As American As Baseball & Apple Pie

Went to the Redbirds game thursday evening. Kellogg's had a function for the employees and I somehow got invited. First time in the stadium and I really enjoyed myself. Still don't see why they located AutoZone Park where they did but I guess it's a nice stadium because the last time I went to a baseball game had to have been the Memphis Chicks in Tim McCarver Stadium. Even though I do know the game, I couldn't even tell you who won because I really wasn't paying any attention to the game. I was mostly kicking it on the party deck and entertaining my niece. She will be turning 4 soon and she IS a true diva so Unka Dune (that's me!) had to escort her around the stadium which I didn't mind because baseball just aint me anyway plus she was leaving the next day to go to Newport News with her grandmother and will be gone for two weeks. Missing my twins now. They are in Atlanta for a family reunion with my aunt.

I went thru my folks' house for the 4th. We barbecued and fried fish. The fam watched Hancock while I sat outside and watched the children shoot off fireworks. I aint too big on firecrackers since one went off in my hand back in the day. I will buy a brick or two of bottle rockets and a couple of roman candles so I can use them to aim my bottle rockets when I get tired of throwing them but other than that, I'm cool. Played chess and smoked out until dark. Won 2, lost 2. I need to work on my middle game.

Even though I don't care for baseball, aint too big on fireworks and have never even tasted apple pie, I still had a pretty good 4th. I can't say that I was celebrating America's independence but it's truly a blessing to be around fam.