What was lost, now is found

Father-to-Be
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It’s been a while since I’ve been able to post anything – part of it because of being so busy, and part of it because I got lazy over the weekend during my few hours off for father’s day. Overall, it was a strange and hectic weekend – Shari was dealing with a migraine that started Thursday night and went all the way through mid-day Sunday; only steroids seemed to finally knock it out. She was mostly out of commission, and there was little that I could do. Having suffered through weekly migraines as a kid (I got them 4-5 times a month), I can understand how much that must have sucked, even though I have almost no experience with multi-day migraines.

That unfortunately meant that she was out of commission for the two graduation parties we had this weekend. Two of my cousins were graduating – Sarah from the University of Colorado, and Megan from high school. Interestingly, Sarah is embarking on a big journey – the day after her graduation party, she was getting on a play to begin a 2-year plus stint in the Peace Corps. She’ll be in Ecuador helping set up and maintain health care for smaller villages. Ironically, one of my other cousins – Becky, Megan’s sister – will also be going down to Ecuador on an exchange program at the same time as Sarah. They’re from different sides of my family, but they’ve met on several occassions. I doubt they’ll be in the same place at the same time very often, but since Becky will be studying in Quito (the capital), it’s likely they’ll have the chance to get together on those rare occasions that Sarah comes back to town. Seems funny to have two close relatives in the same foreign country like this. And my sister and brother-in-law are heading to Ecuador around Thanksgiving. It will be like a mini-family reunion down there!

Father’s Day was pretty mellow, too, for the same reason. She was a trooper and wanted to go out birding, but we stuck close to home in case she got worse. But it wasn’t a bad time out – not much to see, but we still had fun and I was loving it as she was getting visibly better from the medicine. There’s no greater hell than watching your wife (or children) feeling like crap and have little to nothing that you can do to make it better. Except maybe being forced to watch Lawrence Welk while in that situation.

To finish out father’s day, my stepson Blair did something incredibly nice for me. He’s always been closer to his father (I only showed up when he was 13, so it’s not surprising), and we’ve struggled to connect at times. We could pal around okay, but it was when a father-figure/authority was needed that things got hairy and often tense. That being said, he surprised me when he asked if I would be free for a father’s day dinner at a local restaurant. That was a nice gesture, but the motivation behind it was more moving – as he told his mom, although I wasn’t his biological father, I was paying his way through college and he wanted to show that he appreciated that I was doing it. It meant a lot to know that he felt that way – and dinner was fantastic, too. Too bad I can’t write a review on the restaurant (Cork), because he works there and we don’t want to stir up and problems.

Softball Doings

Then, on Monday, we had another softball game. Unfortunately, we were playing against CBS Radio Philly (aka the guys who do 610WIP Sports Talk Radio), and they were … good, as expected. We didn’t play badly (save for a base-running blunder or two), but when they are getting everything you hit like semi-pro players, it’s hard to win. We’re 3-6 now, and even if we win the last two games we’ll be hard-pressed to make the playoffs. But never say never, right?

HITTING FIELDING
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1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Did Not Play
3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0
4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 3 3 0 0
5 1 0 .000 1 1 0 0
6 Did Not Play
7 1 1 1 1 1 1.000 3 1 1 1
8 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0
9 1 0 0 0 0 .000 3 1 0 0
Ttl 7 3 1 0 0 2 2 .428 14 6 1 1
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4 Responses to “What was lost, now is found

  • Blair sounds like a good kid. Father is a broader term than most understand, kind of like “brother”.

  • I’m sorry to hear about Shari’s migraine — those always suck. But I’m glad you had a good weekend and a good father’s day in particular. Nice shot of the bird enjoying his father’s day, too!

  • This is the time of year we all have grad parties! Busy time of the year for sure and sorry to hear about Shari’s migraines! Hope she is feeling better!

  • It sucks that Shari was sick for most of the weekend, but I’m glad you had a good weekend overall. That’s great that your stepson invited you for dinner. Entering any child’s life (especially a boy’s) during the teenage years must be difficult. The fact that he seems to respect you and appreciate how you’re helping to support him is great. Even if you two don’t always get along, I’m sure he’s also happy that you love his mom so much. 🙂

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