The Top of the Bleachers

The past couple of months I have spent a lot of time at Baseball games. JP s season is about half way over and a few games ago I had a tough realization. It is going to be a LONG time before I will, once again, be able to sit at the top of the bleachers. I love going to a baseball game and sitting at the top of the bleachers. You always have a nice back rest, you have a great view of the game, and rarely is the top bench full so you have plenty of room to yourself. Recently my ever-enlarging belly has made it difficult to climb more than a couple of rows up the bleachers. My balance is not what it used to be and I do not think it will be getting any better before this season is over. I am sure you are thinking to yourself, big deal, there is always next year. That was the first thought that I had... and then I realized that next year I will have a 7 month old baby that will be joining me at the baseball games. I know I will not be climbing to the top of the bleachers with a baby! The year after that the baby will be a toddler and walking all over the place, definitely no top of the bleachers with a toddler. By the time I would be able to take this baby to the top the whole thing will more than likely be starting all over again! I have finally accepted the fact that for the next 8 to 10 years I will be stuck at the bottom of the bleachers. No back rest, people walking in front of me, people standing in front of the fence, and those are just a few of the disadvantages. I am sure that next year I will be a little more interest in the baby that I will be taking to the game with me than the actual game (sorry to admit that JP) so it will probably not be an issue then, but right now I feel that I will truly miss the top of the bleacher. So for now, I say farewell to the top of the bleachers and I will learn to love my new spot and the bottom.