Thursday, April 26, 2007
Meets, Matches, Trophies
No apologies from me for attributing the lack of blogging over the past couple of days to Ph. His sports schedule has gone wild--a track match yesterday, an indoor soccer meet this evening. Wait, what? What's this? Two soccer matches tonight? Yes, in fact, without any advance notice, Ph.'s indoor soccer team played matches at 7:00 p.m. and then at 8:00 p.m. tonight. The 8:00 p.m. game was worth sticking around for, even if it was unplanned: a 5-1 win in the championship of their indoor season. And despite the rigor musculus afflicting him from yesterday's track meet, gym class today, track practice this afternoon, and a semifinal game to warm up for the championship game, Ph. managed to net a goal and an assist. Whether or not he can bend his knees or touch his toes is another matter altogether. Of course, I won't get into the number of times he claims to have practiced the long jump before actually competing in the same event at yesterday's meet. Let's just say far far too many. Tomorrow it's an invitational track meet where it'll be the long jump, the 110 high hurdles, and one of the relays. And throughout all of the car rides from here to there and back again, he has my own H.S. track narratives as Icy Hot for sore muscles: the personal best 12' 8" I recorded (springs in those shoes?) as a sophomore is certain to make him feel better.