What We Call Life: Softball and Sprinklers

Last weekend Travis participated in a softball tournament. His work sponsored a team for the fundraiser which was for a local boy who has cancer. There were a lot of teams there which equals a really long tournament, especially when you are guaranteed 4 games. Travis' first game was Friday at 6:00. If the wind wasn't blowing it would have been amazing but we are having gale force winds here lately. It was hard for the team to get some really good hits because they were hitting into the wind this game. Unfortunately, Jones and DeMille lost their first game which meant they played again at 10:00 PM. That was a little too late for me and Sawyer so after dinner at Winger's Travis took us home. I wish I could have been at this game because there were home runs, great plays, and funny moments but to no avail they still lost even though it was a lot closer of a game. The next big game was at 8:00 AM. It was an early morning but the weather was perfect, no wind, not too hot, and not a lot of people. There was a playground at the fields so Sawyer got to play until his little heart was content. Sawyer is not a very adventurous little tyke. He would go up and down the stairs of the play ground but he wouldn't go through the tunnels or down the slides. He kept wanting me to go with him but this pregnant lady just won't fit. I can't remember the outcome of the 8:00 game but we had another game nonetheless at 12:00 PM. To pass the time we did a little shopping and got better acquainted with Richfield. The wind had picked up for the second game. Not cool but at least it wasn't extremely hot yet, yet is the key word. We had a little lunch before this game which made everybody a little more agreeable. The game was fun to watch and I do believe they won this game. Travis pitched most of the games for his team. I get so nervous when he pitches. There are many times line drives are coming right at the pitchers head. Scares me to death but Travis has amazing reflexes he assures me. During this game Travis hurt his calf. He can make it through the Ragnar but the softball tournament did some damage. Since the victory in the 12:00 game they played again at 4:00 PM. We came home to play in the sprinklers to cool off a bit before 4:00. The 4:00 game was pretty warm but fortunately I found some shade to sit in close to the playground because there was no way Sawyer was not going to play during the game. Jones and DeMille ended up losing their last game. They did get T-shirts for their efforts which was good because there were a lot of injuries on the team. Travis' calf, another co-worker pulled his hamstring, there was a back injury, a shoulder injury and a stiff neck from catching a ball and rolling. Who knew softball could be so painful?