A weekend of "fun in the sun", and the wind, and some rain and some lightning...not exactly sitting on the beach with a cooler filled with cold drinks and a good book...more like sitting on the side of a soccer pitch, in farm country, with no wind break and strong, vicious winds and lots of sun for the first two games. Sun burn, wind burn (which was worse), but lots of laughter and great company. Sunday was down right cold with 2 jackets, a hoodie, hot coffee and sitting close together to keep body heat generating.
Soccer tournaments at this age (17) are really more about the socialization for the boys. The soccer is important to them but they can easily forget a missed goal, a bad play, a bad call by the referee (and those are legion in some of these tournaments) and a loss once they get into the hotel, organize their free time and leave the parents to fend for themselves.
I hadn't realized just how tiring it can be sitting in the wind...even the cows were lying down yesterday...too windy even for them!
*photo orginally uploaded to flickr by CinDLin August 18, 2006
11 comments:
Ha! Even the cows were lying down. Smart cows.
Happy June!
It was cool and windy here yesterday too, thunderstorms and rain today. Hard to believe it is the first day of June! Sounds like you had fun in spite of it all:>)
Soccer (and hockey) tournaments are great socialization experiences for the parents as well! I miss that – although not those cold, windy or rainy days.
It was so hot in our country!
Sounds like you had fun though x
ah, the things we do for love ! ;)
I hibernated yesterday ... too cold & windy to go outside! Will summer ever come???? I'm still trying to get some annuals planted but don't want to risk the cold nights yet. Did you get any hail on Saturday?
Down here when you see the cows laying down it means it's gonna rain :)
Hope you get some rest!
Love,
LuLu~*xoxo
The life of a cow or in this case, cows... I love windy days. xoxo
That's really heartening to know that it's really not about winning or losing even at that age. I've just begun my career as soccer mom (tonight as a matter of fact), in the cold rain. I'll have to spike my water bottle next cold game!
Reminds me of all the times i watched my ex play in ALL weathers - especially the wind and snow !!I`m not much into the game - i just went to meet up with the other " victims " as we called ourselves !!
I hope you didn`t get bad sun burn - how come men don`t do sunscreen !! ? I had to moan to M to put some on him , then he said you`d better put some on my back - it`s burning !! It`s a little too late then - - MEN !!
Well enjoy this while you can. I soooo miss going to my kid's sporting events.
I was always amazed how the boys got along so well and took the losses as well as the wins with a grain of salt. So unlike the girls who cried and cried.
Have fun!
C.
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