{"id":734,"date":"2010-05-02T13:28:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T17:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scheumann.us\/blog\/?p=734"},"modified":"2010-05-02T18:31:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-02T22:31:30","slug":"but-i%e2%80%99m-always-on-the-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/?p=734","title":{"rendered":"But I?m Always on the Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let?s hope the old adage that ?April showers brings May flowers,? since it finally stopped raining for a few days this week. We were ready for the break. However; the weather hasn?t actually been real conducive to growing flowers as it fluctuated this week from a frost warning in the first half of the week with our bed warmers on to temps up in to the 80?s on Friday and the second use of the air conditioner this year already, only to come full circle by the weekend ? getting humid and stormy. On Monday, we left work early to get the week started off with a bang. While Abby was at dance practice for about 4 hours, Matt had a track meet in Shelbyville. Ann got Luke & Bu and headed to the dance studio while I took off for Shelby-tucky. Matt had a good time competing, but still didn?t place. I think his interest in track is waning as baseball season is in full swing now. His best shot put throw was 32? 6??? which is not that far off from his personal best. However, while he is staying fairly consistent, his teammates are slowly improving. He still has a good time and has a great attitude, which is why all his teammates like him. To that end, Shelbyville has a patch of grass between the throwing circle and dirt pit about 25 feet wide. He was so relieved when all three throws made it across! (And no; not everyone did). He did not throw discuss that night, so I split early and headed home. They were pretty close, point-wise at the meet and the final scores are in dispute; but, at least initially, they beat us by 10 points. They ended up tied 54-54 by the end of the week.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, we dropped the Pacifica off at the shop again. They were able to figure out the issue with the blower fan, but had to order a $600 part (yippee)?the brake job was free?but don?t get me started. At work, Dennis came in for the week to do the EOC portion of our corporate mock survey. We will have more corporate folks in-house next week as well. That night, I helped facilitate softball practice with Abby?s team and Ann took Matt to baseball practice. On Wednesday, we woke up to a frost advisory. The dogs had a rude awakening at 5 am when they trotted their hyper little butts outside and got about 5 steps in to the yard and stopped; peed real quick and sprinted back inside. That night, I dropped off Luke at baseball practice and ran out to Wal-Mart with Abby to pick up a dozen softballs for her to practice pitching. We got her set up with a pitching rubber, home plate, a milk crate and count off 40 feet. She can now practice her pitching anytime ? with or without me. Thursday was warmer and busier. After work, I picked up Luke and took him to his first practice game. I ended up helping coach his team. We played a very good team that was very well coached and we got beat, despite keeping it close. Luke went 2 for 3, batting pretty low in the order. He played pitcher the entire game and looked lost most of the game. We got his uniform and schedule after the game. Unexpectedly, they gave me a shirt and hat?looks like I?m hooked in for another year. Back at the van, we started talking about the game and he said he wanted to quit. So I said OK and proceeded to take his shirt and hat back to the coach. He suddenly changed his mind and decided to talk to me about why he was so discouraged. He is so competitive that if he doesn?t go 3-for3 with three homeruns and all the outs on defense, he thinks he failed. I?m not sure where that comes from, since I?m pretty sure we encourage him regularly; but we talked for a while and he was much better five minutes later. He had a nasty strawberry Ann got Bu and went to Matt?s track meet vs. Batesville. He threw shot and discus that night and got 5th place. The Pirates beat the Bulldogs 73-27 to raise their record to 6-0 (the coach counts ties as a victory and the results of the East Central meet has still not been finalized). Ann and the kids left the meet early to run Matt out to the ball diamonds for his first practice game. Matt went 0-1 with a good at-bat that ended up with a few foul balls and eventually a strikeout on a nasty curveball. <\/p>\n

