The Home Stretch

We're in the home stretch as there's only a couple weeks left in school. Before kids, the school year used to drag at times for Helen, but now with all our family activities the year flies by. I keep telling her that she'll be retired in no time, which makes her think she might be able to make it. But then I tell her that of course the kids will be grown and gone as well and that makes her cry.

On Tuesday, Helen had the last tennis match of her Calcutta season. She was paired with Katie L. who was tied for first going into the match. Helen and Katie won the match and Katie won the first place money. Helen was happy that she didn't let her partner down. Last season Helen was the big winner. The tennis group is going out for dinner tonight to celebrate the season.

On Friday, we all stayed up too late and watched the last Lord of the Rings movie, "The Return of the King". Thankfully, the boys did not have early baseball games on Saturday.

On Saturday, my tennis team was in the first round of the ALTA tennis playoffs. We've been in the playoffs many times over the years, but almost never make it past the first round. The weather was not cooperative and each of the first two teams only got to finish one set. Our team was up a set in both matches, so things were looking good.

Helen and the kids had a relaxed morning. Adam had plenty of time to get all his knights out and make plenty of forts and "movies". Derek continued to work on his "President Nixon" project. Helen prepared some appetizers for our sister-in-law's baby shower. When I got home, I took over watching the boys so Helen could finish getting ready for the shower. She picked her Mom up in Roswell before heading to the shower in Powder Springs. It was a long day, but she had a good time visiting with all the girls and baby sister, Lindsay.

I was thinking the baseball games would be rained out and maybe we would go see "Iron Man", but no such luck. Derek had a game at 1:30. Afterwards we went to the shoe store while we waited for Adam's game at 4:30. We got Derek some new running shoes - size 7! He's got a little room to grow into, but still. They're even a little big on Helen.

On Sunday, my tennis team finished the rain shortened match from Saturday - and we won so we'll live to play again on Saturday in Marietta. In the afternoon, Derek had a makeup baseball game, but the other team canceled so Derek's team just practiced. The weather was beautiful and it was a great time. The players, siblings, and parents were all out there and the kids really learned a lot. For some reason, in this league, the teams don't practice - they only play games once the season starts. The kids would really be better off having one practice and one game a week rather than two games.

The regular baseball season is over, but that doesn't mean it's over over. There's still the double elimination playoffs, which could drag out until Memorial Day. Maybe Adam and Derek's teams will both lose quickly.