So far so good, huh?

What fun to start a season this way. Double play, double play, double play, double play. Lather, rinse, repeat.

First place is good no matter what time of year it is.

Now if we only had a couch and a TV here we could sit and watch a game or two ;)

We live and die by the Mets here so tonight was tough. But that was a hell of a game and they played it to the last out with heart. We're still a little stunned that they aren't going to the series. We just kept on believin' 'til the very last out--bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, 2 outs.

Chavez's catch will be played for years on highlight films.

In the bottom of the 9th we could barely breathe and were watching the game through our hands.

We'll get 'em next year.

But for the series? Let's go Tigers!

Let's go Mets!!!!

After staying up late cheering and yelling it's hard to get out of bed on an overcast, wonderfully chilly, curl up under the blankets, fall morning.

Have I mentioned how much I love this time of year?

Game 1 was exciting and fun and my cruel husband made us pause it in the 7th inning when it was 4-4. Ok, he only made us pause it because C had pitching practice, but still.

I had to keep answering the phone going "lalalalalalalala don't tell me. We didn't see the end." And I had to stay off the computer because knowing I was just one click away from the final score was just too tempting. I'm weak!

But it was all worth it to watch them battle and win.

Let's go Mets!

Woke up this morning to a house full of sick people. Everyone is fighting this boogey, nasty cold. We are all tired and crabby and sniffly. It's not going to be a fun day. I predict lots of movies. And tissues. Lots of tissues.

Finally! The Mets clinched the NL East! Time for celebrating and cheering and enjoying the first NL East Championship in eighteen years!!

The last time the Mets clinched I hadn't even met Sparky yet! And that was a long, long time ago!

Let's go Mets!!

and the magic number is still one.

Maybe they just really wanted to clinch it on my birthday?

Thanks guys!

on edit: Guess what?? My family is taking me to Pittsburgh today for my birthday so we can watch the Mets clinch it!!! Now we just have to cheer for Philly to win this afternoon (something we rarely do!) so that it isn't over before we get there. That...and we have to cheer for the kids to behave in the car for five hours! yay! Happy Birthday to me! Let's go Mets!!

ONE!!

For those counting along at home. As of tonight the magic number is down to one!

the happy dance!!

Mets thrash the Nats 13-4! That will brighten up a day. Sparky took C shoe shopping which means I do not have to spend an hour fighting and smelling the smell that is boy feet. It also means that he will come home with either Vans or Chucks and proclaim Dad the coolest.

I am going to fire up the grill, shake up a drink and celebrate. I am also blocking out the fact that tomorrow I have both kids home from school and need to do "company cleaning." I will just Scarlett O'Hara the rest of tonight's responsibilities and relax a bit.

Let's Go Mets!

Sometimes when you are having a rough day, when you just want to give in to the "I don't wannas" and quit, you have to rely on your favorite things to help you out.

1) Just Born Jelly Beans--especially the black ones.
2) The Mets pounding the Nationals in a sunny, brilliant day game. Four home runs so far--three in the first inning!!
3)It's that time of year again -- back by popular demand--Peep Surgery. Those poor little guys.

HAPPY OPENING DAY!!!!!!

Whatever your team, even that other NY team, have a fun and exciting opening day. Take off from work. Have some friends over.

But most importantly...

Let's Go Mets!!!!!!!!!

Because it's the first game of the season and hey...ya gotta believe.

two birthdays today.

first, and the most important, my dad! happy birthday dad!

look what the mets are giving you....

second, the mets channel goes on the air this afternoon. actually in 6 minutes. the kids are very excited to see a channel being "born."

a little ray of sunshine on a weary day...

The Mets win!! 12-7
Mets Outslug Cards in Spring Opener

every year for the last five years on this day we do the same thing. we hop out of bed and have a quick breakfast (bagels, donuts, etc.), we line up the laptop next to the desktop and get all three phone lines ready, we watch the clock and then we wait.

because this is the morning that mets opening day tickets go on sale.

so i watch 8:57...8:58...8:59.....dial and click, click and dial, "all circuits are busy"

i know the drill. just keep clicking, just keep calling.

but this year? we were shut out. after two hours of dialing and clicking we finally got through only to find that the tickets were all gone. there were none to be had.

it's a sad, sad day here. i did snag some tickets for the first series, but it just isn't the same--that same "this is the year" feeling that goes along with opening day.

we still have the day off and are trying to make arrangements to watch the game somewhere really fun. but no stale hot dogs, no jeering at the fools who show up with yankee jerseys, no cheering as they take the field for the first time as a team.

at least there's a cute puppy to play with--that helps a bit.

it's officially spring as far as i am concerned. as of right now the mets are in first, all things are possible and hey, ya gotta believe!

to celebrate i leave you with a little poem. happy, happy pitchers and catchers!!

harbinger

i heard spring this morning.
not in the shrill chirp of a red-breasted robin
skittering beneath barren branches
but in a garbled, whisky-throated announcer
coloring a static filled broadcast.

where men who play at being boys
or boys who play at being men
dot a dusty diamond
carved in a field of pre-spring emerald
and a game in its perfection
can stop time.

a friend sent me the link to the video tribute shown at shea yesterday for what was (most likely) mike piazza's last game as a met.

i just sat here watching and crying.

the link is here for anyone who wants a little trip down memory lane. 1998-2005.

i woke up groggy and tired a few minutes ago. damn late night games. thankfully we dvr'd the game. i just hit rewind a bit to get the score.

holy hannah! that can't be right, can it?

18-4?!?!?

let's go mets! are you watching these guys?

on edit: it's now 3:35 in the morning and i am wide awake since i decided to rewind the whole game and have a look. now i am too excited to get any sleep! oh and dad....was that matsui i saw having a good night? just thought i would mention it in case it got lost in all the fun. :)

and now we are doing this:

yup, the happy dance. because tomorrow is pedro!!!

is why "ya gotta believe!"

it's midnight and we are bleary-eyed and tired but we are also losing our voices and screaming.

happy birthday jose reyes! that was one fun game.

an in the park home run. a spectacular over the wall catch.
and a walk off home run.

gotta love 'em

let's go mets! man i need some sleep...

we're home. it was an exciting game. after fighting traffic, arriving late and declining to park our car with the nice man at the chop shop who said we needed to leave our keys (yikes!) we got in by about the 4th inning.

c stayed home with mom. j had fun but ran out of steam early and began chanting "let's go mets home!!"

looks like c has strepth throat so he is home tomorrow. blessing and a curse. i have a rough draft due tomorrow. i am not going in. legit excuse and i will have all day to knock it out. this is when my procrastinating comes back to bite me in the ass.

rough draft of medieval paper due on wednesday so i will be busy research writing gal tomorrow. i figure i need to knock out about 20-25 pages tomorrow. i can do it if i stay away from the blogs and the allure of tivo and a snuggly kid.

great game. fun day. but i have that "sunday night" feeling. the one where you realize that you had so much fun that you forgot to do anything and now you are under a ton of pressure. my decision is to get a good night's sleep and get to it in the morning.

and no...that's different than procrastinating. really.

oh yeah! they're back! watch out now kids....1-5...they are on a roll!

off to celebrate j's b-day and do the happy dance of mets not sucking.

we'll get 'em next year
we'll get 'em next year
we'll get 'em next year

"i believe...
i believe...
i know it's silly, but i believe..."

la la la la la la i'm not listening to you

(any of these will do)