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On Friday, I attended a conference up in Indy ? sponsored by our sister facility and my former employer (Valle Vista) on the topic of Psychological First Aid. The topic was intriguing, but it was a boring bunch of presentations, unfortunately. I went with my boss Kelly. We tried really hard to get in to the whole thing but ended up inadvertently making fun of other attendees and presenters ? which made the sessions go by much quicker and made the whole thing much more tolerable. \ud83d\ude1b Ann took the day off and went up to Ft. Wayne with Amy and another friend to a Vera Bradley 75% off sale at the Coliseum. She texted me when she got there, saying that the waiting line was all the way outside and that it was 4 hours long!! They decided to go to the mall and when they got back, it was a 5 hour wait!! –FOR PURSES!!– ?Can you imagine? I don?t know that I?d even do that for Hot Wheels?maybe Zeppelin tickets?but no way purses! Anyhow, I ended up leaving before the last session, came home and picked up the little kids to go out to Abby?s softball practice. I ended up helping her coach run practice again. She really wants Abby to practice pitching and even though she has been playing shortstop at practice her coach wants her at my old spot ? 1st base. Her team has a long way to go, but she has good kids and Ann seems to think that the parents are equally as good ? the same practice we used to employ when I was still head coaching and drafting teams. Luke?s team is another story completely, when we are talking about parents?which is all I?ll say about that at this time; but I?m sure we?ll have interesting stories to tell with this crew of parents this season. Lukey brought home his papers and had some interesting pictures that he drew for Ann & I. He also had a cute picture of him and the elephant at school. If you watched the video of him singing, the picture will make more sense?So after practice, we went back to Grandma?s house where I mowed her lawn real quick (the weed eater is still in the shop), picked up Matt, grabbed drive through, fertilized our lawn at home and finally settled down a little after 8. For family night, we watched Avatar ? what a great movie! <\/p>\n

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Saturday was supposed to have games for Abby & Matt, but it ended up storming shortly after Ann got home after 2 a.m. ? and it stormed hard for several hours, flooding the fields to the point of being unusable. We ended up getting notification from the opposing team?s coach (Matt?s coach from last year) at about 9 a.m. and finally heard from Matt?s coach around noon. With it being overcast and having no responsibilities, the entire house took a nap after lunch! It was a very nice break and I think everyone earned it. We watched the NASCAR race (Ann had to remind me) and watched as Jeff nearly won one finally?only to lose the lead to little Busch ? of all people. Sunday was more of the same ? enjoying the calm before the storm. Abby went over to her friend Megan’s house for the afternoon and Ann took Luke up to Greenwood to go shopping (shocking!) while Matt & I watched movies and enjoyed the time off. We did receive Abby?s pictures in the mail from her last competition in Franklin. They were pretty good; some are better than others, but they were way overpriced. We?re still glad we got them though. Ann brought home a photo from one of Abby?s dancing teammate?s mothers. These girls have apparently danced together since back when they were 4 years old.<\/p>\n

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Now it?s time for quick Waybac feature. Leading off, we have a couple of Grandma Owens from about ?53; Grandma again a couple years later in her prom dress; Great Grandma & Grandpa Morgan in March of ?74; Grandmaw Brown, Aunt Norma, Great Grandma Morgan and Uncle Ralph?s mom in August of 1974 in Lafayette and Ann with her dance partner in approximately 1977.<\/p>\n

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Next is yet another of Great Grandpa Morgan in Aunt Norma?s house on January 6, 1980; Nathan on his 4th birthday in October of 1980 (I think?); Rob in his footie jammies in LaPorte around 1982; Rob in his sheriff advertising paraphernalia in February of ?83 in LaPorte; Ann marching in the wet streets of Greensburg with the band on the 4th of July in approximately 1985; and Grandma Bryan in LP, enjoying her oven mitts on Christmas morning around 1989.<\/p>\n

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Wrapping up this week, we have an article of Gigi from April of 1992; Maryann and her kids in St. Peter?s church in LaPorte on Keith?s wedding day in ?92; Mom in Rossville during the Bryan Christmas in about 1995; Mom O & Matt on Halloween in ?96 in Columbus; and Matt thinking of going up the stairs for the first time in December of ?96 in Columbus.<\/p>\n

