Another game.... and another positive test....

 The USD Toreros were scheduled the byu Cougars.

Scheduled being the important term there.

I got an email around 11a this morning saying that the game was cancelled and the bosses would be in touch with a makeup date.  The way that the email was written I thought that it was a byu player that was the guilty party.  As I would later find out, no it was a USD player that was the guilty party.  STAY IN YOUR ROOMS TOREROS!!!!!!!

Today was the day where I was to get my truck back.  I took it in on Friday to get it fixed.  The front wheel bearings and brakes needed to get fixed.  So, I called yesterday and talked to my High School classmate who happens to own the place.  He said that the truck was ready.  I go in at like 11:30 and find out that nope, it wasn't ready.  No biggie, they were just waiting for the rotors.

So, while they were finishing up the truck, I went into work with Mom.

I knew they were going to need me as the office needed to get a new all-in-one printer.  Mom, her boss and I all went to Staples to get a good deal that they were having.  While at Staples, they also got Turbo Tax, a folder to hold the 2021 tax info and extra ink for the new printer.

We get back to the office and I begin doing my thing.  First I get the old rather large all-in-one out of the way.  It was being replaced as my mom's boss gets a lot of faxs and the old machine (which they got back in 2016) was not receiving faxes anymore.  So a new all-in-one it is.

I get the old one unhooked the telephone line from the old one, I unboxed the new one and got it out of the bag.  I place it in the spot and it takes about half of the space the old one did.  I hooked the telephone line into the new machine.

I then sat down and started doing the setup on my mom's work laptop while she was working on some paperwork on the other side of the office.  Once I got everything taken care of on her laptop, I began on her bosses laptop.  It was during this setup that they both went to the bank to do some (brace yourself) banking.

After I got all of that done, it was time for my mom and I to leave.  On the way home, mom and I stopped for lunch at Arby's.  We took our lunch over to the plane spotting parking lot at Lindbergh Field.  My family loves to go down to the airport and watch planes take off and land.

As mom and I left the airport, I called to check on my truck.  I was told that the mechanic was just about to torque the lug nuts down and take it for a test drive to make sure everything was good.

It takes about 15 minutes to get from the airport to the mechanic.  When we arrived, I noticed that my truck was still in one of the bays.  As I was paying (this is where the "Ouch" tag comes from) he was just then taking the truck for its test drive.  Maybe two minutes later he was back.

I got into my truck and started driving home.  Admittedly, I took a long cut to get home.  About a quarter of the way home I thought I had heard a noise from the left front wheel.  Keeping in mind, I had the front wheels worked on.  So, I went into a really quiet neighborhood to see if I could hear it there.  I didn't so I chalked it up to hearing it from someone else.

Once I got home, it was about 4p.  I sat down and started working on some computer work.  Really, just watching some YouTube videos on how to fix my valve cover gasket (another item that needs to be fixed, if I were to do it at the mechanic it would cost over $400 for labor).  For some reason, I fell asleep for a nap for about 30-45 minutes.  By the time I woke up, it was time for my Colorado Avalanche to hit the ice.  Actually the game had already started when I woke up.

So, I started typing this blog out while listening to the Birthday Boy Conor McGahey (tonight it was "Natural Disaster vs adjective).  The other birthday boy Marc Moser (the TV voice of the Avalanche) was not able to be viewed on NHL.tv this evening for some reason.  I eventually had dinner during the second intermission (rice with leftover meatloaf balls).  The game finished and as I was about to go back to watching YouTube videos on how to grow my channel, my main laptop decided that it wasn't going to play well with others.

So, I got my mini laptop out (the one that I usually work on at games) to finish this blog.  Well, since I haven't used the mini laptop for about a year, it was time for updates.  That took about an hour to get through.

So here it is midnight and I'm finally finishing this blog.  When it was looking like I was going to finish it around 9:30'ish.  Oh well.  Good night.

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Third time is a charm.....right????

 Well, back on Thursday I was thinking I was going to be doing three games in three days.  What was I thinking this is 2021 and we are still dealing with Covid-19.  Fool!

So just as you can guess, I didn't have three games in three days.  Not even close.

The game that I thought was going to be on Friday is actually today (Sunday).  I was leaving the house I called my contact at the game.  He answered and let me know that the game was actually going to be on Sunday.  So, I got off at the next off ramp and came back home.  Watched TV and enjoyed the fact that I didn't have to drive 45 miles in the rain!  I live in San Diego, just by living here you can guess if I like rain or not...spoiler alert, I hate rain!

So on Saturday (yesterday), USD was scheduled to play Loyola Marymount University or as we call it here in Southern California LMU.  I woke up to an email from my new boss saying that LMU had a positive test and the game would be called off for today.  I emailed him back saying OK.  Now, because I'm kind-of superstitious I have to wear the same thing if one of my teams is on a winning streak.  Well, that is where we are with the Colorado Avalanche.  The Avs played a game last Tuesday (beat San Jose 7-3) the same day that USD women's team lost to Saint Mary's.  So, the Avs played again on Thursday also against San Jose.  The same day Gonzaga and USD were on the court (check out that blog here to see how that went).  Well, Colorado was nice enough to wait until I got into the truck before they scored and they did so three times on the way home for a 3-0 win.  With all of that said, I couldn't screw up a winning streak by changing something up (See even Kevin Costner in Bull Durham knows).  So, I wore the same outfit that I wore on Tuesday and Thursday; blue jeans, sleeveless undershirt, light blue USD polo shirt, my light blue sweater and my Nike shoes.  I wore this as Mom, Dad and myself went to Point Loma Sea Foods (if you live in or near San Diego, you really should go and have some great Sea Food there is you already haven't) and then watched airplanes (can say multiple cause we saw three) takeoff from Lindbergh Field.  We came home and I watched the Avs take down the Minnesota Wild (or as I refer to them, Mild) 5-1.

