...So last Wednesday night the Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series. Adam and Ryan (the bro) have always been huge Philly fans. Any team from Philly, they are loyal too. Naturally, since I married a Philly fan, I kept up with the Phillies and their progress in baseball this season. I started to really like them mid-summer, and I know a lot about them for being a rookie fan (this is to protect myself from being called a "front-runner", because I'm not).
So Ryan came to our place last week so we could go watch the Phillies become World Champions. Monday we headed up to Philly, hoping to experience history. Much to our dismay, the game was called in the top of the 6th due to extremely poor weather conditions. The score was 2-2. Tie game.
Being a huge fan and driving a long distance for this moment, Ryan decided to stick around until Wednesday to hopefully give this experience a second chance. Come Wednesday, the three of us headed to Philly again. We did not see the actual game, however, we stood outside of the stadium and watched the scoreboard and listened to the fans cheer. Soon enough, the Phillies brought home the World Championship, and the celebration began. We ran to the front of the ball park, and what do we see? An opened gate. And what do we do? Run freakin in. Yes my friends, we celebrated the World Series victory inside the Phillies ball park. We went down on the center field seating and watched all of the interviews and the trophy being presented and all of that good stuff. We saw history, and it was once in a lifetime. I have pictures. Check the facebook for them soon.
It was awesome and fun and we will tell our grandkids about it. I love baseball. Always have. And I got to see the freakin World Series on a personal level. Wow.
What a great time.
And then Adam and I packed up and went to Florida the next day with his mom and grandmother. His grandmother goes down every winter season, so we went along with her for a few days.
Florida is great. The weather was awesome, and we stayed in North Fort Meyers. I saw all kinds of palms trees, and I even got a coconut straight from the tree. We had a great time, and it was real nice to get away for a little bit. It was over too soon.
And then, I had my first plane ride. Yes, my very first one. It was frightening and fun and frightening. I would do it again, but not tomorrow.
What a fun week in my life.