|
Does it seem to anyone else that the spur of the moment ideas seem to work better than the carefully planned trips with itenerary and maps? Last night, after having dinner and playing cards with my parents (we had a great time!), we were all doing our own thing, which of course put me on the computer, when I decided to look up our professional minor league baseball team's schedule thinking that maybe we could go Sunday afternoon or something. Both my boys are playing baseball this year and going to see a "real" team play was one of the things they really wanted to do. So as I am sitting here perusing the upcoming schedule, I notice that they have fireworks every Friday night.
Hmmmm...maybe we can go next Friday night., I thought. But as I started matching our schedule to the team's Friday night home games, I figured it would be about two years before our schedule meshed with the Friday fireworks.
I wish we had thought of this sooner, I mused, we could have gone tonight.
Yep, tonight would have been perfect...wait a minute...tonight's not over...I know the game started 40 minutes ago and we live about 30 minutes away from the ball park...but we could pull it off couldn't we...I mean a whole game would be too long for the kids anyway, right? And the fireworks would be cool...
So I summoned by hubby from the Xbox (where he had just gotten all comfy and really into his game) to let him know of my brilliant idea. He blinked twice and just kind of stared at me like I was growing a third eyeball or something. And with all the honesty he could muster said, "Well, I'm not against it...I'm not really for it, but I'm not against it..."
That was all I needed to swing into action! Telling the boys we were going to a real baseball game ("Right now?" Caleb said, "Woohoo!!") sealed the deal and there was no turning back. Shoes were flying, clothes were thrown, and records were broken as we tried to make ourselves presentable in 15 seconds or less.
We arrived at the ball field in the middle of the 5th inning. Since the ticket booths were closed already, it was only two bucks a person to get in. We found some seats and settled in to watch the game. It could not have went more perfect. The weather was not too hot, not too cold. The stadium was not crowded so we had plenty of wiggle room (which was great for Hannah!). And the boys were mesmerized by "real" ball players right there in front of them. We spent the remainder of the game talking about strategies, why this person did this or that, proper attitude and sportsmanship, never giving up...we covered it all. And since the game went into extra innings, we didn't feel like we were cheated on the amount of baseball we were able to watch (our home team finally won in the 14th inning...). Follow all that with a spectacular fireworks show and you have a perfect night that probably would have never materialized if we had taken the time to plan every detail.
My ONLY regret is that I forgot my camera |
. But even that oversight is not enough to make me want to change one minute of what we experienced last night. Sometimes you just have to go with your impulses and not worry about if it is the "best" way to do something...don't overthink it...just do it!!Comments
|
|
|
|
|
Posted by
|
|
|
|
|
Posted by
|
|
|
|
|
Posted by