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No apologies from me for attributing the lack of blogging over the past
\ncouple of days to Ph. His sports schedule has gone wild–a track match
\nyesterday, an indoor soccer meet this evening. Wait, what? What’s this?
\nTwo<\/i> soccer matches tonight? Yes, in fact, without any advance notice,
\nPh.’s indoor soccer team played matches at 7:00 p.m. and then at 8:00 p.m.
\ntonight. The 8:00 p.m. game was worth sticking around for, even if it was
\nunplanned: a 5-1 win in the championship of their indoor season. And despite the
\nrigor musculus<\/i> afflicting him from yesterday’s track meet, gym class
\ntoday, track practice this afternoon, and a semifinal game to warm up for the
\nchampionship game, Ph. managed to net a goal and an assist. Whether or not he
\ncan bend his knees or touch his toes is another matter altogether. Of
\ncourse, I won’t get into the number of times he claims to have practiced<\/i>
\nthe long jump before actually competing in the same event at yesterday’s meet.
\nLet’s just say far far too many<\/i>. Tomorrow it’s an invitational track meet
\nwhere it’ll be the long jump, the 110 high hurdles, and one of the relays. And
\nthroughout all of the car rides from here to there and back again, he has my own
\nH.S. track narratives as Icy Hot for sore muscles: the personal best 12′ 8" I recorded (springs
\nin those shoes?) as a sophomore is certain to make him feel better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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