The Nightmare Before Christmas
Dec. 22nd, 2019 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisnewdayI picked up my grandson, after his Sunday visit with his dad, and took him Christmas shopping. He had limited funds, so we went to Walmart where he found what he wanted.
Tomorrow, he has an all-day soccer tournament in which his Eastwood club team will be playing against 17- to 19-year-olds. I couldn't find his team on the tournament schedule and then found out, as I had suspected, that his coach had registered the team under a bogus name.
That's because these kids are kind of the bad-asses of Central NY youth soccer. The coach is fond of telling stories of how parents, who are spending upwards of $1600 per season for their kids' training, are often heard complaining about this team of ragamuffin immigrant kids schooling their kids on the soccer pitch.
I've heard them myself and always have to laugh because we went through that phase with Jason--before he asked to go back to his old club team from the city.
While we were out Christmas shopping, I confirmed with him that "Christmas Fun" was his coach's hilariously ironic name for the team--adopted because otherwise no one would sign up to play against us for fear of having their holiday ruined.
I told Jason that if they were gonna use an undercover ID, it should've been "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Even though the reality is that our 15-17 year olds will be playing against a number of college kids who are home for the holidays.
Thus, as the coach so casually puts it, our games should be "competitive..."
LPK
Dreamwidth
12.22.2019
Tomorrow, he has an all-day soccer tournament in which his Eastwood club team will be playing against 17- to 19-year-olds. I couldn't find his team on the tournament schedule and then found out, as I had suspected, that his coach had registered the team under a bogus name.
That's because these kids are kind of the bad-asses of Central NY youth soccer. The coach is fond of telling stories of how parents, who are spending upwards of $1600 per season for their kids' training, are often heard complaining about this team of ragamuffin immigrant kids schooling their kids on the soccer pitch.
I've heard them myself and always have to laugh because we went through that phase with Jason--before he asked to go back to his old club team from the city.
While we were out Christmas shopping, I confirmed with him that "Christmas Fun" was his coach's hilariously ironic name for the team--adopted because otherwise no one would sign up to play against us for fear of having their holiday ruined.
I told Jason that if they were gonna use an undercover ID, it should've been "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Even though the reality is that our 15-17 year olds will be playing against a number of college kids who are home for the holidays.
Thus, as the coach so casually puts it, our games should be "competitive..."
LPK
Dreamwidth
12.22.2019
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Date: 2019-12-24 02:00 pm (UTC)And Merry Christmas dear friend <3
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Date: 2019-12-24 04:54 pm (UTC)They kids won their first game, tied their second, absolutely demolished an out-of-town team in the third, and lost to the team they'd tied earlier in the championship. All-in-all, not a bad run, thanks.
And Merry Christmas to you as well, m'dear!
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Date: 2019-12-25 04:56 am (UTC)And Merry Christmas!
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Date: 2019-12-26 02:33 pm (UTC)Hope you had a good Christmas...