Opening Day 2008

Today is my forty first wedding anniversary. It is also Opening Day for the Houston Astros, my long time favorite baseball team. On our first anniversary, my wife and I went to see the first game of the 1968 season in the Astrodome. The Dome was still the place to be in Houston in those days, and it was an inexpensive way to spend an evening.

That night began a tradition for us. We have seen the first game of the season as a celebration of our union in all but two of those years, missing only on the 25th and 35th anniversaries. We took long trips those years. We went to the game last Friday night, the first appearance of the 08.

Tonight, since the Astros are in San Diego, we will go out to a quiet meal and then come home for a late night in front of our television, watching Roy Oswalt and Jake Peavy!