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Weekend Things: Baseball’s Back!

Lauren4 Comments

And just like that, baseball is back in our lives.  Which means Sunday bike rides to Coors Field, staying up way too late to watch West Coast games, too many pre-game dinners at Biker Jim’s, epic Nolan Arenado plays, night games with sunsets that I swear look purple and mainly, just having my best friend by my side and being the happiest version of myself.

It wasn’t until this weekend, after attending two games, that I realized how much more “myself” I feel when winter ends, spring arrives, it starts to get warmer and life relaxes into a more familiar pattern.  And that pattern may or may not mostly revolve around baseball.  I’m imagining my family reading this and feeling like they don’t know who I am anymore 🙂

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Can I put VP of Rockies Ticket Distribution on my business card?  I got ticket envelopes all put together in the nick of time last Thursday and felt myself getting sad when I got to the last games of the season.  Had to remind myself that the season has just begun!

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All week we debated whether we should go into work at all on Friday.  I think you can guess what my vote was 🙂  Eventually, we decided not to, which meant a Friday morning run and iced coffee pit stop before meeting up with everyone else to head to lunch.  Elk-Jalapeño Cheddar dog + fries and a Titan in a can, please!

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Finding shade wherever I can, like in the crook of Joey’s neck.

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Weekend Things: April is here!

Lauren1 Comment

If I told you I ate tacos (twice), a lamb burger, spicy fried chicken, duck (also twice), soft shell crab and my body weight in chips and salsa this weekend, would you judge me?

It’s finally April!  Which means baseball is back, birthday celebrations are the norm and warm weather is here to stay.  Please please let that last part be true!  I could probably feel gluttonous about this past weekend, but instead I’m feeling happy because this time of the year is just the best and there’s too many fun things happening to not get caught up in it all.  April, I am so glad you are here.

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I texted Joey Thursday night and told him I was declaring Friday the start of his birthday, meaning we were gonna ignore the stuff we “needed” to do and just have fun from then on.  I also told him we could do WHATEVER he wanted and he wanted a red velvet cake.  And that’s how you end up carrying two sticks of butter in your purse.  Full cakes are intimidating but I’ve vowed to perfect it by the end of the year.

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Oh and Joey also really wanted me to get a lunchtime manicure on Friday 🙂

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We skipped out early, for the traditional birthday weekend happy hour at Root Down.  (In actuality, this is only the second year we’ve partook in that “tradition,” but it should most definitely be a yearly thing.)  We were lucky to grab two spots at the packed bar, then proceeded to order most of the menu.  I wish I could get to the root of it (see what I did there?), but for whatever reason, sitting in the sunshine on a Friday afternoon, sipping a Spicy Paloma and eating lamb sliders and duck wings with my favorite person just makes me the happiest girl in the world.

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