As promised, here begins the story of our week long festivus in Ft. Worth....(things have been moving so fast around our house, that I am finally getting this wrapped up)
Saturday, August 15
Today started out like any typical Saturday morning, except for me KNOWING that I have a VERY long day ahead of me. Spencer and I headed to the YMCA at 7:00 for my 7:30 Step class followed by a little spin at RPM. (He of course was fantastic!! I think we have finally gotten over all that bad behavior at the Y--can I get a yea, yea?). Mike and Parker were able to sleep in a little and then after a big breakfast at Denny's headed to his first football scrimmage of the season. Spencer and I made it to the game about 30 minutes late, but can I say this is looking like an awesome year for the Spartans!!
Parker is very excited this year, because he has finally made the weight limit to be able to carry the ball!! I guess to keep all those "small" kids from being trampled by bigger kids; they have to put rules in place. (Whatever! It's football for Pete's sake they're going to get hit, hurt and trampled on!!) So, if you don't know Parker, coming from a taller than average family, he's (barely) 11 and is 5'2", 120lbs and TOWERS over most of his peers. Oh yeah and my favorite fact about Peej and the one that generally gets a jaw drop, he wears a size 10 1/2 men’s shoe! Can anyone feel my impending doom of having to special order very expensive shoes for him in the not too distant future (should I start the paperwork for the second mortgage now)?? Parker is known on the team as "Manimal" and sometimes "Sasquatch". I digress.... Because of his size his coach has always had to play him at guard or tackle on offense and defensive end on defense with his strength being on defense. But this year, Coach Conley is giving him a shot at tight end and he will continue to hold defensive end on D. I tell you all this to get the picture and know how very excited we are this season and mostly at this first "game"!! I couldn’t wait to see my Peej put to work some of his mad skills!!
About half way through the scrimmage they decided to give him a shot. I generally am at the games "in spirit" as there isn't much watching going on with Spencer around. But this mamma sitting on the sidelines trying to entertain her very hot, cranky, over stimulated and over tired autistic son was not gonna let this play go by with out watching!! (Entertaining Spence at these games is not for the faint of heart and takes every ounce of energy out of me, especially after 2 hours at the gym!) So, the ball is snapped, I see Parker is wide open with arms waving in the air "I'm open" (geez Parker, keep that to yourself don't let the D notice you and block your chance!!) I see the ball go sailing through the air toward him, I cringe, saying to myself "please catch it, please catch it". I almost can't look and like manna from heaven it falls perfectly into his arms and he starts runnin!! And running, and running and running! Now I don't know for sure, since this was a scrimmage and there was no "official" score, but I think it was a TD!! Parker has his first touchdown! What a way to start out this fun filled week, he is on cloud nine!! He also wants me to mention that he also had 4 tackles--he's a defensive guy at heart and I think he was more proud of his tackles (as he should be--you can't win games without a strong D-line)! Hubba Hubba Ding Dong--Go Spartans!!
The game was over about 11, now the smart thing to do here, is load up the car and head out of town. We have a 4 hour drive ahead of us to get to my dad's in Ft. Worth. But noooooooo, Parker's buddy on his football team was having a birthday party at Laser Quest and they had rented a Hummer limo to take the boys. After some begging and pleading, I agreed and off he and Mike went to the birthday party. Gotta stop here, you are probably wondering why me sweet husband is tagging along to a kids birthday party....maybe I don't need to answer that....Hummer limo and Laser tag??? Of course he's going. (He's pretty tight with the birthday boy's Dad and I think there may have been some sort of dad smack talk goin on during the scrimmage--probably, no DEFINATELY!!)
Spence and I head home with lots to do to get ready for the trip. First off, remember Mike and I am Bible Study Directors?? Well, at the last Director's meeting (which Mike goes to solo), Brad gave an "assignment" that each Director had to set "Goals" for each area of leadership. What do I hear from my sweet husband when he came home from this meeting..."Sweetheart, WE need to come up with goals for the class." Brad had given the group some "examples" (some of which were 17 pages long) and I think when Mike first saw them was a little overwhelmed (wouldn't you be??) But me being the over committer said, "Don't worry honey, I'm all over it!", besides I do leadership training and writing for a living, so this is right up my alley. Now, little did I know that they had to be sent to Brad by THAT day, but no worries I would get it done. I was actually VERY blessed that they went to the party, because in the peace and quiet of my home office I sat for 3 hours and devised a grand plan for our class....let me tell you I was very proud of my handy work and couldn't wait to show it to my beloved!! Once done, I got to packin'. I'm a little weird, because I love to pack...I mean I even loved packing the house when we moved a few years ago---I know crazy, but that's me! =) However, packing for this trip was a feat!! This was the first time we have traveled since on the diet, smoothies, supplements and B12 shots. So this involved not only clothes, pillows, video games and an array of other road trip paraphernalia, but also a couple of coolers, bags of groceries, the Magic Bullet, a stash of supplements, and VERY carefully packaged 3 needles full of precious B12. But we got it done!
With the OnDemand Goals done, bags packed and everything loaded in the car, we wait.....about 5:00 the bigs return from the party. I very proudly show my honey the goals and he is blown away!! (At least that's what I tell myself..tee hee!!). The kids and I jump in the car, kiss daddy goodbye and are on our way....anticipated arrival time in Ft. Worth 9:00ish.
Stay tuned for the actual drive...Peej and I had some interesting conversations!!
Until next time....grace, peace, hope, love and prayers!
T
Everything we have--right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start--comes from God by way of Jesus Christ.
The Message--1 Corinthians 1:30
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