sometimes it's all about WHO you know

yesterday started off terrible, but ended great. the side effects from my muscle relaxant really messed me up - i woke up with a massive headache topped off with some lightheadedness and nausea, so i went home to sleep it off. 4 hours later i was as good as new!

i was so worried in the morning, because i had tickets to the canucks game, and i really didn't want to miss it, because the tickets were a recognition gift from my manager. the sleep did me a world of good because i had my appetite back (great news for the buffet dinner we went to!), my headache was gone (bring on the screaming fans!), and my neck was almost back to full range motion (great for keeping an eye on the puck!).

so off we went to the canucks vs. minnesota game. chris and i were both convinced that the canucks would win the game......and not just because we were in attendance :-) we had dinner at the captains club......a bit pricey for the quality of the buffet, but we ate at home all last week, so we deserved a night out! we completely stuffed ourselves with pork tenderloin, leg of lamb, baron of beef, shrimp cocktail, cheesecake, fruit tarts, etc. etc. once we got to our seats, we saw johnny.....an old friend from our dragonboating days. it's all about WHO you know, cuz he hooked us up with some bevies and popcorn. yum! even though i was completely full, there's always room for popcorn, especially when it's free :-) the game wasn't exactly thrilling, and i was resigned to the fact that we'd be sitting through o/t, and then at the 6 second mark, anson carter scored the winning goal! G-O-A-L! gm place was in chaos! o-lay, o-lay, o-lay, o-lay! whoomp, there it is! yeah, baby! and of course the assists went to danny and hank! what a great line :-)

i do have a confession to make......i don't know who 1/2 the players are on our team. it's been so long since i've been to a game, and i don't follow trades or statistics, unless it has to do w/trevor linden's coming and going, so i was completely lost. i kept looking at the jersey numbers and thinking back to previous players....i.e., #3 was brent sopel, #23 was martin somebody or other, #8 was donald brashear, but all 3 players were long, long gone. oh well, whatever.

it was a great night! and to top it all off, i got home just in time to watch animal precinct new york. definitely a great night!