First Varsity Point, First Varsity Win

Tonight Meg had a game at Jimtown.  My parents drove Cam and I to it.  He had had practice after school, so we had to hustle to make it on time.  Doug met us there.  Jimtown was young and showed it in the first quarter.  Bethany got up to a 13 point lead quickly and held on from there.  Meg got to play a lot in this game and it was fun watching her.  In the fourth quarter she had an awesome move to the basket that just rolled off the rim.  She was fouled on the way up and earned two shots at the charity stripe.  The first one also rolled around and fell out.  Meg took her time on the second attempt and was pleased to have finally scored her first Varsity point.  

Meg rode home with us after the game.  My parents picked up the truck at Bethany for her.  We stopped at Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner.  I enjoyed listening to Meg talk about the game.  She was proud of the point she scored and was happy with her decision to play basketball this year.  We were pleased that she has taken advantage of all that Bethany has to offer.  It has helped her make friends and to connect to her new school.

On to Northwood

Cam had a game at Northwood tonight.  I had never been to their middle school before.  It was in Wakarusa, so I decided to stay at school and drive from there.  Our 7th grade played their 7th grade B team.  It was a good game for the first half, but then size won out.  Cam didn't feel that he played his best.  He said that his back was hurting.  Even though he felt that way he still played the majority of the game and had a lot of great rebounds.  He enjoyed playing defense the most.  He said that was easier as he didn't have to think as much.  No matter the score I had fun watching him.  It was a long day at school and it was a nice break from that.

Sleeping In

Last night Jackie and Macensy spent the night with Meg.  They walked in around 10:30 p.m. laughing and carrying a pizza from Little Caesar's.  They had a lot of fun and were able to sleep in until 10 or so.  The girls then went with Meg to 11 a.m. mass.  Cam slept in as well.  He was exhausted from his trip to Bloomington yesterday and was glad that religion had been canceled this morning.  I also slept in but was still up by 7:45.  Today was daylight savings time and we had set the clocks back an hour last night.  It felt good to have that extra hour of sleep especially after such a busy Saturday.  Doug appreciated it as well even though he had to get up and got to work this morning.  He originally thought he'd have to work all day at Renegade, but by 1 p.m. he was able to finish up what he needed there and could come home to work.

I really appreciated having him here as we had had a very heavy rainfall.  We had standing water in our backyard and flowing water through the front ravine.  The neighbor's driveway was completely flooded and we had water come in through the toy room and one small part of the pool room.  Doug did a great job soaking it up and I kept the towels dry and ready to be used.  It stopped after a couple of hours and the rain ended.  The flooding did change Meg's plans for the afternoon.  She was supposed to meet a group of friends at Maria's in North Webster.  Doug followed her to South Shore golf course to evaluate that road.  Once they got there they realized that it state road 13 was impassable.  Thus, Aaron stayed in North Webster and had lunch with one of their friends there, and   Meg and Izzy went to Chubby's.  It wasn't quite what she planned, but she enjoyed it just the same.

Saturday is Here

Doug and Cam left this morning at 6 a.m. for Bloomington.  They made it to Brett's apartment at 9:30 this morning.  They talked to him for about an hour and then headed over to the game.  It was misting a little when they got there so Cam sported a Maid of the Mist poncho for awhile.  They had a great game to watch at least for three quarters.  IU even led for awhile.  During the last ten minutes the Badgers pulled ahead and never looked back.  They met Brett at Mother Bear's for dinner afterward.  It was a pretty good walk to the restaurant from the stadium and the place was packed, but the pizza was delicious and they enjoyed visiting with Brett again.

While Doug and Cam were gone I caught up on school work.  Cal kept me company while I was working in my room.  He even watching Dirty Dancing with me.  He had never seen it before.  HM came over at lunch time.  She had taken the SAT this morning.  Meg and I went shopping in Goshen once they left.  We ate a late lunch at Hacienda and then bought Meg a new coat at Kohl's and some better boots for me.  We had time to stop at Target before I had to drop her off at Bethany.  I then came home to finish a few items on my to do list before leaving for Argos.

