Annapolis Day One

• Wake up at Doubletree Hotel with a backache. Mattress was uncomfortable. At breakfast, son orders Crabcake Benedict. Daughter arrives late and must make do with leftovers.
• Visit Old Annapolis, including deserted campus of St. John’s College, which daughter is interested in attending. At lunch stop, son and daughter both order crabcake sandwiches. I get leftovers.
• Son’s hockey team wins its first game 6-3 at a rink in Bowie, Md. We are here for a tournament called Crabtown Showdown.
• During game, back pain motivates me to compose nonconfrontational hockey cheers like “Yay, hockey!” and “Go, puck!” Too lame to even speak aloud: “Ice, ice, baby!”
• Pseudo-dinner at a Chili’s near the hotel, highlight of which is a frozen margarita that helps me get through the evening event in Laurel, a hockey-skills competition. Go, hockey!
• Did you know there’s an actual burger chain called Cheeburger Cheeburger. Now I do. There’s one at JFK airport and another two blocks from this hotel. And the burgers aren’t bad.