Play ball!

At Kaboom Town on Friday, we had occasion to sing the national anthem. It's pretty much a must this time of year. The crowd at the park actually sounded pretty good, and thankfully, the singer on stage didn't warble on the high notes. Afterwards, I fought the urge to say play ball!

Saturday, I took my dad to the Rangers game, and I had the urge to say play ball after the anthem again. It would have at least been appropriate that time. 

Cas and I went to his mother's house around lunchtime for barbecue and some time in the pool. He was feeling off- mostly sleepy and headachy, if my understanding of the problem was correct. Rather than joining everyone in the pool, he went in and tried to close his eyes on the couch for a while. He was feeling pretty bad. 

Early in the day, Cas thought he may actually be able to make it to the ballpark for the 8:05 game. We bought tickets a few weeks ago. By the time we left Jeanne and Dave's house, he had determined that the game was out of the question. I decided to see if my dad could go with me. 

I felt bad that Cas couldn't go, but I wasn't going to let the tickets to a sold-out July 4th baseball game complete with a fireworks show go unused. 

After I left Cas to get some rest, I headed to Richardson. Mom wanted to feed us before we left, then Dad and I headed to Arlington. 

On the way, I did a little Google-fu and found that Humperdink's has a shuttle service. Lots of places in Arlington do, but Humperdink's came up first in my Google search, and they're practically on the same block as the ballpark. Sold. 

We each had two beers, then hopped into the cool, comfortable van for a ride to the outfield gate. Our tickets said we should enter at the home plate gate, but It wasn't nearly the long walk we would have had if we had parked in their lot. 

Our seats were literally at the top of the park. We went up all of the stairs they had, but it was still a great view. 

The game was pretty bad, and the Rangers lost 13-0. Dad and I left at the top of the 8th inning to head out to the shuttle pick up location, and when we got there, it turned out that we were standing in the perfect place to see the show. The fireworks were going off directly overhead. It was closer than I have ever been to a show like that. 

I checked in aith Cas a few times on Sunday, and he was better off around dinner time. 

I have four days of work this week. Summer test administration again. It's never fun, but it does provide a few extra bucks. I actually don't want to do it this year, but if I stop now, they may not call me next year. I'm basically doing it to keep my name on the list. Meh, okay. I guess I had better go in.