Extended Off Days

Like I said in the last post, we have every Sunday off during extended. This sounds like a good thing, right? Finally a day to sleep in and enjoy a day to yourself after 6 straight days of waking up at 5:00 am. Nope. If I can sleep in until 6:30 it is a good thing. Our bodies just get so used to waking up early, that it just happens naturally. Plus, unless I go out somewhere on Saturday night I am still tired at about 9:00. Well, you say, at least you have the whole day Sunday to yourself. Sure. Sounds like a good idea, but when you are used to spending 9-10 hours of the day at the ballpark, a whole day alone in the house is pretty boring. Add in to that the waking up at 6:30 and that is a TON of day to use up. Don't get me wrong, I love the off days, and when my family was here it was a busy day, but when I am alone it is a lot of wasted time.

Yesterday I decided to pass my time at the casino. It takes up about 90 minutes of driving time there and back and I spent about 8 hours sitting at a poker table. Long story short, I lost. I did, however, use up most of the day doing something that I enjoy. It was definitely much better than sitting at home in front of the TV all day. There are other things to do too....play golf, sit by the pool, do some grilling, watch a movie. Funny thing is, most of these involve getting out of the house that all during the week you just want to be in. Is that irony?

Back at it tonight with a rare night game against the Royals. Slept in til 6:30 this morning......