Ever have one of those days, when everything is just awesome?
Yesterday, when I got to work in the morning, one of our first calls was from Nick Dixon, the clubhouse manager for the Gwinnett Braves. He said he needed us to do some nameplates for him. We've done nameplates for the G-Braves in the past. We did them for the offices of the Manager, General Manager, Marketing people, etc. So I was quite surprised when he came in later with a player's locker nameplate he wanted us to reproduce! I get giddy whenever we do anything having to do with the Gwinnett Braves. Now, I get to make the nameplates that are going on the lockers of the likes of Jordan Schafer, Gregor Blanco, Brandon Jones, etc. You may not know all those guys, but I do, and I'm pretty darn excited about it.
THEN, I saw a facebook update from Kris Oas, mentioning that the McDonalds in Lawrenceville has the super-fancy, futuristic, touch screen Coke fountain machine. This machine has over 100 flavor options, including Sprite in the flavors of grape, raspberry, and peach; and Coke in the flavors of Vanilla, Lime, Grape, Orange, Raspberry. As soon as Oas confirmed which McDonalds it was, I was on my way. I started out with a little Grape Sprite, followed by Orange Coke, followed by Grape Vault, and closed it out with Peach Sprite, and I was on my way. Every flavor was awesome. I'm a "new soft drink flavor" nerd, so it was like Christmas for me.
THEN, after I got back to work, the waiting game started. It was....wait for it....BRAVES OPENING DAY! The game was set to start at 4:00. I would have loved to actually go to the opening game, and for the life of me, I really don't know why I didn't. I did enjoy getting a nice update from Chris on Jason Heyward's debut at-bat/debut home run. As soon as the clock hit 5:30, I was out the door to go home and watch the last half of the game.
When I got home, it was about 5:45. Kimberly and Cohen walked in the door shortly after. Cohen immediately ran into the living room and grabbed the (nerf-style) baseball, and we played catch for about 15 minutes (for real...the kid's got an arm!). He then took the ball and stood in front of the TV, mimicking the pitcher, throwing the ball everytime the pitcher threw the ball. It was quite possibly my proudest moment to date as a father.
As the game was winding down (16-5 was the final score), I hopped in the car and headed over to Mike's house for Last Chucks practice. It was a pretty good practice. Hot as crap, and I was sweating through my shirt by the second song, but that's okay.
Point of it all is...yesterday was an all-around awesome day. No barking from the dog. No smog. The Lakers beat the Supersonics. And, I even saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp.
