the radio station i listen to in the mornings had a great april fool’s joke this morning, convincing many people that the local toll road had decided to start charging people $1 per person in the car at every toll booth. they even had a fake guy call in and pretend to be the spokesman for the local toll authority. it was a good prank; they even had me going for a while. had i remembered it was april 1 i would have figured it out immediately (i was thinking “what? no way, that’s absurd, they must be misinformed…”), but as it was i almost believed it. funny.
on the other hand, when i came to work and announced to gavin and rich that the new general footprint won’t be ready today because i’m an idiot…well, that unfortunately wasn’t an april fools joke, because it really won’t be done, because i really am an idiot. ugh.
this afternoon we’re leaving work early to head downtown to minute maid park for the astros home opener! yes!! baseball!! i am so excited. the game starts at 6, but we’re going to get there early enough to see some batting practice, and then at 5:15 they are having a ceremony honoring the sts-107 crew and other nasa people. jason gets to be one of the 107 nasa employees on the field carrying a big american flag, since he was in the control center working the 107 entry. i’m envious; i wish i could be one of the people on the field! but i’ll survive. 😉 i’m just excited to finally be watching some baseball again.
last night we had softball practice. playing softball on the first real day of baseball season. it was great, and i needed the batting practice. i even played some first base, and i think i might actually be better at that than i am at my current position in right field. i’m not good at judging fly balls. but i can catch most balls coming to me at first base. maybe nick (our team captain) will switch me. who knows. i also played some catcher at practice last night and now i really understand (as if i didn’t know before) why major league catchers don’t last long. good lord that sucked–my knee was killing me.
yaaaaaaayyyyy baseball.
(3:03 p.m.)
this is the best day ever. i am in a great mood. it is beautiful outside. and there is baseball. what more could a girl want?
