I’m still in the Excel class, and the instructor is still teaching us about different numerical integration methods, instead of about how VBA works with Excel to do cool things, like make-your-own functions, GUIs, forms, etc. This is maddening. I thought about not coming back this morning, but I’d feel bad to totally ditch the class…and I have this fear that as soon as I leave, he’ll start teaching the stuff I want to learn! Sigh. I guess I should look for a VBA class, but I was under the impression that that’s what this class was supposed to be.
Anyway.
Last night was another Astros game; we had tickets to five games during this two-week stretch, which is the most dense stretch of games we have the whole season. (The season ticket mini-package isn’t perfect, as they make up for us having 6 games in May by giving us only 2 games in September.) The roof was closed for the first time last night as a result of the sky dumping huge quantities of water on us all yesterday afternoon. And it was also the first game I’ve seen Roger Clemens pitch this year, and though I still harbor some resentment because he once wore a Yankee uniform, it was pretty damn cool to see him pitching for the Astros. For a while, Brad Penny was actually outdueling him (‘Stros were down 1-0), but Clemens just kept plugging away until finally the Astros bats started working and we scored some runs. Rocket had 11 strikeouts in 7 innings and only gave up 3 hits.
Going to Astros games has been really exciting this year. There is a buzz to the crowd this year, one that was especially evident last night with 37,000 people showing up on a random Tuesday just to see Clemens pitch. Houston baseball fans are excited! This could finally be the Astros’ year to win a post-season series, and maybe even make it to the World Series! They are tied for a franchise record for best start ever (21-11), and are just playing great. The crowd has been into every game, and practically every pitch! I don’t want to diss on Atlanta fans, because they get dissed on enough….but I’ve never been to a Braves game (with the possible exception of the two ’99 World Series games I went to) where the crowd was buzzing like the Houston crowd is this year.
I keep on forgetting that I need to buy my plane ticket to Chicago! We’re going in two weeks, so I need to buy ASAP. Continental is offering $224.50… As a side note, Delta is offering $208 to Seattle for this weekend. I’ve always wanted to go to Seattle…wonder if the Mariners are in town…
Oh. They’re not. Too bad. You know, it’s sort of sad that I never go anywhere without checking the local baseball team’s schedule. I’ve already berated Matt and Stephanie for scheduling their wedding in Kansas City on a weekend in September when the Royals aren’t in town.
