Exciting Week (Part 1)

Finally, I’ve had an interesting week…

Last weekend was homecoming weekend at DeLaSalle HS, so I went to some of the festivities. Friday night was the coronation for homecoming court and the bonfire at the school. Being the hearty Minnesotans they are, they still had the bonfire outside even if it was in the low 50s and drizzling all night! But I got to chat with a lot of the kids and catch up with other faculty members. Saturday afternoon was the football game. The weather cleared up, even though it was still cool. The school now has its own, brand new football field there on campus, and so it was double exciting as ‘homecoming.’ Of course DLS won by like 6 TDs or something like that. But a lot of the seniors I had last year came back for the game as well and so it was great to catch up with them!

Tuesday I went to the tie-breaker Twins game! I think it’s only the 2nd game I’ve been to this season, but I’m glad I went. I was in the upper deck, the 26th row (an there were probably only 32 rows or so). I went by myself since I could only get a single ticket when I was buying online and I didn’t know anyone else going. But it was the largest attendance record for a baseball game in the Dome (54,088 people). And for those of you who didn’t know, the Twins won in the 12th inning! It was ecstatic! It was electric! Imagine Arco Arena when it used to sell out…and multiply that by 3. And imagine the noise, multiplied by three! Most of the people sitting in front of me, young and old, had ear plugs in!

Immediately after the game, they were selling playoff tickets so most of the people exiting went to wait in line. I waited in line an hour for tickets! I was able to get 5 tickets in the upper deck again; 3 seats together and another 2 together in another section (but in rows 8 and 12 this time). While I could easily sell them online and make a few hundred dollars, I’m going to go with Charlie and some of our friends. And when you buy tickets, you have to buy both home games (games 3 and 4) even if they don’t make it to game 4. So I have tickets for game 4 as well. If they don’t make it to game four, I mail them in for a refund. But game 3 will be on Sunday!

Yesterday, Wednesday, after staying up late Tuesday and celebrating with some friends downtown, I got a call early in the morning to go in and substitute for the first time this school year! After only five hours of sleep, I told them I was too exhausted to be an English substitute teacher and after school supervision. So I went back to bed. An hour later, I got called again…this time they wanted me for a chaperone for a field trip! I figured God really wanted me to work, not to mention it was to just chaperone a field trip, so I said yes. An hour later I was at DLS, and headed to the Mill City Museum….

Since I don’t want to exhaust you, to be continued…