Nothing like playing hard
So the reunion has come and gone. It was a family reunion. I know the common response to family reunions is to fake appendicitis so to avoid them, but that's not what we expected during ours.Ours was fun.
Lots of fun.
Instead of leaving Friday afternoon like the first wave did, my pops, sister, cousin and myself hung back because I had a ball game. After the beating we administered to the hapless Possums, (29-9 and we had to spot them 6), I dashed home and showered and off we went.
We left at about 8:15 and got to my uncle and aunt's house at 11. Not too bad actually. There we received instructions about what Saturday would hold. Mom was there and asked me if I would drive her and Lori to the camp where the reunion was. I wasn't really thrilled about that as I had just driven to their house, plus they wanted to leave at SEVEN on a Saturday morning. That's a violation of all kinds of laws and treaties.
I did agree because I knew that I had to set up the wiffleball fields. At seven freaking a.m. we were off and running to Ashland NE. about an hour from the house. Those dumbass bastards at the camp managed to forget that the normal route was closed due to road construction. We're not talking about construction that was started on Friday, we're talking about the fact that they HAD TORN OUT ALL OF THE ROAD. I was a little pissed as we had to backtrack about 12 miles to get to where we wanted to go.
Once we got there, I became the carrying bitch as I hauled in everything except my wiffleball stuff. Finally, I got to work on my project of setting up both fields. I didn't get the memo from Mama nature that said "Oh by the way, you will be dripping sweat by 10 a.m. because I'm going to make it so warm that fire hydrants will chase dogs." At least I had the good sense to change into the shirt I was going to play wiffleball in. I was dripping wet as I set up both fields. Granted my baselines weren't straight, but people got the general idea.
We all ate lunch then had some general information i.e. introductions and the like before we adjourned to the wiffleball area, which was right beside the pool area. That was a brilliant move as the proximety allowed people to go cool off between games. Not me though as I was a designated umpire during times I wasn't playing.
The tourney was a smashing success as we did manage to field 8 teams. My team, the Custodial Crew, ended up finishing second in the entire tourney. It was so much fun and I played hard.
After the tourney wrapped up, i hit the showers. After cleaning up and cooling off, not nessacarily in that order, John, Steph and I ate while we waited on my father. The supper wasn't that bad, but Dad's abscence was curious. I finally went back to his room and he was laying on the bed waiting for us. Off we went to the casinos. A good time was had by all.
Of course it would have been better if I would have won.
posted by Rusty @ 8:26 PM
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