Saturday morning James and I woke up at 4:45 am to catch our 6:40am train to Toronto. We made it everywhere on time, and the train ride was SO great. We were on a newer train, with lots of leg room so we were able to catch a few Zs on the way. We arrived at Rogers Centre in Toronto just in time to get our tickets from the VIP Will Call window (one of our colleagues at Webb knew a trainer for the Yankees, so he was able to get us GREAT seats for free) and find our seats a few rows behind the Yankees’ dugout. One of the guys sitting near us was even a Browns and Yankees fan just like my dear husband! The game was great, as the Yankees won 4-1, Jeter went 2-5, we got to watch CC Sabatthia pitch a great game, and Mariano Rivera was the closer. The only downside was that we were in direct sunlight the whole time, and we forgot to pack sunscreen—whoops! Luckily after a few innings we got up the nerve to ask a woman near us if we could borrow some of hers, so although we got sunburns, they could have been much worse! And karma struck as the woman who generously shared her sunscreen with us won the 50/50 raffle of over $8,000! It was pretty exciting J. We once again got the pleasure of experiencing over-priced stadium food--$4.50 for a bottle of water, $5.25 for a hot dog, and right around $10 for a beer. (I’m hoping that in 20 years I will be able to read this post and look back and laugh at how cheap things were “back in the day”!) We also got some amazing good luck as James left his Blackberry in a cup holder, and one of the workers at the stadium picked it up before anyone else could walk off with it! The highlight of the day for James was undoubtedly being mistaken for a Yankees player in the stands after the game—talk about a pick-me-up!
After the game we swung by the train station to pick up our bag and headed to the hotel—the Westin Harbour Castle. It seemed as though everyone at the game was checking in at OUR hotel at that time, and as could be expected, our room was not ready yet. They asked us to wait an hour to an hour and a half, but said that we would get a King-Sized Bed on the Penthouse floor—which was pretty exciting! So we went and ate at Mr. Greenjeans restaurant in a nearby mall, I got to eat my first ever banana split, and by the time we made it back our swanky room with an awesome view was all ready to go! We relaxed the rest of the night, went down to the pool, and fell asleep to the soothing sounds of Law and Order: SVU.
On Sunday we realized the pricelessness of black-out shades in our room, as we slept until about 9:00 pm without knowing the sun was even shining. James went to work out, and I scoured the city for Egg McMuffins and sunscreen (both successful endeavors). We checked out of the hotel and made our way back to the stadium for game 2 of the weekend. This time we sat in left center field, and it was nice to have a different vantage point. The worst part was the jerk who sat behind us, talking smack about the Yankees and those who like them, and even saying something highly inappropriate about little un-assuming me. James and I were both getting pretty mad, but my wise husband turned around and asked him a question about one of the Jays’ pitchers, had a nice conversation, and the guy didn’t say another negative word about “the losers who cheer for the Yankees”. Some people are just SO RUDE in the words of Stephanie Tanner! The Yankees won again, 7-2, but strangely enough there were no home runs on either side throughout both games. The game went by pretty quickly, meaning we had a longer than expected wait for our train home, but it wasn’t too bad.
The train ride home was LONG, and I couldn't help worry about Jeter being in his cage for 16 hours straight--I promise we do love that dog! The A/C was also broken in our train car, making it seem even longer, but luckily we bought some candy at the station so I had that to keep me going. We got back to our apartment around 1am, catching one of the last metro trains of the night, and PRAISE GOD Jeter had zero accidents in his crate after being caged for so long. We took him out for a walk and went to bed at around 2:00 am. GOOD NIGHT, indeed!
