Soccer Report and the State of the Union

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I was coaching solo last night since the Sweetie and Ros are up north visiting his parents. It was a lovely night for playing, just the right temperature, but the team sort of completely fell apart. Even our best players weren't playing well, and I had to keep reminding several of our less enthusiastic kids that they were there to play soccer, not tag. I also nearly lost my voice yelling at one of our goalies who was sitting on the ground, facing the wrong way as the opposing team was barrelling towards him. Final score, 6 – 0, and not for us. Oh well, we're still having fun, and I'm hoping this is just a blip.

In other news, I've been spending my time sans famille in reasonably productive and fun ways. I have:

Gone out for dinner and a movie with a friend I haven't seen for ages (The movie was Prometheus, which was middling, but Michael Fassbender was awesome in it, and I had fun picking out the Lawrence of Arabia quotes)

Gone for a pedicure and lunch with another friend

Gone to see Toronto FC play a friendly match with Liverpool FC with a mate from work (As a bonus, TFC held their own and kept LFC to a draw)

Frozen some fresh peaches (I'm hoping to get some actual canning done in the next week)

Tamed the weeds in the backyard

Seen The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX. (My verdict: The film did not need to be nearly 3 hours long, but the climax and denouement knock it out of the park. Loved Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Michael Caine made me cry. Twice!)

Added over 5,000 new words to my Take That Big Bang story (The sucker is going to hit nearly 20,000 words. Crikey!)

Not bad, considering I've been dealing with a stupid pain flare that resulted in not a whole lot of sleep over the weekend. (It was kicked off by me having two white chocolate chip cookies on Friday at a company picnic. Two measly cookies! Clearly, I need to avoid sugar entirely. Which okay, is a healthy thing to do, but still sucks. I've only had ice cream a couple of times this summer! /whine)

Tonight, I'm off to see Magic Mike with a few friends. Then tomorrow night, I jump on a bus and join the family up at my mom's.

Now, I just need to get cracking on the Pros Big Bang story. Zombies, ahoy!

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that all sounds fun! Well, okay, not the pain part, or the "Excuse me, am I the only one who realizes we're playing a game of soccer here?" part (except for the fun aspects of the latter), but all the rest! Go you, for the writing! \o/ And yay for movies and friends and things! Yay for having some time for yourself. *g*

I hope you have a lovely time with the family, and good luck with the BB!

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Boo for the pain flare *hugs* And being triggered by sugar? That sucks... Apply more Howard Donald and see if that helps, maybe... And if it's bad enough to interfere with sleep, add Jason too (I'm not saying you'd get more sleep, per se, with Howard and Jason around, but being awake might be more fun...)

Hee, Magic Mike! It's cracktastic, frankly and I think may do more good spawning AUs than anything else. And I'm glad the Dark Knight was worth it (I have quite deliberately spoiled myself for at least one Big Spoiler because I'll never make it to see it in cinema (not least if it's 3 hrs long) so I want to be able to read the fic before the DVD hits - yes, I'm prioritising *g*)

Woot wordcounts! I'm currently trying to herd my Pros into something more - might succeed. Otherwise I'm just being tremendously optimistic about my ability to write the last 5k of Pros and my whole TT fic in one month, which is actually not that unreasonable *coughs* because I often am most productive under pressure. We'll see *g*

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Well, darn for the soccer loss but at least the kids are getting some exercise. You've been busy! I do love a nice pedicure. Enjoy your writing and bus riding.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Michael Caine made me cry.
He did that to me as well. *sobs*

I've been dealing with a stupid pain flare
Hope you feel better soon ♥.

Oh and bring on the Zombies.

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

I know it's a healthy diet, but it really sucks that you can't even indulge two measly cookies.

Cannot wait to read your BB, btw, the longer the better say I!

[jennicide.livejournal.com]

I think my favourite part of the TFC/Liverpool friendly is how much more interesting the match got in the second half when all the regulars were off and it was mostly just academy players (on both sides, really). Some of those kids are hungry, and it's encouraging to see the up and coming talent TFC actually has!

Aaaaaaand thanks for reminding me I really need to buckle down and write my Big Bang story! I've only got around 2,100 words written... doesn't help that yesterday I had to rewrite most of that because it just didn't feel right. The boys are not playing nicely in my head right now, or maybe they're protesting because I'm putting them all through the ringer.

[rangerke.livejournal.com]

It's a shame about the footie, but on the bright side, it will already be a victory if all the goalies would be facing in the right direction next game :p. The pain-thing sounds horrible, and no more sugar... yikes!
You've been a busy bee again! Nearly 20,000 words. That got me properly excited! I'm glad the guys are being their nice chatty selves with you ;).