Been a Very Busy Summer So Far
So, what explains my very long absence from Blogworld? Did I fall off the Earth? No. Did I spend the last two-ish months trying to escape from aliens who abducted me? No, not really. Did my children lock me in my room, with no possible way of escaping? Ha, I WISH... No, the only way of explaining why I've been MIA for so long can be summed up quite well by three words: Little League Baseball. And I know that if there are any parents out there who have fallen prey to this hellish nightmare, they will immediately understand why I fell into a black hole for so long.
The boys begged and begged us incessantly to sign them up for this so-called "recreational league" and against my better intentions, I caved and let them play. I too played baseball (and mostly softball) for a few years while growing up. And even though I'm sure my schedule was not nearly as horrific as their's turned out to be, I still remember spending alot of time at the ball field.
Well, because this year the weather wasn't nice to us and many of the games were rained out, the powers that be within the Little League decided they should reschedule the rain games. BUT instead of say, extending the schedule a week or so, they came up with the ingenious idea of cramming several games into the same week, with double-headers galore... not to mention the 8-9:45pm games scheduled for the first graders (because that's when seven year-olds are really on their game, right?).
You can't tell I'm slightly bitter, can you? Yeah, I thought it was a bit obvious...
For the past two months now, baseball has consumed 97% of our waking lives (the other 3% going towards work). We've spent up to 5 days/ nights (any combo of the two) a week living at the ball fields. Most nights, I find myself rushing out of work, cussing my way through rush hour traffic, so I can meet up with the rest of the Fam at the fields, where we spend the next 2-4 hours.
Besides living my own personal hell (otherwise known as baseball), we have been up to a couple fun things, as well.
My nephew, Eric, was married over Memorial Day weekend. Aidan was ring bearer and looked oh-so dashing in his tux. He milked his GQ style for all it was worth, too. He had committed to the goal of dancing with each woman at the reception ONLY ONCE, and managed to work his way around to a good majority of the ladies there. I got my ONE dance with my little man, and that was it- cut off after that.
Aidan loved dressing up (this from the boy who went through a phase of wanting to wear a shirt and tie everywhere)-- he thought he looked like Indiana Jones in his tux and was terribly disappointed when he found out that no, the tux was not his to keep, and yes, it would be going back the next day.
The other bright spot to the summer so far was Babypalooza 2009 in Chicago. My college roommate, Tammy, found me a while back (thanks to Crackbook, I mean Facebook) and we've been corresponding ever since. Soon after we reconnected I found out that she and her husband, Chad, were expecting TWINS (!!!) and Conni (my other college roommate and close friend) and I were invited to her shower.
Last Saturday, we drove up (and then back same-day) to her shower, which was held in this very quaint restaurant, La Crepery, where we then spent all afternoon stuffing ourselves full of some really great food (and I drank quite an impressive amount of mimosa). It was so great to see her again after 15 years, and to meet her hubby and friends. Made me want to move to Chicago, actually... until Conni and I hit the traffic from the Blues Fest.
So, please excuse me if there aren't very many postings until the dust clears (which Thank God it's starting to)-- I feel like for now I am just in survival mode until we get done with baseball and then off to our vacation... Hopefully I can post some great vacation pics once home again...
