The Weekend.....

I've already talked about the softball week, but this was all part of the very busy Saturday I had. We started out red hot, and then cooled significantly going just 2-2 on the day. I did have 2 innings pitched, with still 0 earned runs, and 1 unearned. That brings my total to now 13 innings with only allowing 4 earned runs. That's quite good, especially for softball.


The Big Jim tournament also coincides with Wheel Jam at the State Fair Grounds. They bring in alot of cars, trucks, motorcycles, and cooks for the event. I attended the chili cookoff on Friday night. I tasted 13 chili recipes, and still concluded that the chili I make, that I have posted about before on the chili dog post, and is my mom's recipe, is the best. I do recall that I even had requests for that recipe. I digress. There were several good ones out there, and some pretty nice looking autos also. One of the contests was the jake brake competition. So, we are playing softball, and we can hear these things going off a mile away. I'm standing in the outfield wondering really, how much money is being burned with diesel at $4.75 a gallon.



By about 2:00, we'd already lost the softball tournament, and I moved out to Wheel Jam, but it didn't take long and I could hear the lake calling my name. Sunshine, 75, and very little wind. PERFECT. So, I loaded up, grabbed my cousin Corkles, and headed to the lake. The water was a bit cool at first, but not too bad, and we had a good time. Corkles learned the beauty of starting on one ski, and did quite well all day. On the second attempt, we got her in the water, and got ready, and pulled her right out of the water. As we were moving along, we heard her yelling something from the end of the rope. We couldn't hear what she was saying over the jetski engine and the water, so we just kept going, Eventually, she fell, and we pulled around to get the rope to keep going, and learn what she had been yelling. In our skis, the one that is used as a slalom has a foot hole for the back foot to go in while only using one ski. Well, she had grabbed the wrong ski, and had no where to put her other foot. We had to take a 5 minute laughing break, because after she gets up on one ski, and makes it look easy, only then does she realize there is not back holder for her foot, and is therefore on the wrong ski. So, we pulled her back to get the right ski, much to the enjoyment and laughter of all those on the dock. Thanks to Tom and Steph also for the use of the dock and the great hospitality to make the lake an even better hangout for the evening. However, Sunday rolls around, and somebody didn't want to move, and neither did any of my muscles. Plus, having to move furniture to my brothers new house wasn't that much fun from a muscle stand point, but otherwise wasn't too bad. Would have been cooler if he'd have had the hot tub ready, but I'll get it next time. It was not a fun day as I felt quite old due to soreness and stiffness, but the 10 hours of sleep to wrap up the weekend was welcomed.