muscles

9-21-15

Ouch.

Sometimes you don’t realize just how many muscles are in your body until you start using ones that don’t normally get used. I found myself in that boat at the end of Saturday.

Saturday was a standard soccer day with some modifications that made for an ever longer day. Bobby didn’t have a game, which meant we were at Hull much of the day. We got there around 7 to start the set up procedures. I lined field one due to how faded it was. I still like the painting process, which must be due to how nice it is to kind of just zone out. I would have done more, but I ran out of time what with the first game of the morning needing me!

I did my first AR duty of the season. It was a girl’s game, specifically Rachel’s game which made it I think even more fun because I got to say hello to many of the girls I have seen at Adams or in the spring league. But if I was hopeful that it would be an easier game to referee simply because they were girls, I was sorely mistaken. Man those girls are fast! The second half was a ton of sprinting on my part, but I did ok, even catching one off sides that I was kinda proud of. The only real issue with ref duty was just how freaking miserably hot it was! It actually made me a little ill. I could have probably helped out with another game, but I opted to sit and hydrate. Besides, I would have missed the start of Dax’s game.

Dax’s game was much better if only because it wasn’t one sided. Final score was 4 to 2 in our favor, which is good since I am happy Dax is on a winning team. Dax was frustrated due to him needing to bein defense much of the game. He is truly better in midfield since it allows him more flexibility in terms of being able to score and prevent scoring. The coach felt he really needed Dax’s defensive ability, though, so he was the go to for that. Dax didn’t even play goalie, so they really did feel he was a good plan for stopping their offense. Dax also was the go to guy for goal kicks and all the throw-ins. His throw was never whistled for leg lifting and let’s face it, that kid has some power in those throws. So all in all, Dax was a huge part of the win, even though he seemed off. He was I think a combo of frustrated and hot. Hopefully this week he has another opportunity to score a goal.

Bobby had a day of independence. Since he didn’t have a game, he was incredibly bored. At one point it occurred to me that I had forgotten Salizar, Dax’s stuffed snake and unofficial mascot for his team. So I suggested to Bobby that he walk home and get it. He loved this! He got home and called me when he got there. The smoke detectors were beeping, so I ended up having to go get him. 

Luckily it was just a low battery alert. Bobby ended up walking home with Dax after Dax’s game. He also walked around the track once during half time with Matt. He was very active considering how hot it was.

We got home from Hull around 2:30 or so. We headed up to Adams about 3:30. We needed to measure and mark the field for the U12 Extra game that was taking place the following morning. Look, I am not thrilled with how few people step up. In all reality, the people from that team should have been there. Not a one was there. We did get one volunteer show up for about an hour, and another who showed up late but stayed the rest of the time. Ken and I managed to get the field done between the two of us. It seems like marking a field shouldn’t be a big deal. Holy hells bells, it is exhausting! You have to wind up string and measuring tape and walk the length of the field a dozen times or so. You use muscles you didn’t know existed. On top of this, we had to build the new goals. Granted, I didn’t actually put together goals, but the place we got them from felt the need to wrap every inch in tape and cardboard to the point that I spent a lot of time picking it all up for the trash. It was crazy. By the time we got home, it was about 7 pm. Yes, we had spent 12 hours doing soccer related activities. The four of us were sore, tired and starving. Sure, we had breakfast when we headed over there in the morning, and I am pretty sure the boys snacked when they got home, but Ken and I had not eaten anything else. The evening was spent on the couch, thankful for delivery of Chinese food.

Sunday was busy for different reasons. I worked on the house much of the morning, concentrating on the kitchen and the laundry. Ken went to go ref Ally’s game. The boys and I did manage to hit up Savers, picking up a couple new pair of shorts for Bobby and we looked at Halloween stuff for ideas. Both boys are not 100% sure of costume choice. We ended up hitting up 3 Halloween shops in the afternoon, hopeful that they would see something good. We did find this awesome monkey costume at Savers that fit Dax perfectly. However, he pointed out how hot it was so it was not purchased. I didn’t blame him one bit. Dax was tempted to do one of those all over body suits in just one color. He ended up trying on one, but one that made it look like he was a jaguar. He was not comfortable. I tried to convince him to be Dash from The Incredibles, but he didn’t like it. Bobby is leaning towards being an orange cat like Lucy. Let’s hope we have a breakthrough on both costumes soon.

The boys and I also played in the pool a bit in the afternoon. It was certainly hot enough to warrant it. Sadly, I am not happy with the amount of bees that seem to think this is their personal watering hole. I already don’t like bees and am not interested in an accidental stinging. This is especially true after last week I was stung repeatedly by this black wasp/bee thing. It got stuck between my arm and my boob and it got me several times. I did not enjoy this. It didn’t hurt as bad as honey bee stings have hurt me, but the pain was enough that I certainly didn’t want to deal with the possible pain.

I am pretty sure today should be easy when I get home. There is still some laundry and housework to tend to and I really need to get to the bank to make a soccer deposit. Thankfully with homework being pretty light, I should be able to continue my new approach which is letting them do their homework without hovering. I can work on my things while they work on their things. Yay! I figure in the coming weeks it may get more intensive, at which point I will be busting out my coloring or something else to do while they work. I am hopeful this doesn’t happen for a while.

Now I am going to try and make my work day go by quicker. Happy week, y’all.