SATURDAY BEGAN AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT SOCCER... MOLLY'S TEAM WAS INVOLVED IN A TOURNAMENT ACROSS TOWN... I THOUGHT IT WAS A LOCAL DEAL WITH A COUPLE DOZEN TEAMS... (WRONG!). THIS WAS A HUGE TOURNAMENT FOR KIDS IN ALL AGE GROUPS AND NOT JUST KANSAS EITHER (THERE WERE CARS FROM IOWA AND MISSOURI ALSO)... THE "COMPLEX" THIS WAS HELD AT HAD 18 FIELDS AND ALL WERE IN USE! AND IN USE ALL DAY TOO! IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE MASS OF PLAYERS AND SOCCER MOMS AND DADS (AND MAY I ADD, THERE ARE SOME VERY LOVELY SOCCER MOMS IN KANSAS...)
MOLLY HAD A GAME IN THE MORNING AND THEN ANOTHER GAME LATER IN THE DAY SO IN BETWEEN WE ESCAPED AND MIKE TOOK US ON A TOUR OF DOWNTOWN AND WE PARKED BY THE MISSOURI RIVER AND TOOK SOME PICTURES... THE WEATHER IS STILL UNSEASONABLY WARM (HIGHS IN THE 70'S...). THE AFTERNOON GAME WAS EXCITING. THE GIRLS HELD THEIR OWN AGAINST AN OLDER TEAM. I CAUGHT SOME SERIOUS RAYS STANDING ON THE SIDELINES...
WE DINED IN THE "DINING ROOM" AND RETIRED TO THE DOWNSTAIRS AND MIKE LIT THE FIRST FIRE OF THE SEASON (I AM TRULY HONORED)... WE THEN SAT AND WATCHED THE TEXAS-TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL GAME (GREAT ENDING!) AND ENJOYED THE FIRE AND TALKED... ALL IN ALL, A PRETTY TYPICAL DAY IN SUBURBAN KANSAS CITY... THIS EXPOSURE TO THE FAMILY LIFE HAS BEEN PRETTY EYE OPENING... I'M USED TO HAVING TO DO EVERYTHING FOR MYSELF, BUT I ADMIRE THE HARD WORK AND PLANNING AND SELF-SACRIFICING THAT THESE FAMILIES EXHIBIT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS... AND THEY EACH WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO ADD IN SOME QUALITY TIME FOR THE "TRAVELER." BIG PROPS TO ALL INVOLVED AND I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR COMPANY...
ON A WEIRD NOTE, I AM OFFICIALLY "HOMELESS" ON NOVEMBER 1, 2008... MY LEASE IN NEW JERSEY EXPIRED ON 10/31/08 AND MY ARIZONA LEASE BEGINS ON 11/15/08... SO "HOBO JIM" MAKES HIS ROAD DEBUT STARTING MONDAY... GOT TO DECIDE WHERE THE NEXT LEG OF THE TRIP LEADS....
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