I keep forgetting what day of the roadtrip I was in, until Megan reminded me that the day corresponds with the day of the month (since I started on June 1st). So, Day 10 is on June 10th!
I woke up this morning and got ready at Megan's apt (she was already at work). Then I was off to Cincinnati to watch the Giants take on the Reds at the Great American Ballpark!
The game was at 12:35pm, so I thought by leaving Dayton at 11:15 I would leave enough time to get there (since, as I recalled, Cincinnati was about an hour away). Well, I was right on the timing of the trip - what I had not counted on was the traffic I hit (darn you, 75 south) and the fact that it would take forever to find parking downtown (workday + ball game = most spaces being taken up!). So I ended up getting to the game at around 12:50pm having already sweat through my Giants shirt. It was hot today in southwestern Ohio - got almost to 90! Luckily there was little to no humidity.
I really like the Reds stadium - I had gone to watch a few games there during grad school. In fact, I realized today how much I enjoy watching a MLB game live. This was the first game I had ever gone to alone, and I still thoroughly enjoyed everything about it, even if I didn't have someone sitting next to me to talk to (and trust me, I didn't have many allies when I was so pro-Giants. I spotted about a dozen people total who were rooting for the Giants and that was it!). I hope that the next city I live in (or the city that I end up in someday) has or is close to a professional team.
Even though the Giants lost, it was still a fun game to see. And since it was so hot, I naturally got a little too much sun. I have never had the tops of my knees sunburnt before - interesting. Since the game went so long (after 4pm), I was late getting back to Dayton, as there was a bunch of traffic in the city and on the way back from Cincinnati.
Got back around 6:30pm and tried to help Megan with final preparations for dinner, even though she refused to let me since I was "the guest of honor". Megan had invited over some of her work colleagues who I hadn't met before (Andrea, Andrew, Melissa, and Brian, Melissa's husband) and some of our friends (Jenna and Chelsey). It was great to see friends again and also to meet more of Megan's new friends from work, as they are all very fun and have formed a good group. Megan made homemade lasagna, salad, and garlic bread, while other people brought fruit, spinach and artichoke dip, and strawberry shortcake. All delicious! Jenna and I secretly rated all the food, but it was only in jest at Megan...or was it??
After dinner, Megan wanted to play Quelf. What is Quelf, you ask? It is the most random, hilarious board game that we love to play at Gonzaga in Residence Life and which I noticed Megan also owned- what a coincidence. Unfortunately, we ended up playing Sexy Secrets, which is this sort-of dumb board game that Megan bought for a bachelorette party a couple years ago (and which we also played during grad school once). The game is tamer than sounds, and although playing with co-workers/strangers is a little awkward, it was pretty fun.
The best part of the day was actually Jenna and I helping Megan to realize that her MacBook Pro which she has owned for almost a year has a camera (yes, she is that technologically impaired). We took a bunch of photos. Some are below, one has become my profile picture on this blog, and the other has been added to my Yellowstone trip post. If I didn't take pictures where I was at, I might as well fake it!
Tomorrow is relatively unplanned in Dayton, so who knows what trouble I will get into!
Joey
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