It was Correa bat give away at the Twins game today. I can’t believe they gave us large bats! We got upgraded again and the Twins win in 2 hours and 13 minutes. It was a great game but a bit cold at 40 degrees. 

Summer

Well this has been some week. We had our first Twins game of 2023 on April 11th (my mom’s birthday). We played the Chicago White Sox. And the temperature was 80 degrees at first pitch!  It was such a beautiful night. The improvements look awesome. The scoreboard is huge! We got upgrade to section 117 which was a real treat. 

The game was so fun. I’m a big fan of the pitch clock. If our closer didn’t blow the save, we would have been done at 2 hours. But that’s ok because we went extra innings and saw a walk off bunt/error. A great way to cap off the night. Total game time was 2:23! We were home by 10pm which is good because we had to work the next day. I also got my first ever stamp in my MLB passport book. I wish I knew about this years ago…now we have to go back to all the ballparks again. 😂

Winter 

After a 10 mile run (woo hoo!) on a treadmill (boo hoo) Eric, DJ, Alec and I went to the Minnesota Loons game. It was so cold and wet! So different from Tuesday’s baseball game. I bought a winter headband for my ears. I’m also glad I had hand warmers. The game was still fun but the stupid loons lost. 😔

Today, winter is back in full swing. 🥶😥

Finn and Reba are still adorable. They survived another visit with the vet. 

Finn likes my new show box, it is hers now

Comforting Reba after a nail clipping

Outstretched daggars

Finn is ready for the vet visit. She like her carrier.

Chef Reba. Somebody on Facebook suggested using a bar stool to keep a needy kitty occupied while you cook. It worked.  

Finn and her box. Carter sat on the box so its integrity is compromised.

Finn on the box a few days later, licking her chops

Reba enjoying my blanket

Inspecting my Easter Dinner preparations

 

Like a lot of my races lately, my main concern going into the day is how will my knee react. This week has been exceptionally bad.  A volleyball double header on Tuesday didn't help matters. Running the rest of the week was a no-go. I used the hot tub a few times, iced a lot and ate Advil like candy.  On race morning. I KT taped my legs and we were off. Unlike the disaster of the weekend before, the weather was great. Most of the snow melted. Parking was easier and we arrived in time for me use the potty. It was starting out great. And after a bit we were off. The first 3 miles of the course are very nice, rolling hills, mostly down hill.  I had a great first three miles with paces under 14 minute miles. Mile 4 was crap and I knew it would be because it was mostly uphill. Mile 5 and 6 were just about finishing. I wanted to keep my overall pace under my best 5K time and I did that by quite a bit. So overall I'm happy. It was my fastest 10K since 2019. My goal was to do it under 1:30. I hit the 10K mark on my watch at 1:29:29 but the was the course was long (they said it was long because we had to run around a snow pile) and my official time was 1:30:45. 

I got a lot of compliments on my mileage capris. And somebody even said I was pretty.