Bad Food, Good Company, and More Baseball

It's been a good weekend thus far. Friday after work I headed up to Solon to be with Jennifer. For dinner we went to Champps with her three best friends, Danielle, Lauren, and Nicole, along with Lauren's boyfriend Chris and Danielle's new boyfriend Peter, who we were there to meet. It was a good night of talk, and not so good night for food. I ordered an appetizer (buffalo chicken strips) and an entrée (Havana sandwich), and Jennifer had an entrée as well (chicken ranch wrap). Jennifer's Cherry Coke was very flat, and she had to settle for a normal Coke, a drink she does not like at all (she prefers Pepsi big time!). Then I didn't get my appetizer until the rest of everyone's meals came. To make matters worse, with my entrée, I asked for my favorite food, mashed potatoes, instead of french fries. When my meal came, the mashed potatoes were lukewarm, dry, and very crumbly. Also, the Havana sandwich I ordered was not hot, either. Lucky for me, the assistant waiter asked if I would want my appetizer taken off the bill since it wasn't brought before the other food. Normally I wouldn't have asked for such a favor; but since he offered, I would have been stupid not to have agreed. Overall, though, it was a great night to hang out with everyone and meet Peter, as well.

Saturday back in Wooster I had a double header at home (Triway) against Smithville. Jennifer was with me, so she got to watch the games from the stands while I was with the team. I felt kind of bad leaving her by herself; but she loves baseball and enjoyed watching the games (or so I believe, haha!). Afterward, we both were exhausted and just hung out in my living room watching television for most the rest of the cold, overcast day. She fell asleep on the couch while I watched the Cavs beat the Chicago Bulls in the first playoff game. Then we watched Gladiator while we made routine trips to the basement to help complete her laundry, which I offered to let her do at my house for free instead of her paying for it at her apartment. It only made sense for me to help her save what would have been at least $9.00 of washer and dryer fees.

It's Sunday, and we're getting ready to leave for church in a little bit. (It's a good thing my church has an 11:30 service, 'cuz Jenn loves to sleep in!) It's going to be a busy upcoming week for me. We play at Navarre Fairless on Monday, home against Fairless on Wednesday (both are league games), under the lights at our biggest rival Orrville on Friday night, and then a double header Saturday against two good Mansfield-area teams. After our sweep of Smithville yesterday, we are 8-2. Our hitting finally came alive for 23 hits in 2 games Saturday, something which hasn't been the case much of the year as our pitching and defense has won us most our games. If we can combine our pitching and a new-found hitting approach, we could be dangerous. We'll see what happens! That's all I have for now. It's going to be a great week, I have a feeling.

Smile! May God continue to bless you.