Season of Social Sports

Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la la... Just kidding; well really it is. The start of a new season of New York City Social Sports Club leagues are probably the highlight of every season for me. This season I have signed up for kickball again with my good friend Nicki who is playing for the first time. It's nice to be the "experienced" one between the two of us for once. So far I have only played one of two games due to my work trip to California but the first game was such a blast with my new team. Menace 2 Sobriety as we are called are made up mostly of people who know each other through work, mutual friends or from seasons past. There a few of us that are free agents/only know one or two other people on the team, but what a blast this team is. I'm so excited for the rest of this season.

Sadly, trivia wasn't scheduled for the spring season due to venue issues. So Nicki and I with two of our other friends, Janssen and Kevin signed up to play cornhole. What's cornhole you make ask, as I did last summer when playing for the first time. Cornhole is a game in which players take turns throwing bean bags at a raised platform with a hole in the far end. These platforms are usually made with plywood or plastic and are often decorated. A corn bag in the hole scores 3 points, while one on the platform scores 1 point. Play continues until a player reaches the score of 21. There is even an American Cornhole Association as I just found out when I googled cornhole. So every Tuesday we, team "We Prefer to Stick it in the Pie Hole" play cornhole in the upstairs of a bar near Madison Square Garden. Thus far it's been a learning process but also realizing I'm not half bad, we'll see how we do as a team overall.

Dear Monday

Dear Sadie, may you rest in peace in doggie heaven. I will always miss you.

Dear body, I know you need a break.. it will happen soon.

Dear April, I am so glad you are over with tomorrow.

Dear May, I'm looking forward yet not forward to you.. too much to do in so little time.

Dear birthday, we meet again in 37 days! Let's make this a good one in NYC.

Dear vacation, we meet in a MUCH needed 42 days :D

Dear Monday

Dear flying, it's only April; 25,000+ miles in 4 months, can I have a break?

Dear Rangers, we have to win tonight.

Dear Kings, way to go of making to the second round!

Dear homerpool, what a fun game to play at the Mets game. Won $5!

Dear sister, I'm sorry what happened but yay for your half marathon!

Dear Astoria, love you, so now let's find me an apartment.

Dear Los Angeles, we meet again tomorrow at 9am.

Dear Monday

Dear Monday, we meet again, and for another busy yet fun week ahead.

Dear cornhole and kickball, I'm SOOO excited to start playing this week!

Dear NYC, why did you have to be so nice out when I was gone? Please come back.

Dear Mets, although I would normally root for you at a game, I'm torn who to root for Friday. 

Dear Rangers, please win tonight.

Dear family, friends and Hungarians, it was so nice to see you all this weekend.

Dear Monday

Dear Monday, you didn't come fast enough. Looking forward to the busy week ahead.

Dear allergies, I'm so glad you have died down for now. You were killing me last week.

Dear Mets opening day, you were a blast! Got to love baseball, friends and a sunny day.

Dear family/Hungarians, can't wait to see you this weekend.

Dear The Color Run, please open your NYC registration soon, I've been waiting.

Dear Rangers, let's kick some ass this week during NHL playoffs!

 

Dear work, please send me more places for meetings, I'm enjoying these trips.

Mets Opening Day

 Let's go Mets! A bunch of friends of mine are Mets fans and awhile back invited the rest of us to opening day if we wanted to go. Me, neither a die hard Mets or Yankees fan, agreed to go. With an early start to the day consisting of getting to the field, finding a place to park and then pre-gaming for the couple hours before first pitch/opening ceremonies was a wonderful blur. Surrounded among Mets fans always puts one in the sporting spirit, a borrowed Mets shirt to wear also helped. I always love the feeling of a sunny, breezy day of sitting in the stands surrounded by baseball fans. Whether you're cheering for the home team or not. Not only was I able to take the day off, my boss brought his two sons to the game as well, who I met up with for a few innings. Mets came out on top for opening day against the Atlanta Braves winning 1-0. Third Mets game and second Mets vs Braves game (my first Mets game was also against the Braves) later, I have a 2-1 winning record. After a long exhausting day, I rejoiced with the Mets fans and headed home. Thanks to Tom for remembering I wanted to go. Here's to many more Mets games! 

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Happy April! As they say April showers bring May flowers, let's hope this is not true. I miss the sun of spring time and don't want too much rain. March was probably the craziest month of 2012 so far, mainly in a bad way and I am so glad it is over. With the start of April, it brings a new fresh start to the month and I'm looking forward to a few things to get closer:

1. Start of baseball season - already going to two games this month alone :D

2. Being able to see my family in two weeks although not for the greatest reason.

3. April being here means summer, my first cruise and my birthday are closer!

So here is to a new month of memories, laughter and happiness with friends and family.