I couldn’t think of anything to write about today, so I just came up with 10 random things to talk about, ranging from baseball to Chutes and Ladders.
1. I went for a run this morning and saw a dude driving a convertible with top down. It was 42 degrees outside and the sun was just starting to rise. In Minnesota in January, that might be top-down weather. But this is California. And it’s baseball season. I don’t know if he thought people would think he was cool, but he was wrong. I thought he was an idiot.
2. Speaking of baseball season, it’s baseball season! Albert Pujols’ two home runs were pretty sweet and Jason Heyward’s home run in his first major-league at bat was an amazing moment. Talk about living up to the hype with your first swing! I think we saw the play of the year, though. Every team still has 161 games to go, but I can’t imagine we’ll see anything more incredible than this:
3. I think I get the loser dad award for using the wrong words with my 4-year-old daughter. We played Chutes & Ladders last night. She’s pretty competitive, which is good, because you can’t teach that. But she was cheating, and I caught her several times. I don’t care if I win the game, but I do care if she cheats. I won’t put up with that. So, I told her I wasn’t going to play games with her any more if she cheated like that. Well, she’s 4, and she basically heard me say that her daddy wasn’t going to play with her any more. She was hysterically upset like I’ve never seen before. Nice job, Sam. Everything’s better, though.
4. I’m going to the Angels game tonight. They’re going to give everybody blankets and set a “world record” for the most people covering up with a blanket in one place at one time. That world record and $6.47 will get me lunch at In-N-Out. I think it might be the most ridiculous cheap attempt at a world record ever. But then I remembered Benjamin is really into world records. And he loves baseball. So we’re going. Should be a good time.
5. My father-in-law saw that I put my sister-in-law in my blog yesterday and jokingly asked when I was going to put him in. Well, I guess this covers one of my 10 random things. Random fact about my father-in-law: He’s 5 inches shorter than me!
6. That basketball game last night was amazing. I’m not a big basketball fan, but I loved that game. I was pulling for Butler, and if that last-second shot would have went, it would have been replayed for 100 years. Regardless, it was an amazing game. I can’t stand Duke, probably because they win so much. But Coach K is the kind of guy I want coaching my kids.
7. My ice cream streak is alive and well at 65 days now. I know my wife reads this blog, so Tiff, can you please pick up some more from the store? We’re just about out. We also need toothpaste and deodorant. Thanks! Love you!
8. One of my best friends, Kevin, turned 39 on Sunday. I told him that I keep thinking I’m catching up to him in age, but he keeps getting older! I can’t wait until next year, when I can give him a truckload of grief on his 40th birthday. But then I realized … one of my best friends is 40. Does that make me old just for associating with him? Yikes!
9. Jack likes spring break. There’s no rush in the morning and he gets to chill and eat breakfast at his own pace. He gets to sleep in and chill and have lazy mornings. Good for him — he deserves a little bit of a slowdown!
10. I guess I’ll use this 10th item to do a plug for something I’m trying to do this month. It’s a simple fundraising push, one that requires barely anything. I’m not using this 10th item to ask you to do anything other than take a look at the April Operation Jack update I sent out to everybody if you haven’t already seen it.
That’s all for today … have a great Tuesday everybody!