A week.

That's what it's been since I last blogged. Sorry for the delay... life just gets in the way.

Last weekend took Kyle up to Santa Maria for the 16 and Under Junior Olympic water polo qualifiers. HOT... 114 on Friday, 108 on Saturday... just brutal. Kyle played more than I expected (which was a total of a game over the course of the weekend... he got in the cage for six quarters). Acquitted himself nicely in those quarters, allowing only 5 goals total, and making well over 8 saves, plus some great steals and some pretty good passes. Of course, he got beat on a number of occasions, but this was against the big boys... who are MUCH bigger not just in physical terms but in experience as well. But he'll get better. I did like the way the 16U goalie worked with Kyle (in much the same fashion as Kyle worked with the 12U goalie a few months back).

But more on the "fraternity" of goalies in a later post.

Kyle had his first high school workout on Monday. Now THOSE are kicking his ass. It's the first time he's worked out with weights (or ran more than sprints [other than at PE at Green])... so the house was filled with my laughter on Monday as he slouched around the house, unable to life his arms up, even to eat. He ended up taking a 2.5 hour nap on Monday.

School now is officially over. Jack is running rampant. Lisa is finally out of her classroom (and REALLY out... she's moving into a new room for the fall). Pa is back from his reunion trip to Kansas, filled with some pretty good stories and some very bizarre ones as well. Seems like were descended from slave owners. Which makes their nearly unanimous support of Obama, even the more welcome and exciting (both Pa and I figured they'd be a little "working class" "white" and maybe bitter).

Hmmm, descended from slave owners... and supporting Obama... maybe Nader was right.



Jeez, what a tool.