C-A-P-S LET'S GO CAPS!

We went to the game last night. And it was freaking awesome.

Standing there with my guy, and two of our good friends surrounded by a sea of screaming fans, it was so easy to forget the stress that brought us there.

We got a late start due to a rather inconvenient event that I will discuss later. So there we were at 6:15 driving into the city for a 7:00 game. On 7th street our friend dropped us off so we could get the tickets from the broker and they could park.

Our seats were club level and gave us the perfect view of the ice. It was a well played game on both sides. Caps scored first and the Flyers were close behind. It was 1-1, and then 2-2.
Suddenly the Flyers pulled ahead 4-2. We thought it was over. But in the 3rd period, the Russian (Alex Ovechkin) scored an amazing last minute goal to put the Caps ahead 5-4.

As we stood there, counting down the last 10 seconds of the game I looked at the joy on the faces of everyone around me. Rally towels were waving in the air making the arena seem like a living creature. The sound was deafening.The floor shook with the weight of stomping feet and everyone held their collective breath as the Flyers broke away with the puck. But it wasn't meant to be. The final horn sounded and the arena erupted. Beers were spilled, hot dogs forgotten, and strangers high-fived and hugged each other.

Everything swirled around me, and in that moment I realized it's not the money we spend that matters. It's the experiences in life, the memories we make, the people we're with, and that feeling... you know the one... where everything is perfect and you want to capture it in a bottle and save it forever....