Just Another Cubs Game

After last weekend, this weekend was going to seem low key, no matter what. Even if we were driving to Chicago.

Mind you, I bought these tickets back in February, WAY before any other plans were in place. THIS was supposed to be my birthday weekend of travel (as I always seem to do). Just a standard weekend in Chicago for a Cubs Game.

Who knew there were Red Sox tickets on the horizon back in February. Not me. Not even a glimmer.

Regardless, I had these tickets in hand, and they were good tickets that I bought outright when they first went on sale. The Cubs verses the Cardinals. Always a good game, even if the Cubs lose... but just because it's the Cardinals. The only problem was that I think Eric and I were still worn out from last weekend, plus playing catch-up at work all week. But I was determined to have a good time.

We left Saturday, late morning. Neither of us was motivated to get up there super early. It was a 3pm (CDT) game, so we had plenty of time. So we thought. We even stopped at Fair Oaks Farm for some grilled cheese sandwiched for lunch. And then the time crunch somehow happened. We ended up driving all the way to Wrigley and parking on Clark instead of going to the hotel, first, and hopping on the Red Line. But it was what it was.

The Cubs... well, they played miserably. Maybe it was the dreary/hazy day in Chicago that killed it for them... or just made it seem worse to us. But they lost pretty bad. And I think there were more Cardinals fans in the stands then there were Cubs fans. Kind of sad... we're barely past the All-Star break... it doesn't get this bad until late August, usually.

Even through it all, though, I still had fun. Got to see some friends (Paula and Eric) and catch up for an inning and had some good noshing food for dinner (wasn't overly hungry, but wanted something). But we still ended up crashing early... we were both still exhausted. Plus, Eric's been killing himself on trying to open a fashion boutique (another blog forthcoming on that). And, par for the course, we went to Ikea on the way home today so he could pick up some items for said store... which stretched the day out a little too long and we got home later than planned... still exhausted.

Here's hoping for a low key week and an even lower key weekend next weekend, where we can both regain our sanity!