Once Again It Is Soccer Season

September 14, 2008

Once again it is soccer season. Yesterday we played our second game of the season and let me tell you by the end we were all about ready to quit. Our game was to start at 10:00. We all arrived at the field at 10:00 and set up our chairs under a nice tree knowing that we would have to move them when the game started. Once it looked like the game was going to start we moved our chairs closer to the field. After sitting around for a little while the coach came up and told us that our game had been rescheduled for 11:00 and that we would be playing on a completely different field. We decided to pack up the chairs and head to Greg's parents house so Greg could get some things done. Once again at 11:00 we headed back over to the soccer field. We set up our chairs and sent the kids out to practice. After awhile we noticed that there were three teams trying to warm up on the field. After much discussion it turned out that our team was in the wrong place. So once again we packed up our chairs and moved over to the second field. The kids headed out onto the field and started to warm up, but once again there was three teams warming up. Our couch finally got the game scheduler on the phone and asked her what was going on. She apologized that she didn't call us, but our game had been moved to 12:00. As you can imagine some parents didn't not react well to this. When I told Greg we had to move the chairs again he refused to move. I finally grabbed a couple of chairs and the kids and headed over to the new field. Greg finally came over after stewing for a couple of minutes. By now the kids were getting hungry so Greg went to get Forrest something to eat and drop Eliza off at his parents. At 12:00 we moved over to our field and it was finally time to play our game. Of course by now all the kids were tired from running around for the past two hours. There was a lot of tears and when will this game be over. The worst part is we lost two of our players because of other conflicts so only one kid could sit out at a time. Forrest was horrible. It is hard to see your kid acting so bad when you know they can act better than that. I think everyone was just grateful when it was all over. Of course when the game was over and all the kids got their treats they all went running off the field. So much for being tired.