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Well that?s it for this edition of the Scheu Family Blog. Thanks for checking in with us this week and we?ll catch up with ya next time. Until then, have a good one.
\nLater, Scheu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let?s hope the old adage that ?April showers brings May flowers,? since it finally stopped raining for a few days this week. We were ready for the break. However; the weather hasn?t actually been real conducive to growing flowers as it fluctuated this week from a frost warning in the first half of the week with our bed warmers on to temps up in to the 80?s on Friday and the second use of the air conditioner this year already, only to come full circle by the weekend ? getting humid and stormy. On Monday, we left work early to get the week started off with a bang. While Abby was at dance practice for about 4 hours, Matt had a track meet in Shelbyville. Ann got Luke & Bu and headed to the dance studio while I took off for Shelby-tucky. Matt had a good time competing, but still didn?t place. I think his interest in track is waning as baseball season is in full swing now. His best shot put throw was 32? 6??? which is not that far off from his personal best. However, while he is staying fairly consistent, his teammates are slowly improving. He still has a good time and has a great attitude, which is why all his teammates like him. To that end, Shelbyville has a patch of grass between the throwing circle and dirt pit about 25 feet wide. He was so relieved when all three throws made it across! (And no; not everyone did). He did not throw discuss that night, so I split early and headed home. They were pretty close, point-wise at the meet and the final scores are in dispute; but, at least initially, they beat us by 10 points. They ended up tied 54-54 by the end of the week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, we dropped the Pacifica off at the shop again. They were able to figure out the issue with the blower fan, but had to order a $600 part (yippee)?the brake job was free?but don?t get me started. At work, Dennis came in for the week to do the EOC portion of our corporate mock survey. We will have more corporate folks in-house next week as well. That night, I helped facilitate softball practice with Abby?s team and Ann took Matt to baseball practice. On Wednesday, we woke up to a frost advisory. The dogs had a rude awakening at 5 am when they trotted their hyper little butts outside and got about 5 steps in to the yard and stopped; peed real quick and sprinted back inside. That night, I dropped off Luke at baseball practice and ran out to Wal-Mart with Abby to pick up a dozen softballs for her to practice pitching. We got her set up with a pitching rubber, home plate, a milk crate and count off 40 feet. She can now practice her pitching anytime ? with or without me. Thursday was warmer and busier. After work, I picked up Luke and took him to his first practice game. I ended up helping coach his team. We played a very good team that was very well coached and we got beat, despite keeping it close. Luke went 2 for 3, batting pretty low in the order. He played pitcher the entire game and looked lost most of the game. We got his uniform and schedule after the game. Unexpectedly, they gave me a shirt and hat?looks like I?m hooked in for another year. Back at the van, we started talking about the game and he said he wanted to quit. So I said OK and proceeded to take his shirt and hat back to the coach. He suddenly changed his mind and decided to talk to me about why he was so discouraged. He is so competitive that if he doesn?t go 3-for3 with three homeruns and all the outs on defense, he thinks he failed. I?m not sure where that comes from, since I?m pretty sure we encourage him regularly; but we talked for a while and he was much better five minutes later. He had a nasty strawberry Ann got Bu and went to Matt?s track meet vs. Batesville. He threw shot and discus that night and got 5th place. The Pirates beat the Bulldogs 73-27 to raise their record to 6-0 (the coach counts ties as a victory and the results of the East Central meet has still not been finalized). Ann and the kids left the meet early to run Matt out to the ball diamonds for his first practice game. Matt went 0-1 with a good at-bat that ended up with a few foul balls and eventually a strikeout on a nasty curveball. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

