I sooooo needed this.  It was so good to be outside in the ball park, not concerned about what someone at work is going to screw up next and how much time it’ll take me to fix it….not dealing with the younger fire department members who seem to need coddled (that’s a whole other rant entirely, and has to do with the generation that is just becoming adults).

Anyway, 2nd day of my mini-tour of baseball games!  Today was Nationals at Mets.  While the weather forecasts had called for rain today last I had looked, it turned out to be a GORGEOUS spring day.

I managed to upload my photos, here.  Anyway. I’m tired, and tomorrow is Mets at Indians (yay!).  I haven’t decided what to do Sunday though.

I’m here in Port Saint Lucie, FL for BASEBALL!  YAY!

I really needed to get away before someone at work died due to their stupidity (ie: I finally crack after having the same question asked OVER and OVER.  It gets old FAST).  I do need to get myself further unplugged though, but it’s apparently hard to do this cold turkey

I have some things in my life that I’m pondering over what to do next with them, what to pursue, etc.  Distracting myself to the point that things that are just pissing me off in my life aren’t even in my mind actually allows me to clear my head and pontificate upon anything that I otherwise have had trouble thinking.

So far, the trip started out okay, with only mild irritation by the throngs of college kids who are "Spring Break!"ing it down here this week/weekend.  But finally, I got to Thrifty to pick up a rental car….they started to give me a PT Cruiser.   Well, I’m sorry, but I think that is one of the lamest/saddest/ugliest cars ever in existence.  The next words out of the guy’s mouth though were "We are running a special this weekend! You can upgrade to a 300M or Charger for just a little bit more…"   I asked how much, and I was more than willing to pay $40 more for the entire weekend to just dump the PT Cruiser (not to mention how much I drool over the Charger!).  So, I’m driving a really sexy Dodge Charger (no, it’s not an R/T, but it IS at least red and not completely neutered).  Oh MY GOD!  I giggled as I drove to the hotel.  And I’m still giggling every time I drive it.

I got to the hotel (technically in Fort Pierce, FL), and wow, what a dump.  Apparently, I know Days Inn is not known as being high luxury, but I just need a place with internet access, a bed, a shower, and potentially a tv.   I got to the room and "inspected" it…and promptly went back and asked them to go clean the bathroom again or give me a new room.  They VERY promptly cleaned it (judging by the lot now, I’m not sure they have  any spare rooms)…I’d seen yellow spots where a guy (yes, I’m making an assumption here…) had clearly missed the toilet completely.  EW EW EW EW EW.

After that, brought my stuff in and took a nap.  Red eye flights suck.  Got up, found my way to Tradition Field in Port St Lucie…nice little ballpark.  I managed to find free parking too as I had no cash on me for the normal parking   I was surprised at how packed the ball park was.  It was the Orioles vs. Mets, not a common matchup.  When I looked at the bullpen warming up, I was extremely happy to see Johan Santana warming up!  He pitched 7 innings of the game.  I am very much looking forward to see what he does for the Mets ballclub this year.  In the end, the Mets won 7-0.

And tomorrow….Nationals vs. Mets!