Evening all...
Well, the baseball game went well.. The ABQ Isotopes won! (yay!)
Liz and I felt completely out of place among the many brats, pretzels, funnel cakes, hotdogs and popcorn being consumed around us while we ate greek salads (no olives for me) with dressing on the side..
I came to the realization that I completely missed lunch today, so we took the plunge and split a small plate of nachos and I counted it as a CC.. (Hey.. it was my Bday yesterday and I didn't get a cake, so dammit, nachos were my cake!!)
Our ballpark also sells fresh roasted peanuts and while they were salty, they were WARM.. It was a balmy 47 degrees (F) at the park, with a stiff breeze making it pretty darn cold.
So we did ok, but kind of blew it toward the end... But I drank a lot of water today, so that should balance it out, right?
The coolest thing of the evening was just after the 7th inning stretch and they run birthdays up on the Jumbotron.. Usually a list just scrolls up the screen with the names of spectators who are celebrating birthdays.. Little did I know that Liz had called the park on Friday and asked that my name be on the list.. However my name didn't make it on the list and Liz was pretty disappointed...
But then, the screen changed and in HUGE letters, it read:
DAN WARE
HAPPY 37th BIRTHDAY
LOVE,
LIZ, ALEX and DANNY..
I mean this took up the whole screen.. Talk about an amazing surprise. Truely one of the coolest things that's ever happened to me..
Liz was surprised too.. She thought my name would just be included with all the other birthdays... Seems like she talked to the right person at the right time and didn't know it..
Thanks honey.. I love you!!!