Looking ahead to today, I have an issue.  The Avs are playing Minnesota again tonight, but the game that was supposed to be played on Friday is being played today at 2p in East Carlsbad/West San Marcos.  I really wouldn't mind wearing a hoodie with USD on it....but I don't want to mess with Colorado's winning streak. Dilemas Dilemas.

So, I think I will wear the hoodie and not the polo shirt and sweater and just hope that the Avs can take care of business like they should be able to.  If I screw up the streak, I'll take responsibility before the game even faces off.

Until next time.

Oh, and tell me in the comments if you would be interested in seeing me go around San Diego and asking random people their thoughts on different questions on YouTube.  I'm thinking of calling it Street Talk.  Let me know.

Avalanche season opening notes

These are just going to be short posts about how the Avs season goes in the 48-game sprint...

Fine job tonight (alright last night by now) by Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov against the Wild.  Got tagged with the L, only cause the skaters couldn't stay out of the box in the second period.  Not really sure who played worse, the Aztecs or the Avs in the 2nd period...

AVALANCHE - 1  0  1 = 2
WILD - 0 3 1 = 4
PIM's: COL - 19 (12 in the 2nd period alone), MIN - 11
SOG's: COL - 27, MIN - 35 (18 in the 2nd period)

WOW

Well, first lets start at the begining of the week. Monday, was Monday, first day back from Spring Break (which wasn't exactly a great break), and I had English & Anthro. No biggie.

Tuesday, supposed to be Public Speaking and Micro-Economics. Please noticed I said supposed to be, that is because I decided to do alittle "Independant Study" on Tuesday. I went to Barona Casino, simply because it was on my way to the SD Christian College Hawks baseball game that was played on the Barona Indian Reservation. So I placed $160 on the craps table, and after about 10-15 minutes max I had turned it into $205. I took the chips from the craps table over to the cage to change it into cash. I took $100 (which is WAY more than what I usually put into a slot) and put it into a Monopoly slot machine. After about 10-15 minutes on the machine, I turned $100 into a whopping $350. Not a bad day of "Independant Study", huh? I went to the baseball game and we won.

Wednesday, I had a paper due in English, and stayed up on Tuesday until about 2 in the morning so that I could get it done. I turned in the paper and then got my rear end handed to me on my last paper ( D ). In Anthro, again no biggie, and of course Intro to Computers where we watched "The Pirates of Silicon Valley". Kinda interesting, but nothing all that Emmy worthy. After class, I ended up going down to PB to watch this group called Steel Panther (formerly known as Metal Skool) which is a 80's cover band that Matty sees every week. I had always told Matty that I would go one of these weeks with him to see the group. All the stories he has told me about the "talent" was true, the "talent" was very high.

Thursday, I went to P.S. and Econ. Funny thing happened when I went to Econ, the teacher had put up a notice sying that she was not going to be there and then just sign the roll. The funny thing was that it was posted by a door that no one in the class uses to come into the class. So apperantly, someone had the brains to go and check to see if anything was posted, because then everyone went to go sign the roll. So after that, I decided to go to Irvine to watch the Hawks take on Concordia University. On the way up to Concordia, I got off the 5 at Camino de Los Mares to check on directions to the Irvine campus. I got back onto the freeway, and had just gotten back into the flow of traffic and passed the CA-1 connector and BANG my right rear tire blows out, I didn't first notice it because of the fact that the road in the area is very rough. I did however, pull over to the side of the road. I nursed the car to the Capastrano VW dealership, where the guys there were very kind and put my spare tire on for me without charging for it (great customer service). I then went three miles down the road to Avery Parkway to get to the America's Tire (or Discount Tire, depending on where in the country you are). I pulled in, they gave me a road hazard credit for the blowout, and I purchased a new tire for a new set of rear tires. i got to the game about an hour late, just in time to see an 11-2 blowout of the Hawks. After the game, I decided to call Jesse up in Lakewood to see what the May household was going to be doing this Thursday night, turns out that they are doing nothing, so I decided to come and hang out with them for the night.

Jesse

Sports this week:
Monday Night - Cal State San Marcos defeated the SD Christian Hawks 6-5 on a passed ball in the bottom of the ninth. The cool part of the game was that the Hawks doubled thier season total for home runs. This was the first night game in program history, coincidentally enough, CSU-San Marcos was also the first game that SD Christian ever played when they launched baseball last year.

Tuesday - SD Christian defeated the University of Sioux Falls (SD) by a score of 5-4. The Hawks put the game away after scoring three in the bottom of the eighth.

Wednesday - The Colorado Avalanche doubled up the Vancouver Canucks 6-3. This puts the Avalanche seventh spot two points up on Vancouver in the very tight Western Conference. With the win it also moves the 'Lanche to within 3 points of first place Calgary, with only four games remaining.

Thursday - As I stated above, the Concordia Eagles crushed the SD Christian Hawks, 11-2. The Eagles blasted two home runs to defeat the boys from El Cajon.

Friday - The Avalanche will be playing the Oilers, while the Padres are playing the first game of the year in PETCO against the Angels (so CJ & I will be talking about the game).

Saturday - The Hawks will be at home for a double header against Biola. Along with that the Padres will return the favor of hosting the Angels when the two teams play in Angel Stadium (The Big A).