Pros and Cons of spending many, many, many hours at the baseball park.

Pros (let's be positive and start here)

• My kids can't be loud enough to disturb ANYONE in this environment.
• Meeting new (temporary) friends from places we have never heard of who give us paper plates on paint stirrers to use as fans (or wave as if we are team fans...take your pick).
• Shade...I am oh, so, thankful there was at least shade.
• Having repeated foul balls hit in your general direction which guarantees you stay awake the entire time.
• The kids got to wave at and cheer for their dad...much to the amusement/disgust of the surrounding fans...depending on his last call.
• Reserved parking for umpires...right across the street from the gate.
• Controversial calls...provided much needed entertainment. Just love hearing from mad fans...really, it makes me laugh.
• It's better than doing homework.

Cons

• The little ladies/men who search your bag (some better than others) to make sure you are bringing food or drinks in to the stadium. Good thing I have a giant bag that carries too much stuff to comfortably search through without invading my privacy for a stinkin baseball game.
• Concession stand food...$3.50 for a water bottle?? $3.00 for a teeny, tiny, sour snocone?? The cheapest thing going was coffee...2 bucks...really...who wants coffee in 90 degree heat?
• Sitting in those hard seats for 17 hours...enough said.
• Being surrounded by sweaty people...does not do good things for my germophobia.
• The duck call whistle...whatever...there were no ducks...I wanted to shove that whistle...never mind.
• Watching an umpire...a VERY old umpire...take a fast ball to the face mask. Knocked him down and scared the kids...especially DQ. Thank goodness it was after her dad had done his time behind the plate.
• Tornado evacuations to the hotel lobby...where all the umpires are hanging out...visiting...which meant I was left to deal with DQ...throwing up on the floor...in the lobby...in her pajamas (and yes, I was in my pj's too) cause she thought a tornado was going to suck her up into the sky.

I am thankful to be home. Now I can send the kids to their rooms when they get on my nerves.