Sort of a Return

Had a pretty fun weekend which was capped off with going to the Blackhawks and Redwings game at the United Center. We went early enough to park for free on the street about 15 minutes away and had a nice walk to the stadium. LL used to live down there, so it was really just parking west of an area she knows pretty well. Since we arrived early enough, we were able to get the free hat they were passing out. In the three games we've gone to in the last 45 days, we got two hats and a bobble head doll!! Good times.

Since we're both trying to eat a bit healthier as well, we opted to have a late brunch which meant we wouldn't eat anything at the 2:00 game. Now, we did have some frosty beverages at the game, but we still have to live!!!

Saturday we took a drive out to Arlington Heights (45 minutes to an hour away depending on traffic) to where my softball team was playing in a tournament. For many of the guys, it was the first time I've seen them since my last tournament in Vegas before my surgery. Some of them I saw at our Super Bowl fundraiser. It was good to see them and I even hopped on the field to coach third base for a few innings. I did my best "waving Wendell" impression, but didn't get anyone thrown out at the plate. One inning we scored 6 to get back in the game, but ended up losing. While we were in the field, I took one of the bats and took some dry swings. The shoulder is feeling better and better, so I'm itching to get back on the field. The weather was a little chilly, so we took off after one game. Unfortunately they lost the second game later in the day. It was a one day tournament with several teams who play a level above us and it was in an organization with some rules that hurt us, but it was still a tournament and we don't like to go 0-2.

After doing some grocery shopping and taking a nice walk around the neighborhood, we broke out the grill and had a relatively healthy dinner of baby spinach salad, butternut squash and a hamburger on whole wheat bread. Good stuff. I hope you had a great weekend too!!!