Soccer: Game Eight, and Other Stuff
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przedI didn't get around to posting about the last game on account of it being a bit of a crazy week. I was swamped at home and at work, it was stinking hot, and Ros came down with a 24 hour fever on Monday afternoon. She was mostly over it by Tuesday night, but we didn't let her play just in case she relapsed.
The game was made challenging by the heat, by the fact that we were down a ton of kids (everyone on the team is taking their vacation in the next three weeks), and by me missing my assistant coach (on vacation for three weeks). The Sweetie was going to be my assistant whilst the other coach was away, but this week he had to stay home with Ros. So I had to rotate the kids off, and make sure they drank enough water, and didn't make muds pies or do anything too crazy whilst they were off the field. I figured they'd all be reluctant to play, since it was so hot, but I had more trouble with kids who really wanted to stay on in spite of the heat.
We were playing a really tough team, and are still missing our best player, but the kids came through and we won 1 - 3. We're having a great season!
I've been on my own since Thursday night, since the Sweetie was taking Ros up north to visit his family. (After China, I've got next to no vacation left, so I couldn't join them.) I had huge plans for getting tons of stuff done and having some fun, but most of the time has been sucked up by doing a huge cleanup of our closet in yet another attempt to get rid of moths. I've pulled out all the clothes, washed down the walls, vacuumed the whole room, and I'm doing non-stop laundry, but I've just seen another one of the little bastards fluttering by. ::sigh::
I did have some fun. I got together with a friend I don't get to see too often last night, went out for a lovely meal, and saw Casting By, a really great doc about the casting profession in general and specifically the legendary casting director Marion Dougherty. And another friend and I went for Thai and then to see The Great Gastby. I can't say I loved the film (I wanted to slap most of the characters, repeatedly) but it looked great, I loved the soundtrack, and it had some really great use of 3D. (By comparison, I could have done without the 3D is every other summer blockbuster I've seen this year.)
Now I'm waiting for one more load of laundry to finish, and then I shall crash.
The game was made challenging by the heat, by the fact that we were down a ton of kids (everyone on the team is taking their vacation in the next three weeks), and by me missing my assistant coach (on vacation for three weeks). The Sweetie was going to be my assistant whilst the other coach was away, but this week he had to stay home with Ros. So I had to rotate the kids off, and make sure they drank enough water, and didn't make muds pies or do anything too crazy whilst they were off the field. I figured they'd all be reluctant to play, since it was so hot, but I had more trouble with kids who really wanted to stay on in spite of the heat.
We were playing a really tough team, and are still missing our best player, but the kids came through and we won 1 - 3. We're having a great season!
I've been on my own since Thursday night, since the Sweetie was taking Ros up north to visit his family. (After China, I've got next to no vacation left, so I couldn't join them.) I had huge plans for getting tons of stuff done and having some fun, but most of the time has been sucked up by doing a huge cleanup of our closet in yet another attempt to get rid of moths. I've pulled out all the clothes, washed down the walls, vacuumed the whole room, and I'm doing non-stop laundry, but I've just seen another one of the little bastards fluttering by. ::sigh::
I did have some fun. I got together with a friend I don't get to see too often last night, went out for a lovely meal, and saw Casting By, a really great doc about the casting profession in general and specifically the legendary casting director Marion Dougherty. And another friend and I went for Thai and then to see The Great Gastby. I can't say I loved the film (I wanted to slap most of the characters, repeatedly) but it looked great, I loved the soundtrack, and it had some really great use of 3D. (By comparison, I could have done without the 3D is every other summer blockbuster I've seen this year.)
Now I'm waiting for one more load of laundry to finish, and then I shall crash.
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Date: 2013-07-22 05:20 pm (UTC)Glad to hear the team did so well under difficult circumstance but I'm sorry to hear Ros was unable to play.
Have you set moth traps? you can either buy them or use flypaper and fish oil... yes, it sounds a bit Rube Goldberg-ish but it works.
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Date: 2013-07-22 05:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-07-23 02:39 pm (UTC)My grandmother uses mothballs, which seem to work. Possibly these are now illegal and highly poisonous (heh, she stockpiled everything in the 50s) but if not can you get some?
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Date: 2013-07-24 03:57 am (UTC)When we started getting the moths, I got some mothballs, but I've held off on using them because a) they're supposed to only work well in enclosed spaces, b) they smell horrible and c) they're horrendously toxic. What with having both a child who's curious, and a cat who tends to lick anything she gets hold of (she licks dryer sheets, for goodness sake) I figure they'd not the sort of thing we should have around.