The Big Night
Adam is a big basketball fan. He plays as much as he can with the kids in the neighborhood and watches whatever he can find on television.
Basketball tickets are really expensive but I wanted him to have the opportunity to see a pro game live so at the beginning of the season I told him to look at the Clippers schedule and pick one game he'd really like to go to. He is such a great kid and would never ask.
He's not a fan of either of the local teams, the Clippers or the Lakers but the Clippers tickets are less expensive. Adam's favorite teams are the Spurs and the Nuggets so he asked to go see the Spurs vs. Clippers and several months ago I ordered the tickets.
Last night was the big night. He's been so excited about this and I had planned to take the boys out for a nice meal before we drove into downtown Los Angeles, thinking we'd arrive with plenty of time to see the players warm-up and the tip off.
So naturally we had a hell of a storm yesterday. Knowing what a nightmare the drive was going to be we decided to forgo getting dinner and just head for the arena and grab a hot dog or something when we got there. What would have normally been an hour and a half drive at that time of day turned into a three hour nightmare. The only thing that kept me from turning around and heading back home was that I couldn't bear to disappoint Adam. (Okay the fact that the tickets were $95 did play a bit of a factor too)
We got there about half way through the first quarter and his face as we took our seats made the white knuckle drive worth every torturous moment and we had a really great time.
Basketball tickets are really expensive but I wanted him to have the opportunity to see a pro game live so at the beginning of the season I told him to look at the Clippers schedule and pick one game he'd really like to go to. He is such a great kid and would never ask.
He's not a fan of either of the local teams, the Clippers or the Lakers but the Clippers tickets are less expensive. Adam's favorite teams are the Spurs and the Nuggets so he asked to go see the Spurs vs. Clippers and several months ago I ordered the tickets.
Last night was the big night. He's been so excited about this and I had planned to take the boys out for a nice meal before we drove into downtown Los Angeles, thinking we'd arrive with plenty of time to see the players warm-up and the tip off.
So naturally we had a hell of a storm yesterday. Knowing what a nightmare the drive was going to be we decided to forgo getting dinner and just head for the arena and grab a hot dog or something when we got there. What would have normally been an hour and a half drive at that time of day turned into a three hour nightmare. The only thing that kept me from turning around and heading back home was that I couldn't bear to disappoint Adam. (Okay the fact that the tickets were $95 did play a bit of a factor too)
We got there about half way through the first quarter and his face as we took our seats made the white knuckle drive worth every torturous moment and we had a really great time.
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