I hate the false lives people in movies lead. Any movie dealing with kids playing football shows them on any given day hanging out with friends, working a side job, hanging out at the beach, or any other assorted extracurricular activity other than football. That is just false, when you play football, you belong to the coaches and that life. I don't feel we have had a break since the summer when Baby A started working out seriously for this season. I am proud of what he has done and he has transformed himself into this strong animal that is a lot different than the baby faced 8th grader I saw in an old picture from just a few years ago. But still, there is no real downtime for him on any given week and being that we are very involved in his life, that means we are at his beck and call, so we don't have much time for anything else.
School goes on all day from 8:30am when I drop him off until 5:00pm. From this point, they have practice until the sun goes down pretty much. I got out of work early Monday or Tuesday and was thinking we could go have dinner but by the time we got to practice and they got out, it was already closer to 8:00pm. All we managed was picking up some subs and going home to eat in front of the TV. By the time we get home, and eat, it is already getting close to 9:00pm and Wife starts thinking about going to bed. This is pretty much our routine all week long. Games on Friday finish around 10:30pm but by the time they get back to school and drop off their gear, it is good if we are home before midnight. This is okay, I guess when games are on Friday, but this week they play on Thursday, so it is going to be rough for Wife, she still has to get up around 5:00am to leave for work by 6:00am. Next week is a bye week, meaning no game, and at least the coach has told them they will have a couple days off, so that's something to look forward to. Most Saturdays though, are controlled by the morning game film study, which they do take seriously and goes for at least two hours from 10:00am to noon or so.
We are past the halfway point of the season, so at least we know it is coming to an end soon, and with Mijo having gotten injured and still not 100%, I will be glad when it ends, but the wrestling season has already been posted and it starts in November 17. Since the last football game on the schedule is November 5, there is only one full week off in between and it will probably be when they start intensive wrestling training. Well, the wrestling season goes until February, maybe we can relax then, unless he goes out for track and field. Busy busy busy, and we are along for the ride.
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