Friday, February 23, 2007
Another Year Older
Happy Birthday to me!
Hubby and I went on a little mini-vacation to a near-by casino. My seed money consisted of $200, and I walked away with $155. Now to some of you, that may sound like I lost. But I did not.
When we first got there, I laid out $100 on the blackjack table. About an hour to an hour and a half later, it was all gone. Panicked and slightly sick I made to leave the table. But hubby said I should stay. So I stayed. And won back $55. Which right now doesn't sound all that great, but in the end I probably played for about 4 hours. So I consider it this way: $45 for 4 hours of entertainment? Not too shabby. And the fact that I got to keep most of my money is pretty sweet too.
Gambling is so stupid.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
One Week Ago Today
My dad, his friend, my husband and I were at Dolphins Stadium.
We were wandering around, taking in the NFL Experience. It was so cool! They had places where you could hone your football skills by passing, punting or receiving. They also had an area where you could anounce some of the greatest NFL moments. They had statues of players from every team in the NFL set up, with football gear on from the shoulders down. You could climb up into the statue from behind, and you looked like a player from that team. They had the Lombardi trophy on display in this glass case and you could take pictures of it! And they had tons and tons of stuff to buy. It was so cool!
Then we went into the stadium. We watched the pre-game show which was a performance by Cirque du Soleil.
Then Billy Joel sang The Star Spangled Banner. His singing left a bit to be desired. But! The coolest part (possibly of even the entire game) was when the jets flew over the stadium. We were in the top part of the stadium, and we were in the Colts endzone, so they flew right over us. They were so quiet, but so powerful. It was amazing. I still get goose bumps just thinking about it.
The game started with the coin toss. And my favorite quarterback was captain. Dan Marino.
The game started off in a very terrifying way. That Bears guy, Hester something or other returned the kick for a touchdown. And then we scored a touchdown, but missed the extra point. And then the Bears scored another touchdown. And then after that, things go fuzzy, but I do know we were up by 2 points at the end of the half.
And then Prince came out to do the halftime show. That was pretty great. Although I remember sitting there and seeing that sheet go up and seeing his obscene silhouette. Icky.
And then the second half began. And oh, it was amazing.
THE COLTS WON THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!
Did I mention the rain? Huh, that's funny. Because there was a lot of it. We were soaked despite the Saran-Wrap ponchos that we wore.
And because of this thorough soaking, I have been sick since Wednesday. Sick as a dog.
But it was so worth it.
GO COLTS!