Well this week has been a bit crazy, but we got through it. My wife had to go out of town for a few days and with five kids all involved in different activities (except the girls, they've been staying together for now) that meant a fair amount of running around for me. I had to get help from a few friends here and there and that definitely made things easier. So, thanks, Friends!
The boys' baseball teams are doing well and the younger one's Tball team has already inspired one essay to completion and I have another one started. Now, I'm no Rick Reilly (to me, the best sports essayist there is) but it is nice to be inspired, regardless. I don't know if I'll be able to write about my older son's baseball team, because some of those kids get MAD.
Ok, THAT kid will make the team in a few years.
I finally finished reading "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" by E.B. Sledge, which is about as funny as it sounds, but I found it really interesting anyway. That book is being used as part of the basis for the HBO miniseries The Pacific, a companion piece to Band of Brothers.
So now we're getting ready for another hectic week with more baseball, lacrosse and gymnastics AND I need another book. Maybe I should just get back to writing one.