My friends and I are all ecstatic that we are going to the Chicago Cubs game. It was a great chance to see the family as well as see Chicago Cubs in the playoffs.To be honest we were going to Tara’s home, not mine . I have always lived here. But she and her family were all from Boston. We were both super excited about getting back to see New York Yankees. She hadn't been back in many, many years. The unfortunate river incident gave her the courage to move to Chicago on her own . By that time she was disgusted with the city. There was little opportunity for what she wanted to do, which was cleanse the earth of the pollution. Since she has moved, she went back only twice for her parents funerals but she did manage to catch a MLB Tickets game there once. Tara’s folks would always visit her out here, knowing how much she hated the city . I had been to Cleveland many years ago, and I wasn't impressed. Then I went again for work, and found that it was really a cool city. It seemed like the city had a new life, or it was born again . The second time I went the boardwalk was re-opened for the public . From what I have heard, the city itself has fallen due to the slow economy but Tara and I will see when we go for the Chicago Cubs game . I am finally excited for something in my life . Fun. I told Tara that I thought that we should ask Jim and Sue to tag along, Tara said that she hopes that they do .

I think my friend Jim was envious of us going to see Arizona Cardinals. I told him I would ask our friends, Sanfred and Sonya, if they could find any more tickets, but I said that it wasn't likely. The only reason I got tickets to Pittsburgh Steelers was because my friend had extras from work and asked if Tara and I would like to join . Jim informed Sue that they might be getting Pittsburgh Steelers tickets and she nearly wet herself . We decided to tell Jim and Sue where we were staying. Tara took care of it all, looking for a space in the hotel and then for flights, which unfortunately were all booked . Sue had a friend who is a travel agent, and she called her. Apparently the travel agent owed Sue big time because within a couple hours Sue and Jim had seats on the plane, it was all finally happening. We were all so excited . The next few days crawled by at work, just counting down the minutes until we left to see %KEYWORCAP3%, it took forever. Finally the day came and we were off. . Fantastic! While the waiting took forever, we realized that Pittsburgh Steelers was doing really well . The Bears couldn’t even touch them . We counted the days on the calendar until we were leaving. I actually put an X through each day. Meanwhile, the weather here was not so great, so a bit of warmer weather would be great.