3rd place...not bad!

Allright then, we did not win the Championship title. We did, however, take the 3rd place trophy home with pride. I was really upset when we lost the 1st game that morning. It was pouring rain and when I think about it, there is at least 5 things I could have done differently to produce a win but when your in the moment, you go with what you know and it's easy to see where you went wrong when all is said and done. That is just how life goes. My kid didn't seem to care one way or the other. He was really happy just to play in the rain and that he tripping the jerky kid on the field seemed to be his greatest achievement and his proudest moment. I actually cried a little when I got home. I sort of built this silly game into this huge meaningful situation and got a little dramatic about it (really, I actually was dramatic about something...so unlike me...). We had a 2 hour break where we washed and dried our clothes, got something to eat and went back on the field to face our season partners: Flash. We've played this team all season at practice and tied them in an official game so it was going to be really fun to play them for the last time for either 3rd or 4th place. We won! All year I've heard them say in different ways how good we were and how much of a better team we were than them so I felt like they actually liked us and if we had to lose to them, it wouldn't hurt so bad. We didn't though so I only felt sorry for them. Lukas scored two goals in the last game and they were his 1st goals for the season so it was bittersweet. Bitter loss in the morning, sweet win in the afternoon. It turned out to be fantastic and although I'm sad to have the season end, I'm slightly relieved at the same time.

Now, it's basketball season and sorry to tell you, I will not coach. I know it's really cool blog drama when I coach basketball but one miserable experience was enough for me. Now, I get to sit in the stands and cheer for my kid!! How exciting for me.

thanks for reading. sorry to bore you... next one will be better, I promise.