This House is Not a Dome.

One question I get a lot when giving tours of Invesco Field is why the field does not have a dome. The Broncos play in all kinds of weather and I honestly don't know the real answer as to why they do not have a roof for their stadium. Maybe it makes them look tougher to play in the snow, or maybe it's just that after $400 million, they were done spending.

Speaking of the Broncos, I worked at the airport Tuesday and was amazed at the number of people wearing Raiders gear. What gall...don't they know we killed them the night before!? Hooray for the Broncos. I am not so much Bronocomaniac as I am anti-Raider, and specifically anti-Al Davis. It makes me happy to see them get beaten so badly by our home team. 

So...back to the roofless concept, I went with my friends Gary & Melanie to a Rockies game on Labor Day. It was blazing hot and our seats were definitely without cover. The reason for the occasion was to see my friend and college roommate Cheryl sing the national anthem at the beginning of the game. She did a great job! 

 

It was so fun to see her up on big screen. I was really proud of her, and selfishly, I wanted to tell everyone how we used to practice together in college and be awfully critical (in a constructive way) of each other's singing so we could get better, how we used to sneak into that tiny echo-ey room in the music building of CCC and find songs to harmonize on. But of course, I kept mouth shut, stood up, put my hand over my heart, and tried not to cry. She really nailed it, and I didn't want to sing along so I could listen.

Afterwards, we relocated to a spot in the shade at Coors Field--to the purple ring of seats, the mile high row. The staff at the stadium said it would be fine since the stadium wasn't so crowded on Labor Day due to Taste of Colorado going on downtown. Not only was it cool to sit in the purple seats but the overhang shading us from the sun made the whole thing much more bearable. Everyone needs some cover...

 Now it's all fine and good for stadiums not to have roofs, but homes need them, and yesterday when it started raining, I noticed that what had been a small crack in our ceiling was starting to get bigger. By mid-day, we were watching the ceiling peel away! Here is what we had by the time the rain stopped. A soggy mess of a ceiling and obviously, an imminent roof repair. 

My brother Matt and his family were staying with us so it was a good chaotic morning at our place, but thanks to the company he works for (ServiceMagic) we had two quotes by evening and we should have things repaired affordably - the necessary stuff, not the cosmetic stuff - tomorrow or Monday. Let's hope it doesn't rain between now & then.