Another busy week has come and gone. The biggest story of the week was the heat. With all the sun and humidity, we swore we were near the equator. Also, gone are the deafening sounds of the cicadas of late summer, now replaced by all the damn crickets chirping – the little ones are everywhere. Grace again joined us for our morning routine each day this week before school. Abby tried out for the school musical (Beauty & the Beast) after school. She was hoping to get the part of the clock, but that part went to an older child. She will instead be a part of the chorus. Luke had soccer practice that evening. I touched base with the coach, regarding the league’s request to move Luke to the other team. They had thankfully backed off after the concerned email I sent to the league president. His coach brought Luke out to the high school after practice, to join us at Matt’s JV game against Jennings Co. Aunt Deanna took Abby to dance practice for us and Grandma / Gigi joined us with Grace. Matt had told us that the game time had been pushed back due to the high temperatures, but it started on time and we ended up being late. We actually missed most of the 1st quarter. Matt played left Guard on offense (not sure why he was moved from center?) and Tackle and Nose Guard on defense. He also played all special teams. He had 5 tackles and several excellent blocks. The Pirates won 32-14 to even their record at 1-1. We went out to Buffalo Wings & Rings after the game, where we played the trivia games again – Matt won one and I won the other two – again dominating the girls. Ha ha…
I had a dentist appointment before work on Tuesday that went good. That evening, Abby had soccer practice, Matt had football practice, Luke and I played catch at the soccer fields after exercising and Abby had jazz dance practice. We enjoyed the night off on Wednesday. While Luke and I were out walking, Ann called us in to fix a leak under the sink. Luke & I had it fixed in about 15 minutes and resumed our walk. I don’t what’s more scarier: That I knew how to repair it, that I had all the parts on-hand or that I could actually find everything out in that messy garage!? It was very hot that evening. In fact, we were supposed to do yard work, but put it off a week due to the nasty temps. Thursday was even hotter! The temperatures alone were in the triple digits with the heat index reaching even higher due to the humidity. Of all days, Ann accompanied Luke to the Indy Zoo that day as a part of the elementary school’s fieldtrip. As always, Ann had plenty of stories to tell upon her return. Luke’s favorite part of the zoo visit was seeing the bats, the dolphin show and the elephants – especially the dolphins because there was a ball they hit, it was air conditioned and everyone (including Ann) got soaked since she was cool enough to sit in the front with her small group! Abby had soccer that evening as Luke & I sweated outside in the blistering heat as we exercised.
Friday was the hottest day of the week, stretching all the way up near 105 – but the humidity was the real killer. We had a couple HVAC units fail at work. On Friday night, Luke had to miss soccer practice again, due to us travelling for an away varsity game – back to our old stomping grounds – Franklin. We got up there early enough to stop and get something to eat, but since we couldn’t decide if we had enough time – we just went in to Wendy’s, thinking it would be fast. Ha! That was a joke. It wasn’t that they were overly busy, but the little girl working the counter was way overwhelmed and was not only really slow but also got our order wrong. We ended up spending over a half hour just eating in a fast food restaurant. We still got to the game in plenty of time. The grounds at their new school are just gorgeous. It feels like a college campus, it really does. There was a big crowd there that night for the game. Even though the ticket lady told Luke he couldn’t play ball, they still did the entire time; as did several other children – out behind the bleachers. The field is made similar to that of the Colt’s – the new style of artificial turf. I had to take Luke and Abby out to check it out after the game – it was surprisingly soft. The facilities are all state of the art – it is shocking to see how nice their set up is – and I forget that is the difference between a 3A school like Greensburg and a 5A school like this one…as for the game itself; the Pirates had their chances. The Grizzly Cubs jumped out to a quick lead only to see Greensburg battle back and make it close at halftime with the momentum. However, the poor tackling on the defensive side finally caught up with the Pirates and they couldn’t score in the 2nd half, losing 34-7. …but the score isn’t truly indicative of the game. I believe we actually had more yards from scrimmage and moved the ball well, just couldn’t seem to put the ball in the endzone. It was a late night, as I didn’t get Matt picked up and brought home until nearly 12:30 on Saturday morning…
Saturday was a crazy day! After getting a few hours of sleep, we were back up early that morning. It was already in the 80’s when I dropped off Abby at her soccer game and took Matt out to his football game. I met Ann and Luke back at the soccer fields, where they stayed until about halftime and then headed over to Sunman. Luke played the Sunman green team. Unfortunately, Luke’s team was missing their best player who had injured his collarbone the week before. Luke played the entire game, as did all the kids…and with the heat, they eventually wilted and basically gave up. They ended up getting stomped 12-0. Meanwhile, back in Greensburg, Abby’s team wasn’t fairing any better against the Batesville green team. They too were short handed and Abby played the entire game again. She played forward in the first half and defense in the second half. However, her coach moved her back and forth to try and help out where needed. But it was to no avail as her team fell to the same fate as Luke’s had – losing 12-0 also. It was not pretty…