Mac...I go away for a day, and you throw yourself a birthday party!?!
Well, I guess if anyone, here, deserves it, it must be you. Happy Belated Birthday. Hope you had a great day.
Keisha...looks like a fun ride, but you can tell, in the photo, he is already bored with it...not!!!
Chuckers, the important thing is you are not an abusive drinker...no tea was harmed.
Love it! So is there a King too?
Football is King in Western PA. Even the poverty stricken schools my kids have coached have amazing booster club programs that provide participants with several full outfits of team logo' gear, winter coats, shoes, etc. . All that swag is a nice carrot for those boys on the fence. Individual Steeler players adopt teams in the inner city and treat them to meals/movies & inspiration/encouragement. My son has his team at Steelers training camp today, will take them out to dinner afterwards. I am firmly convinced it keeps many at-risk children engaged in school.
Here they have to be passing 4 full-time classes in order to play, determined each Friday. Often an opportunity for backups to play. You can play 6 seasons from 7th grade going forward. However, eligibility extends only until you have reached the end of your fourth consecutive year (8th consecutive semester or the equivalent) beyond the eighth grade. If you repeat a grade after eighth, you will be ineligible as a senior.
Who writes these rules lol?
No, no King...they have the Queen and her Court (usually 1 attendant from grades 7 to 11, and 2 attendants from the Senior Class...also, the Queen is always a Senior). Selected football players are their escorts. We do not have an accompanying dance.
Yep, those eligibility rules are very similar to ours...I just did not know they existed. I had always assumed it was 4 years of eligibility during High School. I am still trying to figure whether they gave him the option of sitting this year, because he is not eligible this year (again, not sure, if that is so he can play the next 3).
Well, our boys went out Friday night and put on a show...in the local papers and websites, the were at least an 18 point underdog at home, but they won 28-14. The night usually goes well when you open the game with a kick-off returned for a touchdown. Unfortunately, the win came at a price: our starting QB went out with a concussion in the first half, and two of our senior linemen went out with injuries, including the one that my son backs up. So, the youngest went in in the second quarter and played the rest of the game on offense...then he was sent in on defense...in a position he has never played, outside linebacker (in this scheme, it plays like a defensive end). He caused a fumble on defense, which rolled out of bounds. Our running back fumbled the ball and it bounced right into my son's arms and he took-off for a few more yards. So, he, again, took advantage of his opportunities (although he would be the last to want that due to injury). That game looked to be the third hardest test of the regular season, and he said it was the funnest game he had ever played. He may have to start this week...which looks to be the toughest game of their regular season.
I was about hoarse afterward and I have the PA announcing gig for the Jr. Varsity and Middle School games this week, so have to get over that.
After the game, it was a five hour trip to NC....a fun day with my in-laws and their 50th Anniversary Celebration...and left there early this morning and back here to chill for a few hours.
.
.
..........
Congrats to DS on the new wheels.......hope he loves every second of driving it. 
knock on wood not anytime soon
Time for tea. And a pound cake that is not as good as the ones I make. 
