Twas the Night Before Opening Day...

Today was a great day!  Why? Sit down, relax, let me tell you!  I woke up feeling great and "antsy" with anticipation.  I couldn't wait to get to work, I couldn't wait for the day to be over!  Why so much giddiness on a Thursday you ask?  Because today was my Friday.  I'm off tomorrow.  And not only that, tomorrow is Opening Day at Minute Maid Park, where the Astros (who actually won a game today!) will kick off the first home stand of the season.  And I'm stoked! Ever since I was a little girl, I remember my dad, who is a hard-core baseball fan, used to take me and my sister and my two brothers, with him to the Astrodome.  We'd go year after year.  He instilled the love of the game in my brothers and it trickled down to my sister and I. Those were fun times. As we got older and things started changing, we didn't go as often as we used to, but we always managed to make it to at least one game -all of us together.  We don't do that anymore. Things are different now.  But ever the baseball lover and fan of the Astros that I am, I started a new tradition.  About six years ago, the Musketeers and I went to our first Opening Day game and we've been going ever since.  See, the thing is, we don't just go to the game.  Oh no, we make it an all day event.  (hence the reason why I took the day off)  Tomorrow will be no different.  We'll wear our Astros gear and have a nice, leisurely lunch, then head over to the ballpark and partake in the days festivities.  It's like a small street festival. My friend *Gustabo and his band will be playing throughout the day as well! Then finally, we'll go in to the stadium and be ready to cheer and high-five each other and perfect strangers, at all the marvelous plays that the Astros will be making! (We can only hope!)  So you see, that is why I'm as excited as a school-kid on the eve of Spring break or Summer vacation. 

In the infamous words of the late, great, Jim Caray -"Hello again, everybody. It's a bee-yooo-tiful day for baseball."