Movin' On....

I played soccer today for the third time in almost two years, at the same new place in Fairfield. My first two intros back into the Cinci indoor world have been with Justin's team; today it was Erik who recruited me to stand in for their team.

This is the part that makes me sad:
For years, I played with various teams at the Plex in Tri-County. That was our home. Becky introduced me to that place during my freshman year at UC; it was my first indoor game in Cincinnati and the place I still considered home base even as I frequented all of the other local indoor venues. There was a regular gang of Plex rats: players who always seemed to be there on Sundays for their own games and to stand-in for other teams. I don't know if there were any teams on which any of us actually didn't play at least once or twice as favors. It was there that I shattered my collarbone, and still returned after the healing to continue playing.

I was last there in 2010. And then I moved out of state, and haven't seen the place since. This is apparently what the bench areas look like now:

gross.

That makes me sad. Like, really, really sad. What happened?? It doesn't sound like much, but that place was a staple for me when I played there regularly on leagues. According to the few [now former] plex rats with whom I've recently re-connected, the place has turned into a dump, with leaky ceilings, broken A/C, torn up patches on the field and clearly broken fixtures. Sad. :(

It looks like GameTime in Fairfield is going to be the new indoor home for a lot of people.

gametime training

^ & I can't say I blame anyone. I almost don't even want to go back to Tri-C; seeing that place falling apart may just make it worse for me.. haha.

Anyway, I have an awesome boyfriend who accompanied me to the game, watched us play and didn't give me grief even though he spent the whole time with a bad headache. He's... the... best (:

This is going to be a busy... BUSY weekend. I've got some laundry finishing up while I sit here trying to remember everything we can't forget for the trip to Illinois. We've got some big plans for the weekend!

Stay tuned! ;)

xo | cmd

40 Day Lent Letters: Completed!

So, YAY!

Forty days ago, I committed to acknowledging Lent in a way that would be appropriate for me, a non-Catholic. I don't really have any must-have vices that I felt I needed to shelve for that time, so I borrowed Marianne's idea of sending just a simple note, once a day to a different person.

Remember this?

day 1 : march 5, 2014!

Well, today was the 40th and final day of these little letters. Strangely enough, I felt a little sad that I'm now done with these; I looked forward a little every day to the note I was about to write, and prayed that I would have the right words for whoever it would be. There's something about knowing a task but not knowing the recipient that makes something like this a little more fun (: 

Anyway, I am done. Lent Letter #40 is sealed up & ready to be mailed first thing tomorrow morning. Narrowing the list down to only 40 people was somewhat of a harrowing task, but I know there was a specific reason for each of these people. That being said, RECAP! 

days 1-8
jen v. | aunt toni & uncle norman g. | lu f. | jay w.
james g. | catie e. | rob s. | maricor j.

days 9 - 16
marianne s. | nalom v. | meagan g. | kortney b.
dave & nancy b. | dawne m. | dusty r. | dad

days 17 - 24
remy d. | nader s. | arley c. | ali l.
mo p. | kalyn p. | aunt cindy & uncle gary d. | kyle y.

days 25 - 32
jennica s. | trish b. | trish r. | becky s.
ms. ellen b. | mindi k. | matt l. | christine h.

days 33 - 40
steph & mark k. | mom | heidi vh. | marc & diana v.
laney p. | becky h. | olivia j. | gazelle d.

This.. was.. super fun. This reminded me very quickly that the power of a handwritten note should never, ever be underestimated. (:

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In other news for today: Rob, Sydni and I started the day together with a solid message from SonRise, then made a pitstop for Rob to get his hair cut. Sydni and I ran a couple of errands and had a mini photo shoot to commemorate the beautiful day..

my favorite girl ♥♥♥♥

... & the rest of the reel ;)

Back at home, Rob started digging into the boat; it's time to wake that sleepy thing and get it ready for the season. Sydni took to her squirt guns and spent a couple hours assaulting everything from the front porch to the curb... us included (:. Kalyn invited us over for a bit to play some volleyball and grill out, so we of course obliged.

 

Kalyn's neighbors have a rather old pet rabbit named Dusty. Sydni made quick friends with Dusty... 

syd & dusty

I made a solo trip to Fairfield for soccer while Rob & Sydni stayed back at home. We narrowly missed pulling off a win, but in our defense, we were running a man short for the game since the rest of the team didn't make an appearance [womp womp....]. It was a nice workout, no less. I headed back home to find my three girls curled up on the new dog beds. Well, at least two of them were on there....

poor sasha... haha

^ Yep. Sydni had dragged the dog beds out to the living room and curled up next to Stella. Poor Sasha got jipped, but did what she could to at least have a pillow and make the best of an unfortunate [for her] situation ;)

I love this little family of mine. ♥♥♥♥♥

xo | cmd