I flew through the newspaper-making process yesterday in hopes of getting out early for one specific reason… so I would be able to get up bright and early for Patriots Training Camp, which starts today. Little did I know, Mother Nature would flip me the good old middle finger and decide today is the perfect day to unload the skies and dump a foot of rain on the region.
What’s worse, it’s not just consistent, steady rain. It’s dispersed into ridiculously heavy localized storms, so one minute it’s sunny, and the next you’re designing your Ark.
My dad and I scrapped our excursion to beautiful Foxborough at 6:45 this morning, and good thing too because around 7:30, the Pats decided to move practice indoors thus closing the practice to the public. I’d be beside myself if I had driven through torrential rain during rush hour just to get to Gillette Stadium by 8:45 only to find out camp was closed.
We also kept last year’s debacle in mind as we made our decision.
The new plan goes like this: Sunday in the a.m., leave at 7 a.m. There will be no traffic so we estimate a 30 minute drive. Next, we’ll stop for breakfast and then make our way to Gillette. We want to get there much earlier since it’s a weekend morning and we’re anticipating a larger crowd.
Only three more wake-ups to go!
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I'm Angela - I'm staring down the barrel of my 30s (gah) working as a production editor
(office bitch) for a small newspaper. I'm consumed by my endless devotion to
the New England Patriots and have recenty taken up knitting to keep busy until September. Oh yeah, and I have a really whacky boyfriend to keep me amused.
Hope it will be good weather on Sun so you can go. Have fun at Camp. I usually go down for one session but I’m probably not going to make it down this year.
Yesterday was ridiculous, I think our planet is starting to slowly melt. i don’t know about you but I’ve been reading a lot more about people and things getting struck by lighting lately. Just the other day 7 dumb asses hid under tree to avoid the rain and I really don’t have to tell you what happened after that. Not sure if anyone heard but a Tornado broke out in upstate NH!!! How does a tornado form in such hilly terrain. I just don’t know whats going on anymore.