The day began early with Mom cleaning here and then down at L.O.L’s house. It ended at 8:30 after the boys football games. We did make it to the gym around 8:30 after I had a few calls which was a good break for the misses and I. It was hot and kind of sticky yesterday and the mosquitos were out at dusk which is when the football games were played.
The youngest was up first and it wasn’t 5 minutes into the game before his team was down 21-0. It was just one of those nights when all the balls bounced the wrong way. The other team intercepted 2 passes and ran for touchdowns on consecutive plays. It was too bad as that was too big of a hole to dig out of. In any case, they had a great season and the pizza, trophy, medal and goodie bag full of candy more than made up for any bad feelings anyone had. We had to laugh as at the end the little one came up to us and said ” Dad, they kicked the S word out of us”! These were his exact words, he didn’t say the actual word, but said the “S” word.
Next up was the oldest ones games. There were three teams up for the championship so they played a round robin format where each team played two games so they all played each other. Both games were close but in the end the oldest ones team won both and was crowned champions for the second season in a row. In the spirit of full disclosure, the one team that I think might have beat them was unable to play, but you never know and since they weren’t there, a championship is a championship. The oldest one, like everyone on the team, played a pivotal part in the game. Last night he was more of a force on defense than offense as the games were more low scoring in this format. He made numerous key plays either sacking the quarterback or forcing him out of the pocket with his signature mad rush while screaming at the quarterback. This tactic seems to really bother the opponents all season long. I don’t think they’ve ever had anyone rushing at them that they actually physically feared. On offense, he had a couple of good runs when he had the ball. On one play he was briefly open for a long pass which just about made it to him but the defender of the other team ran into him and actually cut his legs out from under him as he was in the air going for the ball. It was clearly interference but the worst part was when he landed he twisted his ankle. Play was stopped by the referee while we all rushed over to him as he was rolling in pain on the ground. I took off his shoe and sock and his ankle was a little swollen so I helped him up to the sidelines to a round of applause from all the parents and his teammates. As soon as we made it to the sidelines, his coach asked if he was ok and he said “yeah, put me back in”. I laced up his shoe tight as I could and he was back in the game within minutes. I’m sure today he’ll be a little sore. In the end as I said earlier, the boys had won both games and were crowned champs once again. We were all happy for them. There’s only 1 player on this team that he previously knew, which was good as he now has a whole new crowd of friends from another school. I think it’s really good for the boys to socialize and meet new people through sports and activities while growing up instead of just playing with the same group each year. Even at their young age, there’s a lot of drama and posturing going on such as clicks, bullying, etc., so it’s great he’s branched out to a new crowd which actually seems a little bit older and more mature than his class at school. I think this is because his team has a number of kids that are a year older than him but he fits right in.
We all arrived home around 8:45 after Mom stopped to give Bunkie his evening dose of insulin. The boys went to bed pretty quick and are still sleeping. Mom works today from 8:15 until 5pm and she’s walking around this morning pretty tired.
It’s now 7am and the misses just made me some eggs. I almost forgot, my Mom called yesterday afternoon and gave each boy $5o for new school clothes. They were eager to spend it so we headed off to Kohls for some new duds. After much negotiation in the store, we made it out with $250 worth of new stuff. It could have been worse, but as we were checking out the man in front of me told the young kid that he was 55 years old. I asked why this mattered and he said that if you’re 55 or older you get a 15% discount! Now hearing the word “discount” I promptly said “and I’m only 54” in my best tone of disappointment. To my surprise, the young kid said “I think you’re 55” meaning we too were getting the discount, yea! (more on me being almost 55 in the coming days) Now I’ve never seen my age in print or given a, wait I can’t bring myself to say it, oh well, here goes, a SENIOR DISCOUNT! This is quite alarming and I’m going to have to make some radical life changes now that I’m actually that old, if it’s true. First I think I need to have a battery of scientific tests to make sure I’m really that old, something like carbon dating. Personally I think I’m pretty sure my Mom, my drivers license, my birth certificate and all other documents out there are actually part of a big conspiracy as I’m really in my mid 40’s! Must have something to do with Obama or China or the democrats, some sinister master plan to make me think I’m older than I am! I’ll get to the bottom of it and keep you posted.
Well time to run, I need to hit take a shower and get ready for the day. We’re out of milk, again! We’d better think seriously about getting that cow and putting her up at Grandma’s, maybe we can get her one for Christmas! Hope you all are doing well, have a great day, remember winter’s coming on fast. God Bless you all, here’s a quote for the day,
“Do the best you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt