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.