, and lots of candy from the little trick-or-treat session for employees' kids. Everyone's happy when on a sugar high.

Fifth, I braved the crowds at Modell's after work so I could get a Phillies shirt for the parade tomorrow. Can't show up with no gear! I picked a Jimmy Rollins shirt... what can I say, he and I have good taste in numbers (11, which is my old volleyball number).

And lastly, I found out that my building FINALLY has new washers and dryers. The washers are front-loaders, which is all well and great, except that when I tried to unload my wet clothes into the dryer, quite a few articles fell onto the floor. Ew. It also now costs an extra quarter to operate the washers and dryers. BUT, considering that these are the only low points today, I'm willing to overlook them. =D

Oh, oh! And I forgot that it's also Thursday night TV! "Smallville's" on now... seriously, why can't hot guys just waltz into my life like they do to female characters on this show? Sheesh.


iFeel: high
iTunes: "Smallville"

OMG THE CURSE IS OVER! WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS! '80 AND '08!

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!




WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008

The Drought is over

An hour beforehand, it was still hard to know. The seats at Citizens Bank Park, dark blue and mostly empty, sat unopened in the cold. You could imagine the ticketholders huddling elsewhere, in the concourse, around their cars and their coolers, trying to stay warm, stamping their feet, pondering their fate, waiting.

They had arrived here early Monday night filled with hope and departed a few hours later, wet and exhausted, sentenced to 2 more days. “Only in Philly,” came the simple message from a buddy, and it was echoed a million-fold throughout the region. This is a place that has found comfort in misery over the last quarter-century. So, rain? Of course.

They came to see 3 1/2 innings, the resumption of a suspended World Series game, the final, labored sprint at the end of a 25-year marathon. And you wondered — what it would feel like when a Philadelphia team finally won, what it would sound like, what of the roar that was so many years in the making?

The answer came at 9:58 p.m. It ended with Phillies pitcher Brad Lidge, the perfect closer, on his knees in front of the mound. He struck out Tampa Bay Rays pinch-hitter Eric Hinske, and the joyful noise erupted. It might not yet have stopped.

And Lidge said, summing up in a television interview, “It’s very honestly hard to control my emotions right now ... These fans are amazing.”

And Jimmy Rollins said, asked about the drought, “It’s over. It’s over, man.”

Posted by Rich Hofmann @ 10:25 PM via Philly.com

[*] So sleepy today. *yawn* Though tomorrow will most likely be worse, considering tonight is Game 5 of the World Series and maybe, maybe (hope hope hope) the last one, and I'm totally going to stay up to watch even if it doesn't end until 2:00 a.m. like Game 3. Go Phillies!

 

[*] Dave bought me a purse for my birthday (the one I mentioned in my August 29th post). I was showing him and Mom some of the reasons for my obsession with Etsy on Sunday, and he plunked down his credit card and told me to pick out a birthday present. So I got this, and Mom got the black and white clutch (Dave spoils her, haha).

 

 

 

[*] I feel slightly less pissed off today. I was so upset the entire ride home last night, that the second thing I did when I got inside (first was feed the starving kitties) was hop online to do some rumor-fighting concerning my presidential candidate choice. I felt much better after doing so, and have decided that as long as I personally feel confident in my voting choice, then that's all that matters. Others can believe whatever they want to believe. I'm sick and tired of defending myself.

 

[*] lldangerous is on jury duty today (and possibly tomorrow), and I'm kind of jealous. I've never been called to serve on jury duty, and even though everyone complains when it's their time, I'm curious about the process. Well, that and the day off from work.

 

That's all for now. I'm getting antsy about my project... it's [supposed to be] going out today, and I haven't been able to send anything down to our print center because I'm stuck in the review process. :/

 

 

iFeel:  impatient

iTunes: co-workers