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Busy weekend but a good one
Friday p.m. was entertaining three kids which really started with dodge ball on Thursday but that isn’t a weekend day.
Saturday
Then up very early on Saturday for a PTA dodge ball tournament which went on longer than most of us thought it would but it was a good time. The dodge ball oneders placed second over all.
Saturday early p.m. - such a beautiful afternoon which I spend outside cleaning up my yard from the supermodel tree and drama tree. The supermodel tree is the magnolia and the drama tree is … well I’m not exactly sure what sort of a tree. I call the magnolia the supermodel tree because while it is nice to look at and smells good it is a pain in the ass most of the time and requires a lot of upkeep.
The drama tree is pretty and in the way it saves it leaves until every other tree has shed it’s leaves then decides once you have raked the yard completely and think you are done with the yard work it will find the worst weather week then all at once shed 99 percent of the leaves. It does this to let me know it’s in the yard with the supermodel tree and can be a pain in my ass too.
I tell the trees regularly I own a saw and pruning shears. They laugh at me and continue to drop their crap (leaves) in my yard.
Crab grass sucks in case you didn’t know. Sucks a lot.
Saturday late p.m.
The Virginia High school League basketball championship series. I really don’t care a bit about basketball and care less about it now than I did before
You are probably asking if you hate basketball so much why were you there. Because my daughter is a cheerleader and I go to be supportive of what she does to see her do what she likes doing. She does a great job and I’m glad she isn’t a flyer on her squad because I think my heart would stop. The one girl who is captain and a flyer does this back arch leg thing standing on leg then vaults off into this spinning fall to a catch by the base members of the squad. The job of the base is far more complicated than you might think. My daughter explained it to me and I was in awe of her explaining a thing she does in her life and makes look easy that is far more complicated.
They do practice a lot and it shows I worried seeing the other squads doing lifts and things and appeared to be very unstable. Because as the back of one of my daughters t-shirts says… “In other sports if you miss the catch all you do is drop a ball.”
The point of the night was not the cheering squads, it was the basketball team or teams as there were many game being played. I saw a bit of the game before and the game with the school which my daughter is a student. They one and move on to the final four.
The distracting thing was how unfairly some athletes play their sports. Basketball is not a contact sport. There is some contact but it is not a contact sport. However, the way the game is played now is a disgrace. I understand evolution of the game but deliberate chops, pushes, shoves, leg blocks, how many steps can you take now before it’s traveling?? I think its five, … well it’s five depending on what team you are on. My daughters school did foul but they were accidental going for the ball fouls. The other team had two plays foul out of the game and two other with four fouls and two others with at least three each.
I was glad to see this hatchet squad to get beaten. Their coach should not be allowed to coach because he either can’t control his players or he is teaching them to play like hacks, either way its not good sportsmanship.
One other thing when did player stop having to raise their hand in acknowledgement of a foul. When I learned the game if you were called for a foul you had to raise your hand to acknowledge the foul. To own it. You made a mistake and you had to say I made this error.
There was other evidence earlier in the day too at the dodge ball event. One of my teammates overheard a parent telling their kid don’t go out unless the ref calls you out. This was a fundraiser for fun. Go out on the honor system, you know when the ball hits you go out own it. I understand you may not realize you’ve stepped out of bounds but you know when you’re hit.
Sportsmanship is dying and I think it has hit me more seeing the Olympics which this year seemed to be free of any doping, un-sportsman like conduct, and athletic controversy. To seeing so many sports tainted by ego, cheating, and ill will toward competitors.
Kudos to my daughters school and the one girls team which played before them who also beat a team which was going far and beyond acceptable play and court behavior. They did play a good game and rather than wallow in the mud, they and their coaches, played a good clean game.
My daughter will be going to Richmond with her team for the final four and have those memories for later in life.
Saturday was full of adventure
Sunday
Chores mainly not nearly as exciting but I did get a good bit done around the house.
In other news…
So far the Oscar’s this year really sort of blow. Like a lot.
One more week in league play …coming this week. Then the tournament for the league then it’s Kickball… woo hoo…
That’s all for now other stuff tomorrow, have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood.
Ciao,
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