Oh, This Wind...

Honestly, the weather has GOT to figure itself out...and soon! It was a gorgeous afternoon for Garrett's t-ball practice when, all of a sudden, this nasty, gusty wind came out of nowhere and just would not go away! It was freezing! All of the little preK kiddos were whining and crying...and so were their mommies and daddies! A bunch of us finally huddled inside the dugout, having searched out a safe hiding spot from the wind. Braden looked like a little turtle huddled with arms inside his T-shirt...

Not much to report otherwise...except that I totally fell on my behind at Braden's soccer game Monday! THERE I WAS...


A kid skillfully kicked the ball out of bounds so the other team couldn't get their shot at the goal, and it rolled right to me, bouncing slightly off the toe of my high-heeled sandal. Being the gracious and kind person that I am, I thought I'd just kick it gently back to the coach so he could snatch it up, throw it in, and yell "BALL IN!" But, alas, it was not meant to be. You know those people who just have weird things that happen to them ALL THE TIME? That's ME!!! So, I gingerly lifted my sandaled foot to kick the ball with genteel precision, WHEN...


my foot landed with an unlady-like thud against the ball, throwing me off balance, and finally rolling out from under my foot alltogether, the whole miserable scene's grand finale being me-on the ground-laughing hysterically in order to not cry hysterically!!!! I wasn't hurt in the least. Well, maybe my pride, but I just looked up at my mom (who, by the way, was definitely laughing at me) and begged her to help me up. As for the rest of the crowd, I don't think too many people saw it. They were all too busy staring, mouths agape, at the little Hispanic girl who was scoring goals every other minute, sometimes more. Needless to say, we lost...