Happy 1st Birthday, Eli!
It’s hard to believe that Naomi’s little
brother is already one, but he’s there now; and that means that Zack’s first is
just around the corner.
Memo to me – stop in and see Zack sometime
before he’s ready to start college! ;^)
I didn’t get to see Eli today, but Ethan
and Ehlana took care of getting our gift to him while I was busy with school
and the football game. For the second
half of that action, the good news is that we’ve had an awesome, warm, and
beautiful weather day that almost felt like summer again! The bad news is that our football team might
need cold or rainy weather to get the wins.
I don’t actually think that was the case
today, but our team did get a reality check today – along with our first loss
of the season.
Our first loss in seventeen games.
As you can guess, Tim was gutted, but he
really shouldn’t be. He played a really
good game; and so did Michael and Caleb.
What neither team had much of tonight was anything resembling a
defense. We were playing Hillcrest, and
while their team was better-prepared to take advantage of our defense without
Kyle; they weren’t ready for our new offensive capabilities. Basically it was a shootout tonight; and
Hillcrest beat us sixty-six to fifty-nine.
Each team only had to settle for a field goal once, and while they also
each had two defensive turnovers; that was pretty much it for the defensive
side of the game.
Losing the game wasn’t so hot for our team,
but Rowen and I had fun right up until that point of the night. Michael and Tim each had two touchdowns and
were in on quite a few big plays; and Michael added a defensive pick for a
touchdown. That play was also the last
time that Hillcrest tried to throw a long ball to Michael’s side of the field;
but he couldn’t do anything about the way the Hillcrest quarterback and runners
picked apart the middle of our defense tonight.
I don’t want to drag out the pain of the night for anyone who is on the
team now and might be reading this in the future; so let’s just say that our
team has some work to do and leave it at that.
We are still three and one on the season;
and for those people with short memories; that would have been a dream start to
the season just a couple of months ago.
Maybe reality is finally setting in.
Hillcrest is about an hour and a half east
of here, so it was after midnight by the time we got home again. That didn’t leave us any time to party or
hang out with our boyfriends – at least for Rowen and me. Some of the older teens still had late night
plans. For Michael and I, though, once
we’d finished helping to put our collective gear away; he walked me home and we
did our goodnight hugs and kisses on the front porch before he went home and I
came up to bed.
I’ve been working on my computer since
getting ready for bed and snuggling with Mandy; but there isn’t anything
interesting to report from my studies or work.
I should mention that there was some more off-field action to report
from the game.
First up, Rebecca came to the game with us
again; and already has her game report for the school newsletter posted on the
school website. For her first sports
news effort, I’d say she did a great job – and I’m sure there will be several
guys who will be glad that she didn’t mention any of the details about the
blown plays on defense. She also toned
down how well her brother played; so I don’t feel too bad about talking that up
in my journal – since he was one of the best players on the field today.
On the teen drama front, Vanessa came to
this game too; and I’d say that she’s officially caught her man. While I’m glad that they’re so blissfully
happy right now; I won’t comment on how Paul’s game play went tonight. Jenny didn’t have her new boyfriend at the
game, and the lack of male companionship made her the favorite cheerleader on
our squad for the Hillcrest local boys.
That isn’t to say that the rest of us didn’t get attention too because
we did; but Michael and Tim in particular decided to take matters – and Rowen
and me – into their hands to make sure that the other guys at the game knew we
were not available.
Rowen and I didn’t have a problem with that
plan – or the bonus hugs and kisses.
I don’t know how Lance would feel about
having other guys hitting on Jenny; but then I doubt he’ll find out. For her part, while Jenny seemed to enjoy the
attention a lot, she also talked about Lance with us a lot too; so she isn’t
actually looking to replace him or anything.
They have another date tomorrow; she’s pretty sure he’ll be at our home
game next Friday night; and they’re making plans for the fall festival already
too, so I’d say they’re getting serious – or at least Jenny is.
For such a busy day, this doesn’t feel like
much of an update, but that is pretty much it for the newsworthy action. Dad got home in decent time tonight, but
there wasn’t a dinner and a movie night because Mom was just ready to have a
quiet night after her own busy week juggling everything from the work around
the house to long days at the lab and teaching the college classes for Ethan
and Ehlana. They were all in bed by the
time I got home, so I’ll get their Friday reports in the morning sometime. It’s after three again tonight, though, and it’s
going to be another yard work day tomorrow; so I’m just going to wrap this up
and join Mandy for a little cat nap.
May the Magi Force be with you!
