What a Day!

Doug and Cam were out the door this morning at 5:15 a.m.  There destination was the individual state chess tournament at Pike High School in Indianapolis.  Cam's opponents were a lot tougher than he had played previously.  This was the first tournament that he had to use notation for each move as well.  It was a great learning experience for him and he wasn't too disappointed with his 1-4 finish.  He left with a finalist trophy, a new chess t-shirt and plans for next year.

Meg and I spent the afternoon at tennis.  Her team played the toughest one in the group and Meg held her own very well.  She has been working on hitting it harder and today it really showed, especially in the singles match.  She was pitted against a junior from Warsaw who was their #1 doubles player last year.  After an hour of play the match was called at 9-5 in favor of Warsaw.  Meg was the last one on the court and played the best I have ever seen her.  One of the parents for the Warsaw team told us afterward that everyone from their team was impressed with Meg.  It was a great match to watch.

From Warsaw we left for South Bend.  Doug and Cam planned to meet us there as we had tickets for the Harlem Globetrotters at the Purcell Pavilion.  Meg and I stopped at Noodles & Company for dinner and thought we were going to be very early.  With all of the traffic that was not the case, but we still made it in plenty of time.  Doug and Cam arrived about ten minutes before it started.  Everyone really enjoyed it, especially the live action, slow motion, replay.  We saw Jackie and Anna there as well.  Their family was seated across the stadium from us.

We decided to leave after the third quarter.  We were all exhausted.  Cam purchased a headband on the way out and Meg found a shirt she wanted.  We made it home by 10:30 just as Cal was pulling in.  The girls team went to double overtime to get their first NLC win of the season.

I was so impressed with Doug's commitment to his children this weekend.  It has been a whirlwind of activity since Cameron's birthday on Thursday.  He has been there for every part of it.  I know I couldn't have driven to Indy then to South Bend and back home in one day, especially after the birthday party last night.  He did it without complaining and had fun along the way.  I was tired enough just trying to keep up with Meg's schedule.  It's exhausting being a Heinisch, but well worth it.