Meg

Today was a busy sports day for Meg.  She started with an indoor soccer game with Doug's high schoolers at noon.  Since only six soccer players from the same high school can be on a team, Meg and several of her middle school friends have been able to participate.  Overall, she has really enjoyed being part of the team.  Today, however, was extra nerve wracking for her.  The girl that normally plays goalie broke her finger during the game.  Meg was the backup goalie and was thrilled to say that she only gave up four goals!!  I think the broken finger got Doug's attention as the first thing he told me when they called was that we need to get Meg goalie gloves.  Hopefully, they will help Meg from breaking her own finger, but most of all she will love picking them out.

A break in the afternoon led to two basketball games for Meg tonight.  This time she is playing with the seventh graders.  The last two years she was on a combined team filled mostly with girls a year ahead of her.  She did very well tonight.  The team played a lot better than I expected.  They have only had two practices, so I didn't know what to expect.  They led the first game for the majority of it, but lost in overtime.  The second game was more challenging as they played one of the best teams in the league.  For the most part this was the first time that I enjoyed one of her games.  I helped coach in the first game and kept the book for the second, so I didn't have to deal with any of the complaining parents.

Meg said she wasn't tired after the games.  I sure thought she was, but didn't argue.  She definitely was hungry, but a quick stop at McDonald's solved that problem.  Overall, not to bad for day one of basketball season.  Only four more months to go.