Buzzkill: Internet on the Road

I apologize to those who check in every day.  My posts haven't been as frequent but it's been a long and exhausting road trip.  We've only had one day off and a four hour bus ride awaits us.  I'm blogging from the bus today which is pretty cool but it would almost be better to not have it.  But I'm not going to complain about having internet on the bus.  My buzzkill of the week is internet on the road and after logging in you find out you have to pay.  I guess I understand for airports because everything is expensive and they try to make an extra buck on anything possible.  After arriving at the hotel last night it quickly came to my attention that it would only take me $9.95 to get online.  Really? You have to be kidding me.  It should be illegal to charge extra for the internet.  Paying for the room should cover the cost.

Life On the Road

As a northern program we usually spend the first month of the season on the road.  When I hear away games I automatically think airports, buses, hotels, study hall, hotel breakfast, warm weather, and tan (sunburn for myself).  The upside to the road is we don't have to worry about waking up at 6:30 in the morning for tarp duty which tends to happen at least once a weekend at home.  Suitcases turn into dressers and hotels become our homes.  I actually get more sleep on the road because the dorms aren't quite the quietest on weekends.  I'm almost positive the walls are just our imagination at 3 A.M. when the neighbors are getting back from their night out and can't go to bed so instead choose to have the bar come back and have a sing-along to "The Show Goes On".  (It's alright though because we get them back at 6:30 in the morning to Eminem's "Stay Wide Awake"). Flying is definitely better than taking a bus but it never ceases to amaze me the questions asked by strangers and airport security. "Oh you play baseball? Are you guys going to Spring Training?" Yea we're actually skipping a month and a half of school to go down and play major league teams.