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Well, it was another action packed day at basketball. When the first game starts at 3:30 and the last game ends at 9:00 it’s no wonder it’s so easy to get bleacher butt.
Raina’s first game was a nail biter til the end and her team lost by 2 points in the last seconds of the game. It was horrible. Of course the refs were horrible. Randy keeps reminding me, “it’s just a game and the refs are going to suck.” I’ve found that sentence can fit into any cheer. It’s amazing. I think it’s just hard to watch when someone is pushing your daughter, hitting your daughter, smacking her, tripping her etc and there are no calls. I just want to get out there and slap the refs. There was an amazing woman sitting below me in the bleachers who was explaining to her sons that it’s never the refs fault if your team does badly. It does no good to yell and them and tell them they’re blind. I asked her if she gives lessons on how to get over being so angry at games and she said no matter what horrible thing the ref does, find something positive the team did and yell that instead. I’m going to try it.
The East High School girls varsity team won the regional championship last night. They will go on to play in the state game on Tuesday. I think we’re going to have to go to that too.
Raina’s second game wasn’t even really close but Raina played hard and I was proud of her.
We had a big bake sale at work yesterday and so at 3:00 pm when I was ready to leave work, I boxed up all the leftovers and took them to the team as end of season treats. It was a nice treat.
Reanna may have two games over the weekend, one on Saturday and another on Sunday if they win on Saturday. Her team has also been invited to a tournament in Pocatello Idaho and we went on that trip with Raina when she was in fifth grade. It was a blast. Reanna is looking forward to that. It should be a ton of fun.
Yesterday was Valentines and I think we had a good day. Treats for everyone but with all the basketball we didn’t really get a chance to celebrate our love for each other. Hopefully we don’t need to set aside a day just to tell each other we love each other. It seems kind of silly really. It’s something we should do every day.
Hopefully we’ll have a fun filled action packed weekend and after the snowstorm over the last few days that dumped feet of snow all over the valley, there is lots of wet muck that needs to be dealt with. The chicken coop will need to be cleaned out and we’re starting to see the grass come up from under the snow. Spring is on it’s way.
Today I’m struggling with empowerment. There are certain things that I take for granted that I have been given empowerment to handle. Today I need to remember to let go, and Let God.