Cameron had a basketball tournament at Central Noble this morning that Doug and I both went to. His team ended up finishing fourth out of the four teams. He wasn't disappointed as their last game was extremely close. The A team faired better finishing as tournament runner-ups. Cam stayed to watch them play while we headed home. We had a couple of hours to work on laundry and leaves before we left for Meg's game in South Bend. Brett offered to spend the evening with Cam after he picked him up at Bethany. They ate dinner at their favorite fish place in town and played games until we got back. Cal was busy with his friends and HM's game. Meg did very well tonight. She had several opportunities to score and made some great passes. It was a varsity only contest and she played well over ten minutes.
I was happy that Cam and Meg had the opportunity to participate in today's games. They have enjoyed being a part of basketball this season and that has been fun to watch. Overall, however, I realized today that being a sports mom just isn't my thing. I felt guilty coming to that conclusion, but after Doug and I talked I felt a lot better. From what we discussed it made sense that I wouldn't love sitting in the stands of a sporting event. First of all, I loved playing sports as a child, but I don't live vicariously through my own as they play. Second, I haven't been as social since I started working again. I get a lot of interactions with students and teachers everyday, so I do not look for more social activities in the evening. Most of all, however, the negativity that occurs at the games has been more than I can handle. So for now Doug and I came up with a solution that should work for our family for the time being.
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