Busyness update

No, I'm not whining or complaining about all the fun things going on this week and next, but it is hectic! Last night was the Cubs game and LL and I went out to enjoy the crowd and the Cracker Jack.  Actually, we didn't buy any Cracker Jack, but we do love it! Naw, we ate at a bar that had recently changed ownership and was renamed.  Another bar, Johnny O'Hagans, was closed for renovations as it was purchased by a bar consortium.  I'm wondering if the turnover in bars has anything to do with the declining attendance at Wrigley Field due to the terrible product being put on the field?  LL and I invoked our own "slaughter rule" and left in the 7th inning when the Astros went up 10-0.  Double digit lead means we go home. It was sort of funny as the Astros player hit a home run to make it 10-0 and LL and I jumped up and said to our neighbors "We're out of here!".
"Just like that?" they said.
"Yep. They reached the slaughter rule. No reason to stay."
They just laughed. Living so close to the field makes it much easier to come and go and feel like it's not a crazy special night so we have to stay. Plus we have tickets to 8 games this year, which is a fair amount of bad baseball.

Tonight LL gets a bit of break, but I'm off to the Season Ticket Holder Advisory Group meeting for the Bears down at Soldier Field instead of Halas Hall. Should be an interesting evening. Here's the discussion topics for tonight:

Coming to the Game Communication

Parking – Ingress and Egress

Tailgating

Stadium Ingress (new security procedures)

In-Game Stadium Experience

Staff Performance

UnBEARable Behavior

Concessions

Restrooms

Gameday Entertainment

Interesting stuff. We'll see how it goes.

In addition to everything else, we've invited a friend of LL's up from Carbondale, IL to spend Friday and Saturday and go to the game with us on Saturday night (she's never been). Plus we're getting a ticket for Benny Baseball's ex-girlfriend, who went with me to the first pre-season game. Benny has my other tickets for that game and that could prove to be a bit awkward, but I'm hoping everyone is an adult and has fun.  Hopefully that's not too much to ask!! The breakup was tough, but it was several years ago and she, Female Courtney (we call her that because we have a guy friend who we call Courtney), was dating a softball acquaintance of both Benny and me for at least 2 years before recently breaking up, so it should be fine. Sounds sort of like a soap opera!!