On December 30 I took Ethan to a college hockey game, Boston University. They were playing another college in their conference, Merrimac. I’ve taken Emily to a couple of games and Ethan is about the right age. It’s a great time for kids. I have season tickets 5 rows from almost center ice, right behind the home bench. Great seats.
So Ethan and I drove in and were having a good time. He was really excited and liked the action. While standing in line, I started talking to a young lady who works for the arena, called Agganis, about my tickets and how much we enjoy going.
In the third period of each game, they announce a Season Ticket Holder of the game award. I pay attention each time I go because, well, because I have season tickets. So Ethan and I were hanging out at our seats in the third period and we heard…
“Tonight’s season ticket holder of the game is…David Dobrindt, section 112, row E…congratulations David”.
Holy crap, I won. Of course everyone in the arena looked to where our seats were to find out who won. So I pointed at this huge jumbotron above the ice where they were displaying my name to show Ethan that our name was up there. Just as I pointed up, they showed Ethan and I on the jumbotron. Live, in color. The camera panned to us and just as Ethan looked up he saw himself on TV. It was GREAT. So there we were, me kind of clapping and smiling, Ethan with his hair kind of messed up, a long sleeve tshirt on that said “I do my own stunts”, waving and smiling at himself on this huge camera as people cheered for him.
The prize was a free night’s stay at the Hotel Commonwealth, which Patti and I will use in the spring. It was a lot of fun and I know Ethan got a kick out of it.
Just thought I'd share.
NICE!
Posted by: | January 13, 2008 at 03:39 PM