There is only one top story today, and that’s
high school football; but the drop in temperature toward winter was a big deal
too. Starting our day with a
sub-freezing ‘feels like’ temperature was a bit shocking to the system. We still went outdoors for Tai Chi; and then
had a hot breakfast to make up for that blast of cold.
Weather affected our football game tonight
too – though not the ultimate results; and Michael, Tim, and their team mates
won tonight to earn the undefeated regular season – and it was a big win over a
really good Pinehurst team. It’s late,
though, and I need to have a nap before getting up for our breakfast shift at
the Inn; so let’s move this along.
The weather forecasters were a bit
optimistic today; and the temperature didn’t climb much above freezing. That didn’t affect us for anything other than
the walk to school or getting buses and minivans loaded up for the drive to
Pinehurst after school; but it was a bigger deal at game time – and I’m not
just saying that because the guys were disappointed that the cheerleaders were
in winter weather gear tonight! ;^)
We really have been blessed to have had
such great weather all season, and we didn’t have rain or snow to deal with
tonight in addition to the chill; so I have no complaints about that – and the
cold did give us an excuse to go with one of our cold-weather-themed half-time
routines with the squad. That little
show went over well with the Pinehurst fans, but I am not going to spend any
time on cheerleading; since I do need that sleep; and still have a lot of news
to cover.
Pinehurst really wanted the win tonight and
came to play; but they just weren’t able to keep up with our team – in part
because they couldn’t adjust their game plan to deal with the cold. We could; Michael and Tim successfully
switched to a lot of short pass plays with lots of running yards after the
catches; and they combined for seven touchdowns on the way to a sixty-one to
twenty-nine victory. Our team did make
some mistakes along the way that were cold-related and that we need to work on
heading into the playoffs, but Coach Robinson can’t really complain much
either; since Pinehurst was only able to score two touchdowns and five field
goals all night – and less than half of those scores were due directly to those
mistakes.
The cold helped out with the post-game
festivities; and we were on the way home from an away game earlier than for any
of the other games this season. That
worked out for us because we’d already been missing out on the school Halloween
dance by then; and we managed to get home in time to catch nearly the last hour
of the dance. The party became a bit of
a football celebration after that too; Michael and I had a lot of fun; and then
we stayed and helped out with the post-dance clean-up after not being able to
do anything to help with the set-up after school.
It was past-two by the time we got home; I
helped Michael with some Magi healing; and then sent him home so that we could
save up the sofa sleepover for tomorrow night – when we won’t be as tired; and
hopefully be able to make some time for some quality, teen-rated make-out fun. I’ve had a bit of work that needed to be
dealt with once I was able to do my bedtime email checks; took care of that;
and lost a bit more nap time in the process.
I didn’t want to leave that work until Sunday night, though; and time
was an issue for the charity request. I
won’t bore you with the details; since all of the family business and charity
data is available elsewhere if you have that access; and I’m obviously starting
to mentally wander off instead of just getting done and off to my nap time.
We’ve had a great day; our team is in
first-place heading into the playoffs; and that’s going to, hopefully, make for
an amazing month ahead as we head through Halloween and toward Thanksgiving. That’s all ahead of us, though, and I need to
focus on some nap time for the right now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
