T Stands for a Very Busy Weekend

    Hi everyone. Happy new week to you. and hello to everyone who stops by  Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog for T day on Monday night or Tuesday.

   Last week was a busy one for me, but not as busy as Friday and Saturday ended up being. On those days I had a couple of fun adventures. And once again -Sorry 🙀- I have a longer post again.

   The story actually starts in February, but first let me jump ahead to August. Many of you probably know that my husband and I really enjoy following our college men's ice hockey team. For the last couple of years they have been doing really well, so back in August when individual game tickets went on sale, I went onto the website as soon as ticket sales began. Do you think I could find 2 seats together? Not easily; I could only do that for one game, and that was this past Friday night.

   Since my husband and I both went to the University of Maine (which is also where we met), Friday morning we left and took the 3+ hour trek up to Orono (where the University of located), stopping along the way to visit his mother who is in a nursing home on Portland.

No, that's not a lake in the distance, but the clouds make it look like a lake and a mountain ahead.

       Maine was playing the University of Vermont. Even though we didn't have very good seats, we had a great time. Although I think you get more details watching it on TV with the commentators, the calls from the student section and the other noises of the game really give it such a good atmosphere. And even better, we won 7-0.😉

       I took this photo before the game began because it was actually a sell out crowd, and there wasn't a seat to be had.

    And for T, here's my first drink. Before the game I had some hot pretzel sticks and a bottle of water. That was my dinner, since we'd had a big  lunch in Portland after we visited my mother-in-law.

  OK, now let me go back to August. I purchased the tickets for this hockey game and then about an  hour later I had one of those "OH  *!#*&!*" moments.  Darn it. I knew my Fridays were free, but I never looked at Saturdays. And the next day after the hockey game, I had to be in Boston which is about 4 1/2- 5 hours south from Orono.

   Some of you may know that I am a Harry Potter fan as well as a UMaine hockey fan. The traveling Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child  is playing in Boston. My daughter and I had bought tickets back in February to go see the 1 PM matinee showing of this production for this past Saturday. 

    That meant that we had to drive down from Orono, Maine early so I could  not only make the play, but I could meet my daughter and we could travel into the city together.  The plan was to meet at 10 AM at a park and ride along the highway.

    Saturday morning I set the alarm for 4:30 AM. My husband and I (and also the dogs who didn't go to the hockey game but slept in the car during the game) hit the road by 5:15 AM.

   This next set of photos I call watching the sun come up from the front passenger seat and that I took on my phone as we drove. 😏

    Friday when we drove north to the game, I left my car at a park and ride lot just south of Portland, Maine. My husband dropped me off there at about 8:30 Saturday morning. He headed home, and I headed down into southern New Hampshire to meet  my daughter. 

  After my daughter and I met at another Park and Ride where I left my car again, she drove down to Cambridge, Massachusetts. There we picked up the subway and headed into the city. At this point I was very relieved that everything had gone smoothly. There had been nothing to throw off our meeting time  (like traffic issues) nor our getting into the city (like traffic issues), and we were able to get into the city with enough time for a quick lunch before the play.

   We even got to the theater early, and I bought us both iced butter-beers (the non-alcohlic butterscotch flavored drink famous in the Harry Potter series.) Here's my second drink photo.

    The play was fantastic, and the effects were amazing.  Here's the stage view while we waited for the play to begin. No photos were allowed during the play, and I don't think I would have remembered to take any even if they were.

   At least on the trip home, I wasn't worried about getting someplace on time. 

   And when I finally got home, at about 7:15 that night, I was pretty tired. 

   That's all for me this T day. Wishing everyone a happy T day and week ahead.