Coors field

I can’t believe it’s already the end of September. A lot of the time it kind of makes me want to throw up to think about that, seeing as I am not thrilled about moving again in a few months. Ah well, I don’t even have a plan yet, so I guess there is no sense in worrying over it until I have a plan.

It was another pretty awesome weekend here. Yesterday we went to a Colorado Rockies game at Coors Field. That stadium is absolutely beautiful- we had a really great time. It was absurdly cold, given that it was September 22. I was wearing three layers, including a Columbia fleece, and I was still freezing! Me and Brady and Shannon went and hit up a bar across from the stadium first, called Breckenridge. The food was got was freaking awesome- seriously, best meal I have had in a while. It was really good. Then we went and met Dan (guy from work) and headed to the stadium. It was really weird how few people there were at the game- I guess they can’t give Rockies tickets away. Hahaha. Anyways, we got great seats right behind the foul pole in left field. They played Atlanta and while I was expecting Colorado to get pounded, it was a pretty good game. We left at the bottom of the 7th because we were freezing and at that point we were up 10-5. (Yes, it was a very high scoring game.) We didn’t drink at the game because it was too freaking cold- all we wanted was hot chocolate! Brady ate “Rocky Mountain Oysters”… in other words, buffalo testicles. Yes, it was highly disgusting. I tried them but they were highly fried and slimy inside, so I did not like them.

After that I went out to the Stampede to practice my bull skills. I have gotten to be pretty good friends with George, the bull operator, so he is giving me lots of tips. I challenged lots of boys last night and pretty much showed most of them up… haha, it was awesome. He’s got me up to 85 of 100, so I’m doing pretty well considering I’ve never done this before two weeks ago. The Stampede, on Wednesday and Saturday nights, does ladies’ free drinks until midnight, so that totally rocks. I met a bunch of guys who just moved here from Nebraska (went to school up there) so we talked for a while and that was pretty cool. I finally gave up and came home around 1:30 because my arm was starting to hurt and I was worried that I would not be able to move it today. (Luckily, I was in better shape than I had thought.) I am a little banged up and I keep finding new bruises in places that I don't remember bruising... but what can ya do. It was well worth it. :)

It has been snowing some in the mountains, which is so weird. You turn on the news and there is a news anchor somewhere within 100 miles of here, broadcasting in a blizzard like state… very odd. Earlier in the week we could see snow capped mountains, which was pretty awesome. We are hoping to make it hiking up in the mountains before the weather goes south, but I’m not sure it’s going to happen. It’s kind of cold down here already, which means it’s super cold up there.

Anyway, I guess I’m going to do a little reading and then head to bed before it gets too late tonight. I didn’t sleep for crap on Friday night so I am still trying to catch up. I miss everyone back home a little today- there’s so much going on! My grandbig Holly’s birthday is on Tuesday and her son Cameron’s is in a couple of weeks, plus I heard some good friends of mine are pregnant and I just feel like I’m missing out on some stuff right now. I have a lot to look forward to, don’t get me wrong- I bought my plane ticket for the conference in Anaheim last week, which will totally rock, plus there is so much stuff I want to check out in Colorado before I leave. It’s just weird to be so far from home, I guess.