On the theme of Cardinals managers, Ben read "3 Nights in August" during his bus commuting time last week. While it ends in an amusing fashion, it has left him with even more mixed emotions about Tony Larussa.
On Wednesday night we decided to head to exciting suburban Maryland for a movie. While Kelly was not exactly excited to head to Silver Springs, MD for a movie, she supports Ben's need to seize free tickets, regardless of the event (in this case, an advance movie screening). We enjoyed Chick-fil-A prior to the movie (as Ben explained to Kelly how lucky she was to have landed such a catch). The movie was so-so and had way to much violence for Kelly.
In order to fulfill our duty as a pre-release screening audience - The Devil's Double starring Dominic Cooper tells the story of a man chosen to be a body double for one of Saddam Hussein's sons. The movie has some interesting bits, but was quite violent and a little all over the place. We give it 2 1/2 Chick-fil-A chicken biscuits (out of a possible 5).
Thursday was another softball game on the mall and brought another tough loss. We were very frustrated after the game and were looking forward to redeeming ourselves at the "Big XII/Big X" tournament on Saturday.
Friday night we helped a few friends move into their new apartment. There were 10 people or so to help move, which made it much more pleasant.
The next morning we headed to Bolling Air Force Base across the river in Anacostia for the softball tournament. The tournament consists of teams that semi-represent schools from the Big XII and Big X conferences. We, Team Missouri, had never won a game in the 5 year history of the tournament, so everyone was very optimistic about this year's squad. We came out firing in the first game and picked up a win, which put us in the winners bracket. We quickly moved back over to the losers bracket after Texas brought us back to earth in a shut-out. In between games we enjoyed some of the best bbq we have had during our east coast experience. After lunch we headed back to the field for game #3. While we were a better team, Team Ohio State came out on top after our pitching woes caught up with us. Our everyday pitcher was unable to make it due to the pending debt crisis and we were forced to try several people on the mound. After walking in 8 runs in the second game, we followed it up with 6 runs contributed to walks in the third game. It ended up costing us the game and thus ending our tournament run. We were disappointed, but ready to go home and take a shower.
(Cruel debt ceiling... why did you cost us our starting pitchers?)
Sunday morning was tough on Kelly's legs. After foolishly sliding during one of the softball games, she had a series of scrapes and bruises on her thigh and calf. Once she finally decided she had the strength to continue on, we decided to go to Pete's Diner for breakfast followed by a Target run in Columbia Heights. After returning home from our morning adventures, the dogs were pleading to go for a walk.
(How could anyone resist these two?)
We strolled down to Lincoln Park to see if any of their friends were out playing. The heat must have kept all the dogs away but there were a few kids running around that caught Mo's attention. She was basking in their undivided attention while Dexter was involved in an intense game of fetch with Ben. After Dexter was worn out from to much running and Mo tried to eat a fellow park patron's Subway sandwich, we figured it was time to head back home.
(Waiting at home for the dogs was an exciting trip to the shower.)
Sunday evening television offered the NBC special "Taking the Hill" with Brian Williams. Those who watched really closely (Kelly) were able to see Kelly in the background at one point.
(Follow the yellow arrow and you can see Kelly's head peaking over.)
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