peanuts and cracker jacks

It's that time of the year again... the 2011 baseball season is officially underway. The first game was actually yesterday afternoon, but it didn't seam real to me until tonight. I had the Gameday tracker up on my computer just like always, checking the box score to turn on the radio whenever Brandon was up to bat. That part of the season is easy... it's fun! The hard part is adjusting to the schedule of baseball.

It's a universal schedule, really. Ask any girlfriend, mother, wife, or daughter of a player and she will tell you- it's not a schedule to envy. I will give you a little sneak peak of Brandon's average day during the baseball season:

11:30 am: Wake up & eat Breakfast
1:30 pm:   Eat Lunch
2:30 pm:   Go to the field for workouts / warm ups
7:00 pm:   Gametime
10:30 pm: Leave the Field
11:00 pm: Eat Dinner & Relax
3:00 am:   Bedtime

Crazy right? Those guys are in a world all their own! The only problem to this crazy schedule is that I am on the exact opposite schedule. I am going to bed when Brandon is getting out of the game, and when he wakes up, I am at work and have already been awake for about 6 hours! Needless to say we don't get a chance to talk much during baseball season... at least on the weekdays anyway.

One of my favorite things to do during the season is go on weekend trips (or adventures as I like to call them) to visit Brandon wherever he's playing. I have been all over the east coast and as far out west to Arizona to see him play. During those trips, I love getting lost in that crazy life of baseball, staying up way too late, and eating way too much fried food at the games. I get so caught up in this lifestyle that I almost feel like I'm living it with him... almost. That is until Sunday evening comes around and I have to make the long drive (or flight) back home... alone.

Our first trip (remember I have Tex with me this year!) is Thursday, April 21st. My boss is letting me work remotely on that Friday so we can get a head start down to see Brandon. This will be the third season in a row that Brandon has spent time in Norfolk (Baltimore's AAA team) but he is living in a new apartment complex this year, and I am anxious to see this amazing condo he's been telling me about! We were lucky to find a nice place that accepts dogs over 50 lbs.

Less than 2 weeks till we're down in Norfolk with the hubby! I can already smell the hotdogs...

That's Brandon in Spring Training this year... what did I tell you about the uniforms?!? ;)