Training Day

Our day started with a stop at the Hertz office near the Ford dealership that repaired our truck. It turns out that the extra charge for the rental was warranted as I signed up for extra insurance coverage (mistake) that the dealer wasn't responsible to pay. I accepted that. The other reason for stopping there was to ask if they had found a green, fleece vest in the car when they cleaned it following our return of the vehicle. It was Josie's vest from our Happy Jack workamping gig that she loves and wears more than any other jacket. She looked everywhere at work and at home and couldn't locate it, and she remembered putting it in the back seat when I picked her up from work on Valentine's Day. We had called them before, and the person we spoke to didn't see any vest. We asked again when we were there and they took another look - and found it in their lost and found. Josie is happy again.

The training game at the stadium was one of the games of the NCAA baseball tournament - between Nebraska and Oregon State - and we were slammed. Our manager, Danny, didn't expect such a large crowd and as we were the only concession stand open for the games, all of the business came our way. It took us a while to get up to speed with enough hot dogs, brats, and other foods to be able to keep up with the demand. There were long lines almost the entire game, until the 8th inning. I took a couple shots after the crowd died down to show our concession stand that we will be working again this March:

The game was won by Nebraska, 9-2, and they move on in the tournament.

This is a photo of the game, in progress, at the very nice stadium:

We get to do it again this morning but will have the advantage of having the prep work done to get started this time. It should be a better, slower pace experience for all of us.

We were ready for some good food by the time we left the stadium at 5 PM. There was a restaurant - TGI Friday's - that burned down a couple years ago and was replaced by a new restaurant - the Longhorn Steakhouse, and was just down the road from the stadium. We gave it a try last night:

There was a crowd at the restaurant and we had to wait about 30 minutes to get seated. I had a steak - what else at a steakhouse - and Josie had a bowl of potato soup and a Winter Brie Salad. We both enjoyed the meal and will most likely try it again in the future.

Our plan is to take advantage of National Margarita Day today, and have dinner at Macayo's following the game. The 10 oz. margaritas are only $2 today...