Cardinals Game

Each year JJ gets two tickets to the cardinals game.  The retina specialist the company refers to a lot gives all the doctors tickets.  We submitted several dates and they randomly gave us tickets.  Last year he took the kids since Nolan was so little.  I was looking forward to going this year.  I have never been to the new stadium and thinking back it has been probably 12 years since I have been to a cardinals game.  I was excited to go and looking forward to a date night with JJ.  Well it wasn't the evening we were hoping to have and maybe in a few years we will look back and laugh.  Pretty much everything went wrong.  Starting with JJ getting the time of the game wrong and rushing to get the babysitter so we could leave on time.  We also almost got in a car accident, a lady ran a red light and flew through the intersection.  Luckily JJ saw her and was able to stop before she hit us.  We have had such a rainy spring and the weather forecast was not promising for the evening.  As soon as we got into the stadium it started to pour rain.  The game was on rain delay and hadn't even started.  It rained on us for about 2 1/2 hours.  We stood outside in the rain trying to stay dry under walkways.  Finally around 9 PM they threw the first pitch of the game, 3 hours later.  It was still raining and it was freezing cold and windy.  The wind would blow gust's of rain onto us.  It was miserable, we were wet and cold.  After the first inning we called it a night and headed home.  We hadn't planned on being out that late and didn't want to stop to get more money to pay the babysitter.  Between all the drunk obnoxious people, the rain and the lack of seeing a game it was a horrible night.  We tried to make the most of it but it was hard.  My Dad said well at least you got to spend time together, I guess that is one positive thing.  The evening was such a disappointment for so many reasons.  In between pouring rain a rainbow came our and we did get a picture of us with the arch in the background.