Go go go

9-19-11


I need one more day of weekend. I ran out of time.

Friday afternoon I did a lot of running around during Dax’s practice. I think from that is where my ankle got a smidge strained. It feels ok, but I can tell I twisted it a bit.

Ken and Bobby took a walk during practice and returned with things for me, including wine and my new awesome skunk hat, which will double as my costume since I have now decided to be Penelope. I am quite pleased.

Saturday was soccer. A lot of soccer. LOL! Dax’s game was at 9, but we had to be there at 8 to do field set up. I had a lot of fun, though, since I ended up running team warm up with passing and taking shots on goal. I felt like a real part of the team.

The game itself was a slaughter. I don’t know the final score. We even held back our team a bit because I think our score was in double digits. Dax scored 2 goals. That was cool since I could tell how excited he was. He did amazing. He has some really good instincts when it comes to the game, and he has aggression to get to that ball. Coach Ed is quite impressed. It was a great morning!

Bobby’s game wasn’t until 3. This gave us several hours to kill. We went looking for costume parts. We were in Kmart, which was to be a brief stop before we headed to the game. It turned into a blood bath.

Bobby and Dax were running around in the racks, and they managed to collide. Dax bounced off, unscathed, whereas Bobby ended up with a bruised and cut gum, and skin scraped off of his upper lip. It wasn’t a super horrid injury in the grand scheme of things, but it was a bleeder! On top of that, Bobby screamed and screamed as though his arm had been ripped off. It was crazy. What was the most shocking was that no Kmart employees came up to assist me or check to see if he was ok. I was clearly tending to a wound, yet no one seemed to care. I was kind of relieved, actually, but still surprised.

Bobby’s game was more evenly matched. I think it ended up being 2-1, making it the first loss of the season for the Lazers. What was more newsworthy was Bobby volunteering for goalie. He has NEVER played it before, not even in a practice session. I didn’t even know he would want to do this. I was terrified. Not really as much in the idea of him getting hurt, as I would imagine most would think. I was more scared for his feelings. I have noted the change from sweet to asshole in boys when they hit about 8 years old. There are a handful of 8 year old assholes on Bobby’s team. If Bobby let a goal go through, would they end up yelling at him. Of course, there would be nothing I could do about this except clean up the pieces, but it still made for a long half while he was back in goal.

It doesn’t help that Bobby reminds me of Ferdinand the bull. He would much rather sit and smell the flowers than fight. It is incredibly endearing, but terrifying as a mother who will go to great lengths to protect their young. This is the kid who on Friday, pulled my mother aside to tell her to be sure to be nice to Poppy since it was Doug’s birthday. While Bobby stood in goal, you could actually see him in la la land, happy as a clam.

He did let one goal score, but he also saved one. The whole time, he did a good job. I was proud. And thankfully, no one gave him shit for the one goal scored. I think this week we will have him work in goal a bit since he really liked it.

By the time we got home from soccer, it had been a long day. I had a couple of glasses of wine, and was quite content to crawl into my bed.

Sunday was another day of go go go . We had AYSO pictures to do. The first set was at 10:30, which was nice. Ken got to be in the picture since he is assistant coach. I also got to go back with all the kids as team mom. That was cool since no other parents can go near the actual photography session.

We were there early since Bobby’s was done before our time slot. Dax’s coach was late, which wasn’t a huge deal. We didn’t get Dax’s set done until close to noon. I got to be in that picture as assistant coach. I feel like we have hit a Brenan milestone with this soccer thing. Next year Ken is going to coach, since the boys will be on the same team. I may assist. I may also be team mom again. Not sure. It is a lot of fun!

After pictures, we got lunch and then ended up doing several errands, including getting food for most of our household inhabitants. It was good to get groceries, though. It means I have food to work with again. And salad fixings, which is happy making. Plus, the dogs and cats have food again so there will be no hostile takeover.

I talked poor Kam down yesterday since she is stressed about the kids starting kinder today. Lunches was the issue since they are picky, and it is hard to know what to feed them. Today is going to be rough on her, but I know after a few days it will get better. I liked the idea of me being the calm one on something like this. LOL!

New reward for weight loss. I have decided to do my hair blonde when I hit 175 pounds. The blonde will be followed up with red tips and then maybe things like hot pink hair. I need a reward for 250 and 275.

Sunday afternoon, the boys played in the pool and I grilled up dinner. I made ribs, which were freaking amazing. Even Dax had multiple helpings! So proud.

The other cool thing at the store was my discovery of some chicken breast steaks which should have been marked at about $6, and instead had been coded $.06. I am a good thrifty shopper, and I find bargains, but this mis coded chicken was probably one of my best finds ever!

Ken colored my hair last night, which I wish I had done it earlier in the day if only so I could sleep more.

Dax’s doctor’s appt went good on Friday. The doctor said not only was he where he should be at 5, he is advanced. Yay!

I suppose I should do some work.