Softball & Other Stuff

We are nearing the end of regular season play. One more week for the big girls and two more for Rowan. Then the tourney begins for the olders. Double elimination. We are already getting excited. Barrett & Afton's team, the Diablas, has really had a great season so far: undefeated and one tie (if you don't count their exhibition 2-inning game on opening day, which doesn't count. They lost that one).

Afton is excited to finally play next week after missing most of the season with her broken foot. She got the boot off 8 days ago, but the doctor said she couldn't run right away, so she's still been waiting, waiting, waiting. She'll get to play in the last two regular season games next week and the tourney, so at least she'll get in a little action. She's been practicing with the team ever since she got out of the cast and into the boot, and she's been the team's #1 fan all season. She's fully dressed out in her uniform every game, leading the dugout cheers and making everyone laugh. She is seriously so funny. She cracks me up when I see her sporting the backward "rally cap" helmet most games, which all the girls rub for good luck. But hey, so far, so good. It seems to be working.

Sadly, we think Barrett might have broken her finger at tonight's game. She was playing third and the runner on second came in hard on a steal and cleated Barrett pretty good on her glove hand. I didn't even know she was hurt, as she just shook it off, finished the inning, then got up to bat and nailed it hard. It wasn't until after her team finished batting that she came over with teary eyes and a very swollen finger to show me the problem. By the time we got home tonight (around 9:45), it was really swelling up bad and starting to bruise. Who knows - maybe it's just a bad sprain, but it doesn't look good. Not good at all. She iced it at the game and again before bed. Ryan is out camping tonight and has no reception so he doesn't even know.

So we may be spending tomorrow morning at the doctor's office getting x-rays and splints. No fun. I can think of a zillion other things I'd rather do. And I have a zillion things planned for tomorrow already...and addressing a broken finger is not on that list...

We are hoping to still see "Soul Surfer" tomorrow with the kids and a couple of their softball friends. We've been planning it for a couple of weeks now and everyone is itching to see the shark attack scene where the girl loses her arm. The previews look really good. Tomorrow is also my dad's birthday and Costco shopping for all the Easter fruit day, and a long run day, and prep for 6th grade science camp day (yes, I'm going up with Barrett as a cabin mom next week) and Easter Saturday morning prep day (the Easter Bunny comes on Saturday at our house) and finishing up some very urgent RMB work day, and finish putting my "bathroom in the hall" stuff back in the bathroom day, and oh yes, the kids will be home all day day...

No, the broken hand thing doesn't fit super well into that already way too full day. I'd say that things will just have to spill over to Saturday (and they might), but that day is already scheduled too. But just as it always does, it will all work out. Many things just won't get done and we'll all live.