Soccer, WorldCon, and Writing

[przed]

We played a really tough team tonight, and lost. But at least it was only 0 - 3 when it could have been a serious blow out. We could barely get it away from our net the entire game. One of our best defensive players was complaining that "we just keep playing defense!" But I have so say, our defense mostly held, so go us. Also, Ros got to be in goal again and use her goalie gloves. soundofthesurf, shall get a pic of her in the gloves soon!

In other news, a week tomorrow we'll be leaving for Chicago where I'll be attending WorldCon, and the Sweetie and Ros will be playing in Chicagoland. I also got Ros her very first con membership. (She's young enough to qualify for the free kid-in-tow membership, and they've got some great kids programs, including a "braid your hair like Princess Leia" panel that I'm betting Ros will love.) So yay all round.

Now, If I can just hammer out the rest of my Pros BB story, I'll be happy. Broke 24K words today, which I'm hoping leaves about 6K to go. Hoping, but not sure, since I've only got a rather vague outline of the final chunk of the story rather than my usual scene breakdown. Fingers crossed...

Comments

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Oh, sorry to hear about your lads. Especially the self-goal. (Astoundingly, my kids haven't done that this year.) But it's awesome the fans just decided to enjoy it!

Our defender is an awesome kid. Like Ros, he's tiny but determined, and he's always calm and agreeable. (Also, he's half-German, half-Chinese and his name is Wolfgang, which is just too much fun. I love my multi-cultural city!)

I'm going to try and remember the camera next week. Our last game! I'll be sort of sad to see the season over.

[soundofthesurf.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks, but not need to be sorry! It's amazing enough we're able to play CL-qualification - usually all we do is avoiding relegation (and we don't even always succeed in that, mind you!). So basically playing European tournaments, if only for a while, is like the cherry on top of the icing of the cake, when usually all we have is cookies, you know? *g*

Holy Jesus! I'm just trying to picture that little boy and then figure that his name is Wolfgang! Goodness! Wolfgangs usually are bearded, grumpy mid-fifties, wearing socks and sandals and shorts! On the other hand - being half-German and named Wolfgang he's a BORN defender! :D

When does the new season start? And is there no chance to work with your team in between? On a happier note: this will make your Tuesdays significantly less stressful, no? *hugs*

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I like the sound of your team more and more. (I love cheering for underdogs who occasionally pull off the big game.)

Wolfgang is an adorable-looking little kid, definitely more Chinese than German, which makes his name even more awesome.

The new season isn't until next May! And then it'll be a whole new team. Next year is the year they split up the boys and girls, so that's going to be interesting. (There actually is an indoor season, but Ros is already so busy during the school year that there's no way we can do it. She wants to add ballet, skating, and Guides into Tae Kwan Do, swimming and Mandarin lessons, so some hard decisions are going to have to be made. And soon!)

[soundofthesurf.livejournal.com]

Ah, you'd love us! We are the underdog and we love it!

Good for him - with a name like that you better be adorable-looking...lol!

*scratches head* Wasn't there someone somewhere in a basement working on a time machine? I think Ros might need it just as much as you! *goes to see what happened to that slightly confused looking lad in the cellar*

[przed.livejournal.com]

Hooray for underdogs!

You need to get that slightly confused looking lad back to working on that time machine. We all desperately need it!