Life With My Boys: December 2022

Monday, December 19, 2022

The Magic Games We Went To

The Orlando Magic were having another horribly bad season (5-20) and this allowed us to get cheap, cheap tickets for a handful of games. It's actually fun going to Magic games when there are very little expectations that they'll win. When I go to a Lightning game there's a certain degree of disappointment in a loss because they are so good and have an amazing roster. With the Magic, it is strictly entertaining and a win is just a bonus.

The first game was on Wednesday December 7 against the Los Angeles Clippers. I don't mind going to a Magic game on a work/school night because we only live about 15 minutes away (right down I-4) from the Amway Center so it's not a long or complicated commute.

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It was a HORRIBLE start for the Magic who found themselves down 32 -14 at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter was better but they were still down by 9 at halftime. The second half consisted of the Magic making a run to get back in the game only to fall apart and be down once again by 6-8 points. I left at my usual time of 3 minutes left in the game to walk back to the car. At the time, they were down by about 7 points. Somehow they managed to tie the game and outscore the Clippers in overtime 17-12. We left feeling lucky to see a win.

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Game two was Friday December 9 again the Toronto Raptors. This was a completely different game as the Magic got off to a hot start and a 37-25 lead at the end of the first quarter. This always makes me nervous because I have been to many games where they blow a big lead. While they didn't dominate the rest of the game, they did manage to pull out another win (113-109).

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Franz Wagner had a huge night with 38 points!

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Game Three was Sunday December 11 and their opponent was once again the Raptors. The second quarter turned out to be their big quarter outscoring Toronto by 9. The rest of the game was pretty even and they won their 3rd game in a row 111-99!

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We felt fortunate to see 3 wins.

**They went on to have a 6 game win streak which was just broken tonight with an Atlanta buzzer beater. **

Saturday, December 3, 2022

Sea World Christmas

Ever since moving here 7 years ago, we (CJ and I) set aside the first Friday in December to walk across the street to Sea World and see the Christmas lights.

This year, because teachers get in free and Jon is now a teacher, he joined us.

We had a great time as usual.

The first thing we did was to go on Atlantis. It was only my second time on it. I'm not sure if they changed the policy but I vaguely remember not riding because I didn't want to rent a locker for my stuff. Last night, I was able to just take my backpack while I rode.

Then CJ went on Mako a couple times while Jon and I went through the shark exhibit and walked around looking at all the Christmas things.

CJ and Jon went on the new roller coaster - Ice Breaker. I walked around enjoying the Christmas atmosphere. There was a cute interactive Rudolph display in the Santa Claus visiting area.

We walked around some more contemplating why we don't come here more often when we can get in for free. The boys ended the night by going on Manta while I waited.