A long, entertaining day

Yesterday was really a good day, in all respects. There were a few things that bothered me, but mostly it was a fun day.

It began with Joe, Dietz, Christy, Stephanie, Natalie, Lauren, and I going to the NISPA conference. After presenting a session on the Back Page, we "hung out"...I really enjoyed myself and I hope everyone else did too. Sure, we won very few individual awards (kudos to masca for his blue ribbon) and we only got silver, and Fremd got the Golden Eagle, but it was still a pleasant morning/afternoon.

Then, I went home to see quite possibly the best Cubs game ever! This is an exaggeration. See below for more details.

The musical was excellent last night. This has really been fun...I haven't gotten into it as much as last year, but I've enjoyed being with these people. And after thinking it over, kudos to Andy for doing a much better job last night on "Sit Down"...it was really a huge improvement.

I'm going to miss working with these people...I didn't think I would...but I will

Then we went to Applebees...nothing exciting there, just a good time.

Here's my random comment. I was thinking about string last week and was going to post about it, but I forgot (ironic, isn't it...string around your finger?) Christy helped me remember at NISPA (and then came up with that funny irony bit)...Anyway, have you ever noticed that string is really a bunch of strings intertwined? For instance, the piece I'm holding in my hand is actually made of about 5 strands I would say. Of course, then, that's made up of strands...my question is, if the whole thing is a piece of string, what do you call the strings that make it? Stringettes? Stringlies? Strins? It's a puzzlement.

4/16 = What do you get when you have Aramis Ramirez bat after Moises Alou? Back to back HRs three times this year, in only 10 games. Ramirez also had 5RBI, was 4-4, and had a double. The whole game, the Cubs were losing, at one point 9-4. Just as they started chipping away at the lead, the Reds scored more runs. One of those "chippers" was Todd Hollansworth, pinch-hitting, hitting a 2run HR. He has 3 hits on the season, all are HRs, and 2 are PH. So, going into the bottom of the 9th, Danny Graves, the Reds closer, tried to preserve a 10-9 lead. Sammy had other ideas: He had ideas of tying Ernie Banks on the all-time Cubs HR list, which he did. Remember that Alou was part of back-back HRs earlier? He did it again. Very next batter, a sweet swinging Walk Off HR: 11-10 VICTORY.

Random Factoid: A large drink at Applebees costs $1.69

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