Cal had stopped by to say goodbye to my parents before he left for Purdue.  He planned on spending the night at Cameron's before going back to Bloomington.  Monteith had replaced the starter in the Civic so he had no problems driving it.  Mom, Dad and I drove to Argos for Meg's first official basketball game.  Meg dressed for both JV and Varsity.  She played well for her first game.  The JV struggle against the Argos defense, but the Varsity did very well.  In fact they almost came back to win losing 33-35 in the last few seconds.  By the time we got home Doug and Cam were already there.  It was a busy day for all, but a lot of fun.

Not Much Better

I was able to work the last two days with the splint on, but my wrist and thumb still hurt tremendously.  I didn't realize how much that I used my left thumb until I injured it.  The hand is still swollen and now is black and blue.  It was hard to type at school, but I made it work.  I kept using ice and it did help  I was glad for the weekend so that I could rest it.  

I went to AK Hare after school for a much needed haircut.  It had been awhile, so I had her trim it more than usual.  It was short, but Doug thought it looked nice.  Earlier in the day Doug had said that he and Cam were going to leave for Bloomington tonight.  IU was to play Wisconsin tomorrow and they wanted to see the game.  Since they were busy, I invited Cal, Meg and HM to go to dinner with me.  They all agreed and by the time we got ready to go Doug and Cam had changed their minds.  They decided to go out to dinner with all of us tonight and then travel to Bloomington in the morning.  We appreciated their change in plans, but let them know several times that they weren't on the original invitation list.  

Mad Anthony's was the eatery of choice and we were surprised to get seated as quickly as we did as it was First Friday's in downtown Warsaw.  The food was great and there were a lot of laughs around the table.  Cal probably got picked on the most.  He had decided to order jambalia shrimp pasta.  The waitress had told him that it would be hot, but he was sure he could handle it.  It was just as promised and about half way through he had to ask for a to go box.  We did not let him forget it the rest of the evening.  

Cam's Season Opener

Tonight was the season opener for the Bethany boys middle school basketball.  Cam is playing on the B team this year.  He started in tonight's game and played the majority of it.  We were impressed with his improvement in defense and rebounding.  The boys struggled against the size and speed of Concord, but they did hang in there for the first half.  Cam stayed to watch the A game while Mom and I went shopping at Aldi's and Target.  We picked him up at Bethany afterward.  He was happy with how he did.

The best part of the game was sitting by Cal.  He had come home last night and thought it'd be fun to tag along with Dad to the game.  It had been awhile since he had seen a middle school game and his commentary was hilarious.  Every time Cam had the ball he'd yell, "Get a haircut!"  Another time one of Concord's less skilled players traveled down the lane.  Cal helped the refs by shouting out, "He's walking."  He and my Dad left after the B game.  They wanted to catch Hannah-Marie's season opener as well.  Dad said he was just as funny there.

A Nasty Fall

Yesterday at school I took a nasty fall.  I was walking from Betsy's room to mine and the carpet by the front doors tripped me up.   The corner of it was upturned and caught my left foot completely knocking me to the ground.  In catching my fall I injured both of my wrists and thumbs.  They both hurt immensely but the left one would not stop throbbing especially the thumb.  I talked to the nurse at school and showed her where it hurt.  She thought that it could be broken.  I kept ice on it for four hours while I finished out the day at school.  Once I got home and showed it to my Mom and Doug my hand had become extremely swollen.

This morning I tried to get into Dr. Allen's office to have someone look at my thumb, but they didn't have any appointments before ten a.m.  They also did not have a way to x-ray it.  As it was a workman's comp claim, the school had to be involved in deciding who I could or could not see.   They did finally agree that I could go to MedStat instead.  They were able to get me in at 8 a.m. and had an x-ray tech on staff.  By 9:30 I was on my way out the door with a splint for my wrist and directions to follow.  It was not broken, but severely sprained.  I will not be able to use it at all for the next five days and it will take up to 5 weeks to fully heal.  I spent the majority of the day resting.  It didn't feel much better, but at least I had a plan of action.