Happy Birthday to me! Friday April 22, 2011 I turned 30 years of age, finally. There was so much hype leading up to this one number but I'm feeling better about my life now than I was five years ago when I had a mental breakdown. To start the day off we had some breakfast at the hotel and then took off for Downtown Disney. Michael "Magellan" Linehan decided to lead us astray throughout the area, taking us out and around the enormous amusement park in downtown Anaheim. My quote of the day at the time, "Hey, that building looks just like the Tower of Terror," well that's because it was. This was not evident to us until about an hour later. We eventually stopped and asked a bus driver who proceeded to tell us how stupid we were that we couldn't find Mickey Mouse's home sweet home. We were re-directed back towards the direction we just came and again stopped to ask this older lady and younger guy that were trying to sell time-shares. Sara and Mike told her it was my birthday and boy was she excited! I even got a birthday hug and she wished me the best. The younger guy couldn't stop raving about New England clam chowdah and informed us that the best chowdah is in Colorado...of course it is. But his girlfriend says it's at some place inside Disney...right. They then showed us where to go...we were almost there.
Anyway, we finally made it to Downtown Disney and had a great time hanging out at Lego Land and the ESPN Zone. From ESPN Zone we found our way back to the hotel (in a straight line this time) and immediately went to the pool to get some sun! We used the hot tub and hung out poolside but eventually had to get ready for game time!!! The Sox game was at 7:05 so we headed down to the park, got some food, and then hit up the same place we were at the night before, the Catch.
This place was again swarming with Red Sox fans and we immediately started making more Boston friends. We met two guys that went to the same high school that Mike did, and those two guys unknowingly grew up in the same town, craziness! After a while we finally had to head out to the game and walked over with a couple of new friends. Our seats were way better this time than I had the night before. We were in section 132 just a bit off the right field line.
The game was pretty good and of course the Sox came out with a victory. John Lester pitched a gem as usual with 8 strikeouts in six innings and left with a commanding four-run lead. Then it became interesting and with a "salty" catcher (get it?) the Halos were able to get within a run. In hindsight we got lucky with a couple earlier errors and a solid close by Papelbon and won 4-3...Happy Bday to Me!
The post-game celebration was back at the Catch where I was lucky enough to meet up with an old friend from high school that I hadn't seen since graduation. It's great to be able to just sit and laugh with someone that, even though you were very close with in H.S., could be considered a stranger after not seeing them for almost 12 years.
Right about the time we were ready (and by ready I mean we had no reason to still be out in public) Sara graciously pointed out to us that our friend Mark Trumbo, the Angels 1B was hiding out in a back corner with his friends. Why on Earth would she tell us this??? OF course I went straight over, where he proceeded to tell me that it wasn't my birthday anymore and Mike followed up by reminding him that he yet again went 0-4! Goodnight everybody! With the wave of his fingers the bouncers amicably asked us to leave this fine establishment and escorted us out. Thanks for playing, YAHTZEE!
And with that my friends my birth-DAY came to an end...the celebration though would of course continue on the next day...
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