Weekly Review and Preview

So, once again, most of the soccer was canceled due to poor weather - rain, rain, rain, soggy fields. Emily did have one game which she played in for about 6 minutes. Suzy had one practice which was moved indoors and one outside. James had one practice. Suzy has a game tomorrow morning, but I imagine it will be canceled. James has a game scheduled Saturday afternoon too, but he will be working at the vineyard instead.

David had commencement pictures taken on Thursday night. Cap and gown over a dark suit. :-)

Emily went to the oral surgeon for a final consultation and to schedule her surgery. It will be after soccer season at the beginning of June and she will have 6 teeth removed.

Taught my LAST writing classes of the spring on Thursday. Now just to grade the last stacks of papers and I can relax. Yeah, I know. lol

4/21 Sunday - Kids Work, Church
Monday - Work 4, Lessons, Karate, Soccer (J-AWAY game)
Tuesday - Work 4, Lessons, Soccer (S,J-practice, E-AWAY game)
 Wednesday - Work 5, Lessons, Church
Thursday - Work 4, Karate, Soccer (S-practice), Road Trip (D,B)
Friday - Work 3, Lessons, Park Day, Soccer (E-Home game), Road Trip (D,B)
Saturday - Speak at Convention (L) Soccer (S,J-home games, E-practice), Road Trip (D,B)

As I sit here Friday afternoon and write, the wind is howling outside and my yard is flooded. Let us hope that the weather improves next week. Showers are in the forecast Tuesday and Wednesday, however, so my expectations are low. With 5 soccer games (2 away) and 4 practices scheduled for the upcoming week, it sure would be nice to have dry fields and sunshine!

On Thursday morning, David and Bob plan to head out to Saint Louis, Missouri, to see part of the FIRST Robotics National Championships. David is not on the robotics team this year, though he really does wish it would have worked out for him to participate. He still feels an affinity for his team and they made it to Nationals this year! So, he is going to go cheer them on and be part of the whole experience. Taking the trip together will, I hope, be a memorable father-son bonding experience for them.

Next Saturday, I will be giving two seminars on writing at a local homeschool conference - one is on ACT essays and the other is how to evaluate your child's writing. I made those plans before Bob and David made THEIR plans to go out of town, so I will be relying on the kindness of friends to get my kids to their soccer events on Saturday.

Going to be reading Bleak House coming up here soon for book club. That is nearly 1000 pages of Dickens. I like Dickens, but it is a bit overwhelming at this point in my life since there is so much going on before the end of May.