Let's Go 'Canes!

Hello! Yesterday was a pretty great day for me here in the city of Boston. I started work at 8 AM, and after a morning shift at the ballpark, I got off work at 12:30 PM. I was a tad tired after my first few days and came back to my room and napped for a few hours after taking care of some quick errands. Last night I went out to the TD Banknorth Garden, home of the Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics, in hopes of maybe finding a ticket for game 7 last night against my Hurricanes. I didn't have much luck in finding one, so around puck-drop I headed back toward my side of town, grabbed dinner, and watched through the second period at Cask 'N Flagon, the sports pub right behind Fenway Park. As I walked into the restaurant and the bouncer checked my ID, he made a remark about the Hurricanes scoring, and I made a sarcastic comment in response, playing along with him. He then saw my ID, shook his head, gave me a smirk, and waved me through. I came back to my room to watch the final period with 2 guys who live on my floor, Aaron and Gavin. They're both Bruins fans, but we had a good time watching the game together. Well, I had a good time, considering the Hurricanes won. I'm not so sure they were exactly thrilled with the outcome. Anyway, the first 3 days at the ballpark were great, and now I have today, Saturday, and Sunday off before returning to work on Monday at noon. I'm really excited about the free weekend, hopefully giving me an opportunity to do a little more exploring around the city and check out some of my surroundings. One of my good friends from LSU, Matt, lives about 45 minutes south of Boston on the Massachusetts/Connecticut border, and today he's coming into town with another friend from LSU, Tim. It'll be nice again to see a familiar face, especially since I haven't hung out with the guy since last December in Baton Rouge. I think we're going to check out some stuff around the city, maybe even a Boston Cannons lacrosse game, and then head back to Westfield, his hometown, until Sunday. I met Matt's dad when he visited Baton Rouge back in the fall, so it'll be nice to see him again as well. The Red Sox host the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets this upcoming week, so I'm sure once I get back to work on Monday I'll have plenty of work to do preparing for and with the homestand. I'm going to try and post pictures on my Facebook profile from my first few days in Boston sometime this weekend, and I think there is a way for me to post some in my blog entries. Oh well, I'll figure all that out. Thanks for reading, I'll be updating again soon. Let's go 'Canes! Woo!