Wrestling is over, like it or not, save for the girl going to State, she will be on her way Thursday in preparations for Friday and possibly Saturday. Baby A is now suddenly finding himself full of free time and he does not quite know what to do with all his newfound freedom. I would say since around July, when football practice started getting serious, he has spent most of his free time in a sweaty state representing the Cougars. As parents, we have had the fun of running alongside him, and his involvement means we are involved. I like to say we are almost as tired as he is, say, after a wrestling tournament, when we have been sitting in the stands for 13-14 hours, and he wants to give us attitude about how it is him getting his ass beat. He needs to understand we are in it with him, good or bad.
Now that he isn't at practice for anything, we had to remember that he actually should get picked up at 4:45pm after school. I almost prefer he be at practice, because then Wife can get him when she gets back into town, around 6:30pm. Right now, I am having to leave work at 4:40pm and swinging around in all that rush hour traffic, which is really the worst time to get out for a drive. He was trying to get me to pick him up at 4:30pm, which is when the bell after school rings, but it is way too crazy at that time, with all 1,600 kids trying to leave at the same time. I really aim for 5:00pm, which by then, most of the kids have left and the bus lane is open, which is where I like to drive into to get him, it leads right to the gym and track.
He is actually on a forced break, the coaches told the wrestlers to take two weeks off and heal and rest up before joining the track team, if that is what they are wanting to do. Today, Mijo found himself out by the track, he says most of the wrestlers look like they are going to be out on the track team, he says there were a lot of familiar faces. I like the idea of him doing shotput, it is a total physical activity, and so, it should be right up his alley, he claims to be one of the top three strongest kids at the school, based on his lifting abilities.
Other than that, he enjoyed a basketball game Tuesday night, and he was talking about watching a Soccer game Thursday night, I think it is great that he gets a chance to socialize and just be a teenager for a change. He is so focused and serious when he is competing mode, I think the change of pace is good for him. He is still not sure of he is going to try to join the track team, but whatever he does, we'll be right there with him.
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