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Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Personal , Random • Jun 29, 2014

06.04.14

… or at least give me a hotdog and a beer, yes, that shall work. What a Baseball-Filled summer it has been! And surprisingly .. i’m not complaining! We went to the Boston Red Sox Vs. Cleveland Indians game about a month ago in Cleveland. Last week we went to see the Akron Rubber Ducks with a group of our work friends. I enjoyed both games and i’m excited to get to see another Cleveland Indians game this 4th of July!

It’s no secret that i’m not a big sports fan. Nothing wrong with sports i just don’t get into most of them. The only exception being WWE. Well, last year when Boston went to the World Series and i sat through numerous games to make the boyfriend happy i started to get into it (hopefully he’s not reading this). I enjoyed the games, i enjoyed the enthusiasm, and oddly enough i actually could understand simply enough what was going on.

Not understanding the game is probably one of the biggest reasons for not being very into spots. For example, Football, I have NO IDEA what is going on. I understand the basics of get the football from one end of the field to the other end of the field without getting the living daylights sacked out of you but i don’t understand the logistics of the game. Downs? What the hell is a down? I’ve never figured that out. The numbers on the field. Why? Don’t get those either. Thus, my lack of understanding is probably the reason i don’t enjoy watching those sports.

We don’t watch a lot of the Boston games simply because we don’t get them on our local TV. I think that certain ESPN channels may get them but we don’t subscribe to anything beyond the basic 1000 channels, lol. Instead we actually listed to the games! You can download the MLB app on your phone and for a small monthly fee we can listen to all of the games. I think that you can actually watch them to but i’ve never played around with that feature because it’s on my phone. Ain’t nobody got time for that?!

I even bought a baseball glove to play catch with the boyfriend! I admit i’m a bit afraid of the ball (don’t hate) but i enjoyed the one time we’ve actually done it. He was actually a bit worse than i thought he would be (again.. i hope he’s not reading). Then again, he doesn’t play all that often himself.

How is your summer going?! Anything exciting going on over the next few months?

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Germany… here we come!

Travel • Sep 6, 2012

Munich, Germany
a beautiful view of Munich, Germany

We leave for Germany on SUNDAY. I admit that I haven’t very excited for this upcoming vacation. I myself am not a big international traveler but my partner is. An idea of a vacation to me is relaxing on a beach with someone bringing me cold drinks and a vacation to him is spending 2 weeks unguided in a foreign country. I guess it’s the OCD in me that makes me cautious about the upcoming trip. I feel as iff you never really know what is going to happy on these trips. We don’t speak the langue and we definitely don’t know the cultural norms. I guess it’s just a risk that you have to really be ready to take!

I admit that I haven’t really been excited for the trip until just TODAY. The reason’s are similar to those listed above. Being that it’s just not my kind of vacation. We went Egypt a few years ago and it was nice because we were with a group of friends and we had a tour guide that was with us 24/7. In Germany we are all on our own and I worry about things like the language barrier.

We have maps, train schedules, translation books, and all sorts of other little tidbits. I’m an OCD person so letting go of the control and just letting things happen has always been tough for me to do. I’m not a go-with-the-flow sort of person. It stresses me out. I’m not crazy to the point that things have to be planned down to the minute but I like to have a general plan for each day instead of just wandering around.

We got to New York City about once a year and we have done both way. We did the go-with-the-flow way as well as the having each day planned out. For me, having a general map of what you are going to get done each year makes sure that everybody gets to see and do what it is they are looking forward to doing. The go-with-the-flow ends up being a total disaster each and every time. We spend more time just wandering around trying to get everything in that it ends up being pointless!

I got lucky and had today off so i’m busy getting everything together for the trip. I’ve got the majority of my packing done. I’m an overpacker for sure! We will be there for 18 days so I pack 20 shirts, 20 socks, 20 pairs of underwear, and about 10 pair of shorts/jeans. I won’t wear shirts, socks, or underwear more than once. My partner on the other hand will take about 5 days worth of clothes and wash his clothes in the sink every few days. NOT MY THING! haha. I always take a few extra days worth of clothes just in case. I will probably only take 2 pair of shoes (sneaks and flip-flops).

I’ve got 2 fanlisting to make before I go and then everything is ready to go! I’m going to do my best to blog on the trip but you know how that goes. lol. My phone will work in Germany but will be in airplane mode so that it’s not using data. I will make sure to connect wirelessly though. Hopefully they have as much free wireless around the country as we do here!

Fanlisting Updates;

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