This has been a fairly awesome day – and not
just because Michael’s staying here overnight; and we got to have some quality
alone time before going to bed for the night.
No, not in the same bed; but I like the way
you think! ;^)
I don’t have anything particularly
newsworthy to report from the school part of today; so let’s go straight to the
football news. We played Sweetwater Pond
tonight, and thanks to a good game plan and on-field play; we’re at the
half-way point of the regular season with a four-one record! Our strategy was really basic – go with the
ground game a lot; and eat up the time on the clock as much as possible to keep
our defense off the field. The
thirty-seven to twenty-four score suggested that worked; though I’ll add that
Sweetwater Pond doesn’t have a stellar run-defense.
They probably felt pretty good about how
that was going for them most of the evening because they did hold three of our
drives to field goals while keeping the score close; but that was part of our
plan too. Our twenty-three to seventeen
lead went south for Sweetwater Pond very quickly thanks to two quick, long-ball
touchdowns that Michael and Tim took turns scoring in the fourth quarter after
basically being held back all game to that point with just quick, short passes. Within minutes, we were ahead by twenty
points with only a few minutes left in the game; and Sweetwater Pond only
managed one more touchdown before we were able to run out the clock on the
ground.
I doubt we could pull that off against a
better defense, but it worked tonight; and the guys are very happy. Make that over-the-top pumped up for Jason
Johnson – and that got to be just a bit annoying for Michael and Tim after the
game. Thanks to those field goals and
four extra-points, and because Michael, Tim, Caleb, and Lucas each scored one
of the touchdowns; J.J. was the top scoring player on the team tonight with
thirteen points. I didn’t really need
any additional clues to know why Rebecca never really got involved with him,
but since big egos are on the rare side in our little town; his example of one
is glaring by comparison. The other guys
probably won’t say anything to him about it, but I can assure you that if
Michael or Tim start getting big heads like that; Rowen and I will be happy to
pop the bubbles and bring them back down to reality again.
Off the field, my favorite moments were
with my family. They were having another
dinner and a football game night; and Ehlana, Naomi, and Sophia ran around and
pretended to be on our cheerleader squad for a while. The crowd loved that – especially when Erica
led the way and had the three younger girls learn and do a couple of cheers
with us. Mom and Sylvia let them play
for about fifteen minutes; and then took custody of them again and they cheered
from the stands with Aunt Leanne. On the
teen front, Vanessa and Paul are officially dating now; and she and Nora are
both happy because they get to hang out in the section with the player
girlfriends – which means most of the ‘cool’ girls. Nora brought Elliott with her, and while he’d
rather be playing football too; he didn’t seem to mind hanging out with Nora
and a gang of girls for the evening.
If you have to wonder why any teen guy
would have fun hanging out with a bunch of girls wearing the shorts and tops
appropriate for temperatures in the high eighties at game time; you’re probably
too old to remember what it’s like to be fourteen – or life has changed a whole
lot between now and whenever you’re reading this in the future!
Moving along; the post-game celebration on
the field was fun but not drawn out as everyone was ready to go somewhere else
and have cold drinks or use other methods to cool off. For the football team and their friends; that
wind down time meant another mini-party – this time at the Palmers; where
hopping into the river for a swim definitely cooled you off fast. Michael and I went to the party too, but we
didn’t stay long because of our early-morning trip plans. We got razzed about why we were leaving early,
and while we did have a valid reason to head home, the guys weren’t totally
wrong in their assumptions either; since we did have some fun once we were
alone in the lounge and everyone else had gone to bed.
As always, I’m not going to go into the
details of our play time, but we were overdue; clothing was optional; creative
use of Magi power was involved; and the hot scale score was right up there with
our personal best – top five for sure! ;^)
Going for another swim would have been a
good idea to cool off again – if the party hadn’t still been going on at
Palmers when it was time for Michael to head downstairs to his room for the
night; but we’d have never heard the end of it if we’d been caught doing that
by the other teens. That might be
funnier if I could suggest that Michael would have needed to do that without a
swimsuit, but Uncle Blaine and Aunt Alison, and Terry and Angela, have pools;
so he did actually pack a couple of swimsuits for the weekend.
I know, Aunt Leanne – I don’t necessarily
need to let facts get in the way of a good story; but I remember too many other
times where making jokes like that come back to bite you in the future. Mom certainly learned her lesson on that one
thanks to you!
Anyway, I had a bit of work that needed to
be taken care of while doing my nightly computer checks; but I didn’t do any
language or archive studying tonight. I
should have been sleeping a couple of hours ago; but wouldn’t trade the extra
nap time for that awesome play time with Michael – and I can always nap during
the trip to Granite Park if needed. Some
minivan cuddle time with Michael sounds pretty good right now – though so does
sneaking down to his room and climbing into bed with him right now.
Don’t go there, Proctor – figuratively or
literally! ;^)
Okay, that’s it for tonight. My next update will be coming to you from a
hotel room in Granite Park, and we’ll be on the road heading that way in just a
few hours; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
