Monday, October 17, 2005

One More Game

The Astros won yesterday so if they win tonight, they are going to the World Series for the first time in the team's history. They will play the Chicago White Sox. I must admit to being a fan only at playoff time but it is exciting for everyone here. I used to be a baseball fan back in the days of Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, etc with the Cincinnati Reds but lost interest many years ago.

Hubby thought he would be home today, but alas, it is not to be. Maybe tomorrow if all goes well. The problem on the rig is fixed but now must be tested to make sure everything is good. At least when he does get back onshore it is only a short drive home from Galveston. He can be home in an hour's time.

I read an article about the growing popularity of The Blue Man Group and the need they have to recruit new members for the different groups that are touring. Reminded me of a fun trip son and I took a couple of summers ago to visit hubby who was working in Portland Maine supervising a drilling rig being built in the shipyard there. Son had never taken a train trip so we flew to Boston and from Boston took Amtrak to Portland. We stayed overnight in Boston and I purchased tickets to see the Blue Man Group at the historic St. Charles Theatre. It was so awesome. Son really enjoyed the light show! They are wild and crazy and hard to explain. Makes it all the more entertaining! After our stay in Portland with hubby we took Amtrak back to Boston, overnighted there again, this time at a hotel in the Back Bay area so we were able to see where the Boston Tea Party was enacted, then flew home the next morning. So much history, so little time. It was a great trip.

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