October 3, 2008
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And so it begins…
And on a cheerier note….my son has his first date this weekend. Off to an amusement park for the afternoon and evening. At softball practice the other night, he filled me in on the details as he caught return throws in from second base. I am coaching my daughter’s team as she begins her first winter league. I guess mine too for that matter. As I was hitting balls to left field, I was telling my son that we should talk with her Mother and Dad about the event. “After all”, I said, “you are both just in ninth grade”. He seems more nervous about that than the date itself! But it stands to reason that the parents should talk, right?
Kind of a big milestone in a young guy’s life. I certainly remember mine.
Hey, these young girls throw hard! This being my daughter’s first season she is learning very fast. She is quite an athlete and is doing very well in her first team sport. While I coached her little brother this summer in baseball, my daughter picked up a glove and was throwing and catching with ease. After three years of training and competing she is now a champion horserider. I can’t get her to clean her room, but she will muck out a horse stall. As a younger girl, she was a gymnast and is very strong. I taught her to box and she has a powerful right cross. Really! Just part of my dating preparation for her! After practice while cleaning up, the girls were kidding me about being slightly blue/green color blind. Boy have times changed!
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I hope the date will/did go well. The first date is always such an exciting time!
I think it went very well. There is a second one planned already. He plays it very cool and doesn’t say much. They were sitting pretty close on the way home in the back of the convertible. Either they liked each or they were cold. Hmmm.. or both! As for mine, I was very nervous and it probably showed. BTB