Holy smokes, talk about time flyin'by! It feels like I just sat down and wrote the last blog, yet so much more has happened but I can't figure how it all fit in!!
Okay, so we ended up with serving dinner at Benedict House. What a blessing that was. The kids talked about it all week and then my book club started reading Breakfast at Sally's by Richard Lemieux, a local one-time-homeless man, all about his experiences as a homeless person in Bremerton, Wa. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a clearer picture of just what it means to be homeless and who the homeless are. It is a light read as far as literature goes, but it can, at times be a very hard read, as you may recognize yourself throughout the book, in roles you may not be necessarily proud of.
Okay, on to baseball. Well, the first game of the season was postponed. MAJOR BUMMER! Then the powers that be attempted to cancel Saturday's game as well. That was when my magnificent husband/coach and some of his peers stepped up and declared that enough was a enough. Our players were tough enough that we didn't need a "perfectly groomed" field to play on, we would play in the pasture next door, just let us PLAY! And they did! Talk about a bunch of excited players. They were almost as hyped up as their coach! Of course, the day dawned gloomy and stormy. Humor was low in the Thomassen household as we ran a few errands (trying to find a door with a window for our exterior bedroom door, or at least a decent storm/screen door). We did, however, discover the joys of the Mobile Library on our rounds. We had stopped at Albertson's to pick up some supplies, and as usual, the boys wanted to stay in the car and read rather than be seen in public with their parental units. I noticed the BookMobile was in the parking lot so asked Mac if he would mind returning the few library books I had been carrying around in the front seat of the car for the past week. Well, suffice it to say, by the time we got back to the car, Mac was still in the BookMobile, checking out a new load of books! We may have discovered a new Saturday morning tradition!
But back to the game....as we drove up to the field the rain drop ceased, as we knew they would (we had been praying on the way, you see) and we proceeded to play a dry game! The kids were so cute and full of energy (I know, yes, that was ME that said that). Of course, many crash courses in coaching were taken that day....I have to keep stats? There is a rotation? Home team is responsible for what? I thought we were Visitor? Rake the field? Where are the rakes? What is the combination to the field shed? Which field shed is OURS? There are FIVE locks on the field shed!!??We have to put down the chalk lines? Where is the bathroom? How do you get 13 little butts to stay in order on the bench? Which one is Carter and where is COOPER!!!! Needless to say, that was one appreciated adult beverage we shared when we got home! Did I mention it started to rain the minute the last child was handed his snack after the game?
The rest of the day was spent playing the Wii, reconfiguring baseball lineups and teaching Mac how to create his own blog. Now, it took me a good day or two to get the basics down on my own....you would think I would have been able to whip his out in a matter of an hour or two. HA HA HA AH HA HA HA HA HA!!!! Anyway, be on the look out for On Being Mac, coming to a computer near you. I believe this to be more of an exercise for me in allowing him creative freedom, than it is for him in expressing himself. We have decided to allow Noah to continue on with Facebook for now after spending several hours forcing him to read about what can happen to people (namely unsuspecting kids) on social networking sights. Regina and Debbie? Any more good stories? He was a little concerned when he was invited to be a friend of a family member, only she didn't look anything like the family member he was used to. She had posted a picture in which she had changed her appearance using makeup and a hairstyle that he was not familiar with. We then had a long talk about how people will use the internet to pretend to be someone that they really are not (this family member wasn't, she just doesn't normally wear makeup, apparently), but you are forced to assume they are really like that. And what can happen as a result. I feel horrible that kids are having to learn lessons like this at 9 years old. I just want them to be able to be kids and enjoy computers like toys. Not have to learn how they might be used like weapons against them....
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