New Tricks

Benjamin’s got a new trick that always makes his daddy smile. When I come home at lunch or after work, if he’s on the floor of the den, he gets a big smile and then crawls at top speed over to me. After he gets there, he gets up on his knees and puts his arms up, wanting me to pick him up.

Yesterday, Meron picked me up at the client’s office that I was working at and took me back to the office. Benjamin was asleep, and she was able to get him out of the car seat and inside without waking him up.

He finally did wake up, though, and looked at me. He got that big grin, then started squirming against his mother until she put him on the floor, at which time he crawled right over to me. This kid is getting too cute and adorable for his own good!

Not sure there is much else to write. Had a good PK meeting last night, though we found out in the middle of it that one of our members was having surgery right at that moment. Hopefully he’s doing better today and will continue on a swift recovery.

Anthony Reyes went back down to Memphis and struck out 15 batters in his first start. He must have enjoyed the big leagues and wants to get back ASAP!

Felix Hernandez struck out 11 last night, again flashing the potential that he has. Then again, it was against Kansas City, who now own a 16-game losing streak, longest in the majors since the Orioles opened up 1988 with 21 losses in a row. I remember that streak—Cal Ripken Sr. was fired in the middle of it and Frank Robinson brought in, a big “0-18” was on the front of Sports Illustrated, and the Orioles were on their way to losing over 100 games. In 1989, though, they led the division for a lot of the year before Toronto eliminated them.

Let’s see, anything else? Cards were off yesterday, so not much on that front. Maybe the day off helped shake off the bad taste of losing three to the Cubs.

Random song stored on my computer: “Every Heartbeat”, by Amy Grant off the Heart in Motion CD. That’s the first CD she released as a pop artist instead of a strictly Christian one. I’ve been an Amy fan since well before that album and have most of her albums, though a couple of the newer ones I still need to get.

I’ve got more CPE tomorrow, this time down in Little Rock. I’m sure I’ll sketch out an entry while I’m down there, and hopefully I’ll have time to post it tomorrow evening.