the agony of defeat

Last night was the playoffs for flag football and it wasn't pretty. We were playing the same team as last week, the winless I MC HAMMER, and we were confident that we could handle them as easily as last week. I guess we were saving too much energy for the following games (playing for the championship would have taken three games in a row) and we weren't in sync, and we lost. It was pretty embarrassing. Also, the refs did everything in their power to screw us, but honestly, we didn't deserve the win (although we might well have gotten it if the refs had been paying attention). So instead of our anticipated rematch against McLovin' for the title, we were done before eight o'clock. I had a cooler full of water and Gatorade in preparation for the long night, and it was untouched. I gave it away to the team that had just beaten us because they were NOT expecting to have another game to play after ours. I don't know what happened after our game, because we all went home. :( The only bright spot was that I had two good catches, and Matt had an amazing deep ball catch (along with some other catches). Oh, and Mom, Dad, Susie, and Luke came to the game, and it's always fun to have them come, even though we didn't put on a good show for them.

In more fun news, I am going to California tomorrow! Mom, Aunt Lisa, Cousin Katie and I leave tomorrow morning and get back late on Wednesday night. It should be fun (the cool weather won't be bad either!).

Lisa's visit with Miles was a fun highlight of the week. She got into town mid-day Tuesday and brought Carolyn over to the house for an afternoon of chatting (while Miles napped). Then we headed over to Mom and Dad's for Amore dinner, where Matt was able to join us. Miles amused himself playing with the Mardi Gras beads. On Wednesday, Lisa and I took Miles over to Carolyn's for lunch - we picked up potato soup from Cisco, yum! - and Susie was able to come and eat and chat with us. She's an honorary great aunt for Miles ever since she helped take care of him last August when Carolyn was sick. And Carolyn loves her (who doesn't love Susie though?) and so she was thrilled and tickled that Susie came. After lunch, Lisa and I took Miles swimming in Carolyn's pool, which was extra special when one considers that both Lisa and I swam in that pool in our childhood. Lisa headed back to Austin on Wednesday afternoon, so it was a short but sweet visit. Miles is getting to be such a little boy now! He walks with much more confidence and gets much more interesting all the time. He followed Piper all around the house - she would walk temptingly in front of him, keeping about 18 inches between them most of the time. Pene and Miles were very interested in each other, but the size difference is still too great (and Pene too enthusiastic) so they had to observe each other with a door or crate between them. Otherwise Pene might have found out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Miles.