alright - kc

after spending sunday night at chez chelle, my nieces, chelleybutton, and i took off for kansas city. we stopped at our hotel just long enough for chelley to take a nap (i had unintentionally kept her up the night before), then headed for kauffman. we looked around a little bit, and i must say again how much i love that stadium. with a merry-go-round, mini-golf, mini-baseball diamond, and batting cage, plus also fountains and parking, and $5 tickets on monday nights, it's the perfect place to take a family - or friends and teenagers. if only...

but i digress. once the sun was no longer blinding us, it was a nice, albeit a tad too warm, night, complete with a 19-1 win. 19-1. that's just insane. (and the royals only got that one because i started cheering for them in the 9th inning.) i also had the pleasure of teaching a twins fan the art of cheering for my boyfriend.

as i'm sitting there in my cuddyer shirt, the guy behind us hollered at him after he struck out, 'see, cuddy! that's why i decided to hate on you this year! i decided to hate on you, and you're living up to it! you suck!' this was simply too much. i spun around and said, 'well then it's all your fault! if you would show him some love, maybe he'd feel a little encouraged and start playing better!' and went back to watching the game. when my darling boy got up to bat again, and once again struck out, the guy hollered, 'see, cuddy! you s...i mean, it's ok! you're still a good player!' if only more people would listen to me like that.

after the (long) game, we went back to the hotel to sleep. the next day we had to decide what to do. the zoo? a movie? shopping? we took one step out the door and ruled the zoo out. it was 872 degrees and muggy. so we went out for lunch, then to a movie. after the movie, we decided to go shopping on the plaza. we got to one store, stepped back outside to move on to another, and almost died of heat, so we spent the rest of the afternoon at the barnes and noble coffee shop. we then headed to the game, and didn't die 5 times. what's with drivers in kc anyway?

this game seemed very long. it was so yucky out. we could hardly breathe. how those boys actually ran and stuff, i don't know. it was nice to win 11-2, but i would've been happy with 3-2 if it had meant the game would be over sooner. it was hot.

we then drove back to chelley's. and she dripped ice cream on my foot. which made me cry. (that happens when i'm extremely tired. not me getting ice cream on my foot, me laughing/crying. my charming nieces relish it, and try to make me cry harder. it's a wonderful experience.)

then the following morning, erma and scout and i drove back to mpls. and that was our trip. :)