Bad News Good News

Wednesday a long crack formed on the garage ceiling, from stuff in the attic that someone had moved off a board and onto the unsupported ceiling. Our house had been clean from our recent company. Now it’s a complete mess. The good news is yesterday Ceil and the kids completely cleaned out the attic. Now there’s a bunch of stuff to go through. The kids enjoyed the video of Will’s first birthday…all the Normans attended. Will found some shoes, hats, and tees he liked, including an old Hawks/Doc Rivers tee. Matthew enjoyed the comic strips I’d drawn for my high school newspaper.

Didn’t bring lunch Wednesday. Every time the Ogre takes me to Fuddruckers I’ve been getting the loyalty card stamped, so yesterday I went and cashed one in…got a $10.00 burger meal.

Roswell fireworks…we parked at the Publix, near the exit, and hoofed it to the parking lot about 30 yards from the stage. Had to walk all the way back there when we discovered Anna wasn’t among the 15 that left at the same time. Both M and A went up to the front to dance during one song, though they didn’t know the electric slide. Did I say that you could see the fireworks reflected in the windshields of the eight cars parked behind the stage? Looked like eight big screens playing the same show.

Ryan, one of the catchers on Will’s team, will miss the beach tourney, so last night they had Will filling in at practice. Two months ago he was OK not catching, but now he’s excited. Monday night we went to work out, and a bad hop gave him a black eye. Mitch, the team’s best pitcher, heard something pop in his throwing shoulder last night…not good.

Of the three most recent losses, Will played an integral role in the defeat:

June 27th…three fielding misplays in one inning (2 errors).

June 28th…another error (& 2 more misplays) were quite costly in the championship game loss. Then he hit the first pitch he saw in the last inning into a DP (though 7 of 9 teammates also had first pitch outs, including 2 more DP balls).

July 1st…tie game, next to last inning, runners on 2nd & 3rd, infield in, Will fields a grounder, eyes the runner, then catches the runner off second and chases him…without checking the runner on third, who had immediately took off and scored the winning run. Baseball is a team game, but usually Will makes those plays. Had he made half of them they’d be on a tear.

Ceil is taking A and M to SC Friday for a wedding. Will’s team is hosting a tourney, so I have duties for most of Fri, Sat, and Sun. Everyone enjoyed seeing the twins. We’re just terrible about picking up the phone and making plans.

Looks like Cox is just about through with Frenchy, and perhaps Kelly Johnson as well.

Been exhausted all week!