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Day 235: Celtics game 5 Playoffs

Thursday, May 1, 2008 - WOW!!! Few things will keep a person present like courtside seats for a Celtics NBA playoffs game.

Rushing to compensate for Julia’s late soccer practice, we made record time to the Boston Garden, where we sat in the Courtside Lounge, drinking a beer and eating a quick dinner of mussels, sausages, chicken pot pie and potatoes, all with tons of garlic and onions. At about 8pm (game time 8:30), we walked to our seats.

When we approached the woman who was helping souls like us navigate the courtside seating (did I mention courtside seating??), she pointed us to two seats and told us our waitress would be right with us. (Waitress??) I told her that perhaps I had made it to heaven. She agreed, said she too had made it and she was working--it’s still heaven.

We seemed to be the first people sitting down... Then as game time approached, people arrived. Sitting on my left were some of Rajon Rondo's and Sam Cassell's families, luckily one of them competed with me for loudest mouth. On our right were the owners. I didn’t look up from watching the game. And it was fabulous. There was a point in the game when my heart was beating so fast, the noise of the crowd cacophonous, the excitement almost unbearable.

Pierce, Allen, Garnett, Perkins, Cassell, Rondo, Powe. They played beautifully, ticking off three pointers, getting inside for a few slam dunks. Pretty, pretty game. My voice is gone from all of the yelling. And we left so blissfully happy returning home by 12:30, to give Mady her lovenox shot.

The girls had gone out to dinner with Grandpa. They had an hour wait for a table, ate tons of bread and oil (Joes has the best bread) and a calamari appetizer, so the fridge is full of main dinner leftovers. Mady said that she and Julia had a fun time with Grandpa, and that he told lots of interesting stories. It was a fun night for all at the Klein-Arthur house and we feel blessed to have had this treat and night out!!! (Dad, you are the best!! Thank-you!!) -ca

Grandpa Dick recalled before the game that a few of Mady's first words were "Go Shawn Kemp!" (back when we were Seattle Sonics fans). Now I think (maybe) she'd say "Go Kevin Garnett" instead! :-)

Btw, she had a problem-free LP on Monday! -tk

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

WHOO HOO!
Good times.. Good times!

Now Refresh my memory....I forget, is it Trey who writes in Blue???

shame on you,, wearing Chris's skirt to a celtics game!

hehehehe

Glad to see you guys had a fun night!

JJ

Anonymous said...

Awesome night! WE LOVE YOU! J,T,F