i am going to need a vacation from carter’s vacation. sheesh. he is asleep on the couch downstairs and i have to say, i’m completely pooped. today we got up early and got to the baseball park at 9:00 to wait in line for tickets. i jumped out of line to run park the car, which then turned into an hour-long ordeal of trying to get into the parking lot. carter probably thought i had accidentally driven into the bay or something. i have turned out to be quite the organizational failure this weekend. excepting the a’s game on wednesday, we’ve had to run over some sort of hitch for every other ticketed event we’ve wanted to see. ah well. my organizational skills aren’t what they used to be. however, i guess i have to admit that it’s sort of funny that i’m so horribly bad at being spontaneous.
anyway, i finally got back to him after parking the car and he had bought season tickets that weren’t being used today in the second row of the upper deck on the third base side. really nice seats. we went ahead into the park and had plenty of time to watch batting practice, wander the stadium, and even test our fastballs. (side note: i am pathetic. my “fastball” is 36 miles an hour. i throw like a freaking girl. sheesh.) my new favorite random baseball player is the padres’ closer, trevor hoffman. we sat watching him stretch, and found him to be quite a cool and goofy guy. he signed autographs, talked to fans about fantasy baseball and new stadiums, took a picture with a kid, and when carter asked if his hat was made of mesh instead of wool, he responded by taking his hat off his head and tossing it to carter for a minute. later, in the outfield, he goofed off with the manager’s kid and tried to catch a pop-up with his glove behind his back. he was very random. yes. very amusing. and now he is my new favorite random player.
the sun came out for the game, and everything was beautiful. i was happy carter finally got to see the sunny version of california. after the game we headed through golden gate park and to the ocean, then back to palo alto to meet up with nick, susan and jen for dinner.
so. i think we’re doing pretty well in the mindless fun department. tomorrow is alcatraz, and the bridge, and muir woods. then my week in the twilight zone will end and carter goes home and i get my butt in gear for this final quarter of school. twilight zone indeed. one of these days, i will stop trying to figure out where my life is going and what every little thing means, and i will just live. there have been moments this week when i’ve seen glimpses of what “just living” might mean….
after getting up early and sitting all afternoon in the sun, i have been pretty zonked all evening. definitely time for bed.
