Today was all about the chores for mom. Well, okay, and a ballgame, but mostly it was about mom. We went to home depot and got her some concrete, some parts to fix a broken toilet, and extra house keys. Afterward we took her to the "Honk Kong Market", which is not in Chinatown as it turns out, but she says it's bigger and better. We were in that place forEVER and got her well stocked for a few months until the next time my sister and I come down.
This evening I had the pleasure of attending one of the best Phillies games I've been to (though it's hard to beat the 1994 season-ending 16-inning game won by a John Kruk walk-off homer). I had low expectations for the game, since they were playing the Mets, who had a 15-game lead on them in the division, but I'm always enthused in general about a Phils game. I knew undoubtedly before the first inning was over that I had no reason to be disappointed in the game, as the Phils led 6-0 at the end of one. By the time the night was over, the Phils had taken Pedro Martinez out, smashed the Mets 13-zip, and we got to see three Phillies homer (though very very slightly disappointingly we didn't get to see Ryan Howard homer as he struck out four times). Don't buy my version of the story? Read the write-up. Anyway, I also got a new Phillies hat to replace my aging, sun-worn previous Phils hat.
The one truly bad thing about the evening? Having a rental car with New York plates parked at a Phillies game against a New York team. I'm certain it could have been worse, but there were bumper stickers stuck all over my rental car when I got out of the game. I took them off and proceeded to drive back to mom's, when someone honked a horn at me at a stop light. We rolled our respective windows down, and I was informed that there was still a bumper sticker on my license plate that read "I'm naughty... SPANK ME!" Of course, then the light turned green and I was getting on a highway, so I didn't have the opportunity to remove it until I got to mom's... I knew there was a reason I wanted Jim to pick me up instead of driving myself.
Stadium pics have been posted to the Picasa album.
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