Birdland

I know what most of you must be thinking...She's got to be an Eagles fan. Ew, no!

While most of you are consumed with football season as well as hockey getting ready to start, some of us are still in baseball mode. I would be one of those people.

Tomorrow is October 1st and it's officially postseason for baseball. Each team plays all season in hopes they make it to October. (It's also my parent's wedding anniversary, so a special shout out goes to them!)

So what am I referring to when I say Birdland? Only the best team in baseball...the Baltimore Orioles!

Last week an opportunity fell into my lap that was too good to refuse. I had a chance to possibly get tickets to one of the ALDS games for the Orioles. Do you guys understand how hard it is to get tickets to a postseason game?! And if you are able to get them, you're most likely breaking the bank. All I had to do was log in at 10am Saturday morning with this fancy code and cross my fingers that tickets would still be available. Sure enough, 10am came and I had three tickets to Game 1 on October 2nd, in my possession. Talk about an amazing feeling! And if you want to know if I broke the bank. No. Each ticket only cost me $30. That my friends, is what I'd like to call a win!

I'm over the moon about the fact that I get to go to the prettiest stadium in baseball, watch my favorite team, and see history be made (the last time the O's went to postseason I was 6 yrs old). What I'm probably the most excited about though, is who I get to spend this amazing night with.

My boyfriend, Josh, will be going with me and that's always awesome in my book. It's a guaranteed good time if he's by my side. And this is no diss to Josh by any means, but it's my other guest of the night that is probably the coolest. My 11 year old cousin Mason will be joining me.

Mason is one of the most impressive kids I've ever met. He's more mature than most adults I know and is such a caring person. He truly has a heart of gold and goes out of his way to make sure people are okay and happy. He's my little, big brother. About 5 months ago I ended a relationship I was in and the first few weeks after the breakup weren't so pretty. It was Mason who came to me, wanting to call my ex to confront him about the not-so-nice things he had said to me. What 10 year old do you know that would want to do something like that? That kid melted my heart. I'm so extremely proud of him and everything he's been doing over the past couple of years. He participates in multiple sports and at times he can be doing 3 sports at once. He balances the crazy schedule while still working his butt off in school. We have a lot in common and it's great getting to do things we enjoy, together. When I found out I could be going to a game, I knew I wanted to take him, he's a die-hard Orioles fan.

It's the only time I've ever told Mason he could brag about something and boyyy has he bragged haha. He's told everyone that he's going to this game. That makes this entire thing a win to me, to see him this excited and we haven't even gone yet.

Win or lose (we will win!), it's going to be a night I'll always remember. I get to spend a night with two of my favorite men. I get to watch the bond they already have continue to grow, just like my bond will grow with each of them.

A special thank you also needs to go out to my best friend, Alex. Without you, I wouldn't even have these tickets. Thank you and I love you more than you know! Wish you were able to go with us but I hope you have a blast in Denver :)

Let's go O's!!!!

You Have to Start Somewhere

Well everyone, here we go!

Do I have any idea what I'm doing? No. Am I a writer? Far from it. Am I going to still give this a go? You bet your bottom dollar I am!

So why do I even want to make a blog in the first place? I've thought about it a lot and I was never quite sure what my answer was. I'm not a writer by any means. I'm terrible at putting my thoughts down on pen and paper. Maybe that's why I've never been able to keep a steady journal. But, when you put me in front of a computer, my fingers just go and the thoughts seem to flow. I guess a blog will be a place for me to share all of those thoughts.

That's the purpose of this blog...to share. I don't have intentions of changing the world. I don't want to be "internet famous" (whatever that means). I just want to share things about myself, experiences I've had, things I've learned along the way. I will post things about my past, present, and future. I think a lot of times I'll discuss happy things, the things that bring me true joy in life. On the other hand, there will be posts that are raw and sensitive, probably surprising most of you. That's life though. We all have ups and downs, you can't have the good without the bad.

As a reader, if you're able to get something out of what I share, that just makes this journey even better.  I hope that for those of you who know me, you get to know me even better. For those of you who have never met me, I hope you get to know me.

I made a post on Facebook expressing concern of, "Would anyone even read my blog?". It was the encouraging words of others that got me to take this leap of faith. So, maybe you'll read it once and be done. Maybe you'll read every post religiously. Maybe you'll visit every once in a while. Maybe you don't read any of it. In the end, any and all of those are ok with me.

I'm ok with feedback or thoughts as long as cyber bullying doesn't take place. That is one thing I will not tolerate.

Please don't give me an English lesson either. I took English in college and passed without issue. I will use punctuation incorrectly (or not often enough). I will have run-on sentences. I will have sentence fragments. Ultimately, I don't care. I'm not writing an award-winning college essay here people. (There's humor in this, hopefully you know I'm not that much of a prick)

I guess I just realized that I'll have to convey my humor in writing. Talk about a difficult task. See, I'm already learning things from this blog! ;)

I hope to be vulnerable with this. I'm usually a pretty private person, unless your my best friend and then you know more about me than you ever thought possible. It's a risk putting your thoughts, feelings, and personal experiences out there for the world to know. At this point it's a risk I'm willing to take.

So here I am, I've made my first blog post. Do you all really know what you're in for? Do I even know what I'm in for? Hopefully you're ready to begin this journey with me and we'll see where we end up :)

Welcome to the Corner of Awesome & Bombdiggity!

Now just to push the orange button up top that says Publish....uh oh...I'm actually going to do it.