Irritated today

I am slightly irritated today. I was fine until I really got to thinking about this one thing. Memorial and All Star teams. My son didn't make either. That is not what bothers me. There are so many talented kids on our teams that I knew that he had only a small chance to make it.

First off, Memorial teams. There are two teams and usually coaches kids make up these teams, as is the case right now. That is why I am irritated. One of the kids, God bless him, made it. WHY? Oh, because is dad is a coach and brown noses like you would not believe. He is a good kid and my son liked him until this. He can't catch or throw, seriously. He makes one out of every like 20 catches or throws. He can hit ok because he uses a big barrel bat. He still strikes out at that. COME ON NOW~! There are a TON of kids better than him, including my son.

All Star teams are out and my son didn't make it. If this kid makes All Stars, I will be absolutely livid. Yeah, you could say that my I am so angry because my kid didn't make it but I would still be mad if this kid made it over a ton of others.

He is going to get slaughtered in the next league and his dad is just setting him up for it. Oh, and the Memorial Teams WERE slaughtered at their tournament. Funny how that works.....

back to my site....

I am back to my old stomping ground! Things have changed drastically. We have moved to Cali and have been here for about 18 months. Lizzie has since been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, Emily has had two knee surgeries to correct her knocked knees, Michael is very active in baseball, Emma tried dance and Tball, and Matthew is HUGE compared to that last photo.

We no longer participate in Girl Scouts. After dealing with Nida, we have all had a bad taste in our mouth for it. Emma would like to do Brownies this fall. If she wants to, I will support her 100%. She is also considering gymnastics and will be doing T ball again this fall. That is a lot for one little girl.

I have had nothing to be excited about lately. I have enjoyed reading since being here. My neighbor, a friend that moved from SC just before us has a large book collection. She has been very generous in allowing me to borrow as many as I can read.

I guess our biggest news lately is Lizzie's recent diagnosis of Autism. Why it took 13 years? Ask her doctors. She has coped very well with middle school. Her support team is awesome. She is starting to have issues with a few girls being mean. Luckily, there is only one week of school left.

My body is feeling my age and my weight. I lost nearly 40 pounds last year but put about 20 back on after my dh returned from a six month deployment in November. He left recently for a 4 monther so my goal is to find a balance in my weight loss and him being here. I had hand surgery done to remove a cyst about a month ago. I am going in for a nerve study in that same hand for carpal tunnel. There are other things, aches and pains that can be fixed with weight loss. I am back on the wagon after losing my momentum. We will see how it goes this time. I would like to just lose that pesky 20 pounds that came on when he came home and go from there.

Anyway, now that I have vented a bit, I can get to bed. Plus, my hand is hurting from all the typing. I think I am almost ready to start learning the guitar. It all depends on if I need surgery again.....