I knew it would happen

Well, the Dallas Cowboys have won the NFC East and host the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card first round of the playoffs this weekend. The game time? 8 pm on Saturday night. The same time that I am going to see Hairspray with Rachel (a gift from her parents... no fault on them at all!). The reason I entitled this "I Knew It Would Happen" is because I knew this would happen!!

About a month ago or so, Rachel told me about the Hairspray show and that I needed to see it and I agreed, having heard great things about it. She told me it was going to be playing at The Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, and that we should go. I said sure. So, then I forgot about it, till a week or so later when Rachel mentioned that her parents wanted to get us a gift for the holidays and that them getting us the tickets would be a good idea. I agreed, and thought that would be a great little night for us. Then, I looked at when the date of the show was. It was on January 9... which, if the Cowboys made it, would possibly be the night of their first playoff game. Not wanting that to be an issue, I tried to forget about that and let the season play out. For all I knew at the time, the Cowboys could have missed the playoffs entirely, or they could have gotten a first round bye.

So, the holidays rolled around and we got the tickets as a gift (great seats too!). I still hadn't mentioned to Rachel the potential of the Cowboys playing at the same time as the show because I thought, if I talk about it and think about it, it will happen.

Well, it happened. They will be kicking off the game right at the same time that the curtains will come up at the Lyric. I just have to say one thing: Thank the Lord for DVR!!

Here is my plan: I am going to obviously DVR the game so that it is waiting for me when I get home from the show. That is a fail safe thing (unless the power goes out or something). But, then there is the potential for someone to blurt out the score at Intermission of Hairspray or when we're walking out after the show has ended. With the whole world in your pocket these days, people can check on the score at any time and let others know... even while they're at the Theater. So, assuming that during the show no one will be looking at their phones for the score, I am going to bring my iPod and my headphones with me for the times I may need to get up and use the rest room, or when we are leaving. I know this sounds crazy to some, but can you imagine if I get through 99 percent of the night and I am about to get into the car and the parking attendant or something yells over to his friend "The Cowboys are up 24-10 in the fourth". Not taking that chance, I just am not. I DVR Capitals games all the time, and it is easy to avoid that score around here, being that no one really cares about hockey. But, the NFL is a pop culture thing, so the chances of the score being blurted out in public is very high.

Let's hope my plans work out and I get home Saturday night and know NOTHING about the game. I think I will be successful... I hope.