The Goat Pen

sardis wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:40 am So, I've been a tax accountant for 34 years until this year. All this time I've been unable to go to Spring training because of tax season. My plan, this year, was to keep it simple. Drive down there and camp out of the back of my truck at some campground, truck stop, or rest area and attend a game every day, possibly two. Of course when word of it got out that I'm heading to Florida in March, family comes in and wants to horn in on this trip. First, my wife, who doesn't like long drives or baseball games, has been trying to subtly make me feel guilty about going, but I have been ignoring her because I know what she's trying to do, which I don't want. She finally came out yesterday and said, "I want to go". Fuck, this means flights and hotel. Allegiant fares aren't bad, but accommodations down there this time of year is pretty steep. I have to get near the beach because she is not going to the games. Then my child in CT finds out, who also doesn't want to attend games, wants to come down, too. She makes enough to pay her own way, but now I have to find an airbnb, which is crazy hard down there.

Now, something that I've been looking forward to for years is becoming drudgery. I'm beginning to understand why old men are always pissed.

eCat wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:33 pm We don't fly Allegiant because they are notorious about leaving your ass stranded somewhere

sardis wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:40 am So, I've been a tax accountant for 34 years until this year. All this time I've been unable to go to Spring training because of tax season. My plan, this year, was to keep it simple. Drive down there and camp out of the back of my truck at some campground, truck stop, or rest area and attend a game every day, possibly two. Of course when word of it got out that I'm heading to Florida in March, family comes in and wants to horn in on this trip. First, my wife, who doesn't like long drives or baseball games, has been trying to subtly make me feel guilty about going, but I have been ignoring her because I know what she's trying to do, which I don't want. She finally came out yesterday and said, "I want to go". Fuck, this means flights and hotel. Allegiant fares aren't bad, but accommodations down there this time of year is pretty steep. I have to get near the beach because she is not going to the games. Then my child in CT finds out, who also doesn't want to attend games, wants to come down, too. She makes enough to pay her own way, but now I have to find an airbnb, which is crazy hard down there.

Now, something that I've been looking forward to for years is becoming drudgery. I'm beginning to understand why old men are always pissed.

sardis wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:24 am In the face of history being against me, I still can’t wait for the Pirates to play. Yeah, odds are by August, they’ll be done……but, then again, maybe not.