26. Visit another state's baseball field

While in St. Louis, we attended a Cardinals game.
It started at 3p and didn't end until 20 innings and 7 hours later!
final score: Mets 2- Cards 1, yeah pretty low scoring.


i love watching them hose down the field.

while trying to find our seats, we were stopped by the Stub Hub promo girls asking if we wanted to upgrade our seats for the Robin's Den. This meant very little, well, nothing, to us. However, having been to many Sox games, I was familiar with the promo.

Essentially, we got to upgrade our seats for some pretty cushy ones on a lower level with great access to vendors and bathrooms.



These seats made staying for 7 hours, 20 innings much more appealing.


It was a fantastic time, despite the low scoring and Cards loss.

21. Take a train trip

Meet me in St. Louie, Louie.

I did just that, met Judy in St. Louis at the Gateway Amtrak station.

The train wasn't as comfortable as I remember, though maybe different rail lines have different style trains.

I ended up on a middle agers party train on the way there.
After getting over the initial scare of them puking, it didn't end up being so bad.

The ride back was packed and I had a racist former trucker who smoked (I could smell it as she walked on) sitting next to me.

Ah small town midwest, I love you.

41. Go to a hockey game

I didn't just go to a hockey game.
I went to a BLACKHAWKS game.
And, a blackhawks game that counted to boot.

My dad bought tickets for his god-son, my cousin brian.
brian's dad, my god father, uncle mart and ME!
We went right before my birthday, my dad and I went to Leona's before hand for a nice dinner and visit.
It was so exciting and fun.

This year, my 27th, I learned that I love hockey and relish.
Not totally related.