A Great Weekend

This was one of the most fun weekends I've had in a long while. A and I went down to Atlanta to catch the Braves/Astros play on Saturday night.

We headed out of town and made the six hour trek to the ATL to arrive in town around 5 pm. The game started at seven, so we quickly checked in to the hotel, changed clothes, drove to Lindbergh station, jumped on the train and rode down to underground, caught a shuttle - and what do you know, we made the first pitch by about 2 minutes.

Our seats were awesome. We didn't decide to go for sure until let's say Friday morning. I got online and bought tickets. Now normally, I would have gotten some midrange tickets, but this time I talked myself into getting good ones...what the hell. We were sitting just to the right and behind home plate - section 105L for all you Braves fans. We had great views and I've got some AWESOME pictures. Maybe some day I'll figure out how to post the damn things. The game began and we quickly noticed when you get these good seats you get a waitress, who takes credit cards, brings you your food, and then closes you out at the end of the game with a handheld barcode scanner. It was cool to not even have to get up to grab a beer - that's better than I can do on my couch. Not to mention I didn't have to fast-forward through the commercials. The best thing though was that the bravos won 4-1. They ended up sweeping them in four straight games. After the game we rode the train back up to Lindbergh and stopped at a Mellow Mushroom nearby, munched on some grub, and crashed.

We awoke Sunday morning by an impatient hotel maid who was ready to clean our room at something like freakin' 8 am. I could have bodyslammed her. Anyway, not being able to go back to sleep we woke up and got the free breakfast. Other than the early 'wake up call' we slept great. Nothing like a king size bed to stretch out in. We ate lunch at Moe's and then made the drive back home in around 5 and a half hours. We made good time, but I was constantly looking out for the Po Po due to the massive amount of tickets I saw being given out just the day before. Now we are back home and it's back to the same ol' same ol' Monday night. I just got off work and I'm watching the game I recorded earlier today, A is asleep.

I couldn't have asked for a better weekend. It was beautiful weather, the Braves won, and A and I got to spend a wonderful weekend together in which we both had fun. I also picked up a bit of fan gear: I bought A a pink Braves hat, I bought my nephew-to-be a Braves onesy, and I got a polo shirt. In short, it was a great weekend.