This weekend marked the start of the league baseball tournament. I have to say that my kid, and I know that he's mine, but.........he really had an excellent season. He pitched really well, blasted the ball and had some awesome outfield plays! So so proud am I and I cannot wait for next spring to do it all over again and watch him grow even more but we have to get through one week of nothing to do and then we begin the GRUELLING football season!!! Which by the way I CANNOT wait for either!!! The "Boys of Fall" song by Kenny Chesney really rings true to these boys. What I did find out during this season is that I have become one of those parents that I swore that I would never be. You all know the ones that I am talking about, we hoop, we holler and yes, oh yes, we get mad. Especially mad when the adults from the other teams are far worse than the kids and end up making our kids nervous wrecks. I found out finally today, during what became the last few games of our tournament that I really am the parent that is better off taking a seat high up on the bleachers away from everyone else so that I can bitch to myself without anyone hearing and also so that I can keep myself from making my own child a nervous wreck. Yes, I know that many of you who read this will be thinking to yourselves....."Sara, get mad? Sara yell? Sara freak out? HAHAHA!!! Oh little do you all know that secretely I am a very competitive person and I am far more competitive if its my kid out there that you all are trying to distract. Although I have also learned that I am probably far more distracting for my sweet boy than anyone else. He is so awesome at most things he does that I have trouble remembering that he is 9! I fully admit this! Not trying to candy coat on my behalf at all. He knows how I am because he is actually tons like me. ( We won't tell him I said that though!) Gets upset when not doing his best and blames himself for mistakes that aren't even his. This....is me to a tee! BUT......what cracked me up the most is that he hopped in the car and on the way home after being out in the heat and playing back to back games for a total of 5 hours he says......."well mom......that sucked!" But......there's always next year and by the way can we stop at DQ cuz grandpa gave me twenty bucks for doing so well this seaon!" Talk about priorities! Not to mention some good ol' fashioned spirit! Then 5 minutes later, his sister, who I think is asleep in the back rips a HUGE fart....no reaction.....then I hear her start to giggle and the baby sister who I also think is asleep says."EW GROSS....Livi tooted! Then it happens again and they are back there just laughing these big belly laughs and Chase is practically falling over in his seat! All is good in the world people, win or lose as long as you have an excellent point of view and a damn good sense of humor! And.....according to my children and my awesome uncle.....there is nothing funnier and nothing that can make you forget your woes like like letting one rip!!!!
Good Lord! Happy Weekend to Everyone!
Mom, Momma, Mommy
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