So sayeth, Charlie Buckets.
Okay, so there was no golden ticket for our beloved Pad respective divisions--as I can't just give up baseball completely. The Padres loss will allow me to begin a slow return to regular life and activities now; and the play-offs will help wean me slowly off what is and has been an especially therapeutic baseball season wrap-up.
Guess a part of me was already in "loss" mode. This afternoon, there was a memorial service held for Andrew Galligan at Midtown CRS. It was a lovely outpouring of love and celebration for this wonderful man and how he touched and enriched all our lives. Andrew was an amazing and courageous man. I was blessed to have known him.
At breakfast today with a dear friend who drove down from L.A., he told me about how he plays in a Fantasy Baseball League. I always thought that a fantasy league was just a head (and heart) trip. I didn't realize that it was a real-life thing that people play and spend (and win) money. He said I could join in next season. Cool.
On a lighter note--I went to my first Oktoberfest last night. Friends (who shall remain nameless to protect their identity) called to see what I was doing (watching the Mets stomp the Dodgers) and would I like to meet them in La Mesa. Hmmm. It was a Saturday night, but I didn't have to work in the morning and getting just a tad baseball bleary, I agreed. Huge crowds. And I still found parking. Listened to a trio play acoustic R & R on a cello, bongos and a guitar. Sweet llamas snacking ( glad I have a new phone with a camera). Oh, and did I mention the Starbucks coffee wagon offering free samples of their new Maple Lattes?
Tomorrow is John Lennon's birthday. A favourite musical mystic of mine:
"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong. "
Hey, Mr. Lennon may have been a Religious Scientist.
All you need is love... and translators.
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