On Friday, I attended a conference up in Indy ? sponsored by our sister facility and my former employer (Valle Vista) on the topic of Psychological First Aid. The topic was intriguing, but it was a boring bunch of presentations, unfortunately. I went with my boss Kelly. We tried really hard to get in to the whole thing but ended up inadvertently making fun of other attendees and presenters ? which made the sessions go by much quicker and made the whole thing much more tolerable. \ud83d\ude1b Ann took the day off and went up to Ft. Wayne with Amy and another friend to a Vera Bradley 75% off sale at the Coliseum. She texted me when she got there, saying that the waiting line was all the way outside and that it was 4 hours long!! They decided to go to the mall and when they got back, it was a 5 hour wait!! –FOR PURSES!!– ?Can you imagine? I don?t know that I?d even do that for Hot Wheels?maybe Zeppelin tickets?but no way purses! Anyhow, I ended up leaving before the last session, came home and picked up the little kids to go out to Abby?s softball practice. I ended up helping her coach run practice again. She really wants Abby to practice pitching and even though she has been playing shortstop at practice her coach wants her at my old spot ? 1st base. Her team has a long way to go, but she has good kids and Ann seems to think that the parents are equally as good ? the same practice we used to employ when I was still head coaching and drafting teams. Luke?s team is another story completely, when we are talking about parents?which is all I?ll say about that at this time; but I?m sure we?ll have interesting stories to tell with this crew of parents this season. Lukey brought home his papers and had some interesting pictures that he drew for Ann & I. He also had a cute picture of him and the elephant at school. If you watched the video of him singing, the picture will make more sense?So after practice, we went back to Grandma?s house where I mowed her lawn real quick (the weed eater is still in the shop), picked up Matt, grabbed drive through, fertilized our lawn at home and finally settled down a little after 8. For family night, we watched Avatar ? what a great movie! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Saturday was supposed to have games for Abby & Matt, but it ended up storming shortly after Ann got home after 2 a.m. ? and it stormed hard for several hours, flooding the fields to the point of being unusable. We ended up getting notification from the opposing team?s coach (Matt?s coach from last year) at about 9 a.m. and finally heard from Matt?s coach around noon. With it being overcast and having no responsibilities, the entire house took a nap after lunch! It was a very nice break and I think everyone earned it. We watched the NASCAR race (Ann had to remind me) and watched as Jeff nearly won one finally?only to lose the lead to little Busch ? of all people. Sunday was more of the same ? enjoying the calm before the storm. Abby went over to her friend Megan’s house for the afternoon and Ann took Luke up to Greenwood to go shopping (shocking!) while Matt & I watched movies and enjoyed the time off. We did receive Abby?s pictures in the mail from her last competition in Franklin. They were pretty good; some are better than others, but they were way overpriced. We?re still glad we got them though. Ann brought home a photo from one of Abby?s dancing teammate?s mothers. These girls have apparently danced together since back when they were 4 years old.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Now it?s time for quick Waybac feature. Leading off, we have a couple of Grandma Owens from about ?53; Grandma again a couple years later in her prom dress; Great Grandma & Grandpa Morgan in March of ?74; Grandmaw Brown, Aunt Norma, Great Grandma Morgan and Uncle Ralph?s mom in August of 1974 in Lafayette and Ann with her dance partner in approximately 1977.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Next is yet another of Great Grandpa Morgan in Aunt Norma?s house on January 6, 1980; Nathan on his 4th birthday in October of 1980 (I think?); Rob in his footie jammies in LaPorte around 1982; Rob in his sheriff advertising paraphernalia in February of ?83 in LaPorte; Ann marching in the wet streets of Greensburg with the band on the 4th of July in approximately 1985; and Grandma Bryan in LP, enjoying her oven mitts on Christmas morning around 1989.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Wrapping up this week, we have an article of Gigi from April of 1992; Maryann and her kids in St. Peter?s church in LaPorte on Keith?s wedding day in ?92; Mom in Rossville during the Bryan Christmas in about 1995; Mom O & Matt on Halloween in ?96 in Columbus; and Matt thinking of going up the stairs for the first time in December of ?96 in Columbus.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Well that?s it for this edition of the Scheu Family Blog. Thanks for checking in with us this week and we?ll catch up with ya next time. Until then, have a good one.
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