Hoy es el Cinco de Mayo!

Funny how the independence day for one country is celebrated in another. I mean, it's not like Canada celebrates the Fourth of July! Oh well, time for us crazy Americans to celebrate with tacos, nachos and Margaritas!

I hope to be doing my 'celebrating' a bit later this evening, as the Bullets have a game at 7:30 tonight. We finally take on North Hunterdon in a game that has postponed once and nearly postponed again. The team we are playing is currently mired in the bottom of our flight, not having won yet and only scoring two goals so far. I'm hoping our boys can really open up and work off the rust since we haven't had any practices in awhile and only played in 2 games so far this season. Whatever we do tonight, we have to remember that we are playing this same team again on Sunday at their place, so we don't want to rub it in if we do get ahead early. We should have a full squad for tonight, since there are no baseball games to drag away our kids. There is a possibility that the other team won't have a full squad and we may have to play down a few men to accommodate that. I just hope that we can find enough playing time to keep everyone happy. I also hope that our 'favorite' weeknight referee (Paul Baldassare) isn't working the game. While I respect what Paul does as a fellow coach and board member, the games he officiates always degenerates into a brawl which does nothing for the kids and incites the parents and coaches.

In other soccer news, I spoke to our club president last night and he would like me to be the primary club evaluator for my son's team during the tryouts at the end of the month. I wouldn't have to structure the drills etc, as there would be a trainer from United Soccer Academy there doing that and making the primary evaluations. While I'm glad that Al is confident in my abilities to make judgments that affect our team, I'm concerned that I'll be able to keep up and be totally objective when judging kids I know both on and off the field all year long. I'm sure I'll manage.

In other news, things at home are changing day by day. For whatever reason Suzie has been snoring a whole lot less. It is almost non existent now, sometimes to the degree that I have to make sure she is really there! Of course, just after I told her this yesterday, last night was a snore-a-palooza! Must be allergies etc. She has also been in a very chipper mood lately. I think the fact that things at work have finally calmed down for her now that they have an extra staffer and her boss is back full time just make things that much easier for her. It also means she doesn't come home from the office all stressed out. Now if I could just get the kids to stop their incessant whining, crying and back talk things might actually be enjoyable at home!


I heard from my parents within the last week. It sounds like Mom and Dad are enjoying all there new found wealth and leisure time. Dad bought a new digital camera that he hopes to be able to take extreme closeups with and mom finally got the Murphy bed she has been longing for. The have also planned a trip to see 'us' and while they are here, all their dancing friends and their favorite slots in Atlantic City. ;-)

I also heard from my sister. She is dropping her unlimited long distance since it is costing them more than they can afford right now. I know what they are going through with Mike being out of work along with all the expenses of a newborn. It's hard with them being so far away, there is so much we could do to help them if they were closer but that just isn't the case. Oh well, C'est la vie!

One more note about my relatives, I got an e-mail from my Aunt Lynn in Michigan. It seems that she left a pot of wax on the stove (don't ask me why) and forgot about it. By the time she had realized it a small fire had broken out. Foolishly she tried to pour water on it...which just made it worse. But even more dangerously and foolishly she then proceeded to get her menagerie of pets out of the house and call her husband BEFORE she called 911! I'm sure my fathers head was exploding when he heard about that!

Ok, enough babbling for now.


Till next time,