A Busy Saturday

A busy Saturday today. First of all, we were all a little slow to get going this morning, due to a VERY late night at the State Fair last night. We finally got going, though, and were in plenty of time to get Peter to the football field by 9:15 (for a 10:30 game, mind you). It was a great game: Peter was one of the captains for the game, so he got to go out for the coin flip. He played Tight End, and did well, but I had to leave early to take Grace to her "skills evaluation" for basketball, which was at noon back near our house, and, incidentally, about as far away from Peter's football game as you can get. After I dropped her off, I scooted back to Peter's game just in time to see the final 11 seconds, but missing the tremendous block he made in the 2nd half. Hmph.

When Peter's game was over he and I stuck around a little bit so he could hang out with his friends Blake and Anna Grace, while Anna Grace's little brothers played THEIR football game. Then we scooted BACK across town to get Grace, stopping off to get lunch at Wendy's on the way. I felt a little like the guy in the Volvo commercial a few years ago driving back and forth between a swim meet and a soccer game.....

Anyway, after Grace's skills evaluation was done, we went home, ate a quick lunch, Peter changed out of his pads, then we left AGAIN to go try to catch part of the Carolina Field Hockey game. One of Peter and Grace's babysitters this summer is a senior on the team, so we've been meaning to go see her play. This was their last home game, so it was pretty much now or never. The team was giving a free clinic after the game; Peter and Grace got their own private clinic with Xan!

Then, we went to the grocery store (avoiding the Walk for Education, also this weekend, which we were blowing off), then finally made it home and got the groceries unloaded about 4:30. At which point I found the Miami-Florida State game on TV, kicked off my shoes, and crashed on the couch for an hour!

Now Grace is in bed and Peter and I are watching the Boston-Cleveland game. Boston leads 5-1. GO RED SOX!!!!!