Between the Benches

First off, the important stuff. Willow still appears to be very well. She doesn't move her leg much, but still doesn't appear to be in any pain. She is, however, very VERY stir-crazy being locked up in the cage. We take the lampshade on and off depending on if she is leaving her wound alone or not. Sleeping is another story since she is unhappy about being put in a crate at nice.... and the upstairs crate isn't nearly as big or posh.

Last night we went to game 4 of the Kelly Cup playoffs for the Gwinnett Gladiators. They have been doing really bad in this particular series and were down 3-0 in this best of seven playoff series. So it was do or die time. Fortunately, the team came out strong and ended the first period with a 2-0 lead. It was all good after that as they extended their lead and ended up winning the game 6-1 (the other team scored with around 2 minutes left in the game because they had a two man advantage power play.)

As if the game wasn't exciting enough, Tami was walking around after the Second period intermission and spoke with one of the staff that she speaks to everytime she sees them. Turns out, the person who had won the "Between the Benches" contest didn't show up where they were supposed to be and she had 2 minutes to get someone down there, so she asked Tami if she wanted to go. Anyone who knows Tami will realize that she was jumping up and down by this point!

For anyone unfamiliar with the "Between the Benches" contest, here is how it works. The winner gets to sit for one period on ice level in a little enclosed room between the benches where the home team and the visiting team sits. It is great because you are right next to all of the players, you can even see which ones are missing teeth!

and boy, did Tami pick a great game/period to get those seats. We got to see a goal, a big brawl, and even hear the coaches hurl obscenities at the refs..... good times! Towards the end of the game, the Penalty boxes were getting pretty full of players and a few even got ejected because of everything that was going on. Unfortunately, we didn't bring a camera with us to the game, so don't have any exciting pics to share.