Best. Present. Ever.

Five years ago, I got a special birthday present from my fellow Twins blogger and long time friend: tickets to Twins Fest at the Metrodome. I was pretty darned pumped to go, both because it was Twins Fest and because I had a serious crush on her.

The Twins had just completed a surprisingly effective 2008 campaign and we had every reason for optimism going into 2009, and all kinds of excitement for the impending move to Target Field in just one year. We went. We met Gardy. We found out Jesse Crain is a heckuva nice guy and we perused all kinds of kiosks hawking a wide array of baseball paraphernalia.

At one of those stalls a vendor implied that my friend ought to get me something. Not because we told him it was my birthday celebration, but because he thought we were a couple.

We both laughed a little awkwardly and randomly changed the subject. I laughed awkwardly because, like I said, I was sweet on her. I didn't realize that her having the same reaction might well mean she had the same feelings for me.

Fortunately, she, a female, was able to piece those two thoughts together. A few weeks later, thanks to her, we had "The Talk". A few days later we went on an honest to goodness "date", and before long we realized there was no need to worry about whether or not to schedule the next date.

Five years later we still care for each other, we still care about the Twins, and while we haven't been back to Twins Fest, it is where I got the best present ever.

Enjoy Twins fest; you never know what kind of great things you'll find there.