Tonight was the first Little League game of the season, and it proves to be the first of many nights that I will be spending at a ball field and trying to figure out how to feed my family sometime before 9 p.m.
Tonight, we ate at about 8:30 p.m. if you don’t count the sandwiches I made three of them eat before going to the field. The game lasted until after 7:30, and it was 8 p.m. before we even managed to get home. Of course, I had to immediately leave again to go pick up the oldest from her away game; there was a bit of a communication glitch there.
Tomorrow is the second game of the Little League season. It is an away game, and for the second year in a row, Autumn (my oldest) will spend her birthday at a sister’s softball game. I plan on taking sloppy joe stuff in a crock pot along with my plug-in converter that turns my car lighter plug-in into a regular outlet. That way we can eat dinner at a normal time just before the game starts. Cake and ice cream, however, will wait until this weekend.
I have entered all of the games into our family calendar for the next two months, and I would have to say that my evenings are booked for quite a while. At least one child has a game every single week night through June 22 and on some nights, like this Wednesday, there are two or (as in Wednesday’s case) three games all at once in three different cities.
On Wednesday, May 20, Autumn will be playing softball in Kalkaska, Amanda will be playing in Roscommon, and Justin will be playing in Houghton Lake. Luckily, Autumn’s game is a high school event, so she has transportation. I’ll have to tag a grandma to get Justin to his game, which leaves me taking Amanda to Roscommon.
Oh wait; it looks like I do have ONE week night free. It is Friday, June 5, which is Maxine’s birthday. She wants to have a party, so I guess that night isn’t really free either.
It wouldn’t be quite so bad if the temperature would warm up, but it is cold sitting outside in Northern Michigan right now. Last Wednesday, I sat through a scrimmage with the three girls; (two on one team and one on the other). There was a steady drizzle through most of it, and just when I thought it was getting better, it would get worse.
I like going to my kids’ games but looking at our schedule for the next couple of months is daunting.
