BUSY Saturday

Saturday morning I had to set my alarm......ugh. NOT fun waking up on a Saturday at the same time that I get up on weekdays. We were at the soccer fields behind Gaither HS by 7.30 am for pictures. The photographer was on the ball this time-I guess that it pays to be the FIRST team because previously during tee-ball and soccer, it did not go quite so smoothly.

We were down three lil ones, but RED THUNDER played HARD with only 6 kiddos on the field and managed to pull out their third win of the season. The other team had like 14 kids and they were subbing like mad. Lemme tell you we had 6 seriously exhausted kids when we were done. Lil J came soooo close to making a goal. If he had been wearing his glasses(which he refuses to do during soccer) he would have gotten it right in. I think that he might reconsider this weekend and wear them. Frankly, he is afraid of getting hit in the face with them on and I "get that".

We dashed off the field to get home and ready for a trek over to UCF and the MS Annual Meeting where I was receiving an award for Volunteer of the Year. The keynote speaker was a research doctor at UCF doing some incredible research on stem cells that will someday......cure NUMEROUS diseases specifically diabetes. He was brilliant, which in my mind equaled all kinds of BORING. His speech was soooo far above my head it was frightening, but the rest of the day was awesome. I luv being able to see "friends" from my MS family.

Did you know that University of Central Florida is the 2nd largest university in the USA?? The MS chapter president said that in her intro and of course, I didn't believe her, so I googled it. Low and behold, I am guessing she had googled it too. Who knew?!! The medical school is magnificent and I will gladly send my son there so that he can find a cure for MS. LOL.

Just after the shindig ended, I received a text message that sent me into a FUNK. Many many years ago and truthfully, a WHOLE other lifetime ago, I was with another person and married for a total of ten years. While I would not change things if given the chance, this text message TRULY made me stop to realize that everything in life DOES happen for a reason.....not that I ever doubted that, but this confirmed what I have known for a VERY long time.

My heart breaks for a woman and her little boy that I have never met and another woman that I used to call my mother-in-law.
May the end be painless and yet another life lesson that my daddy taught me, Life is definitely, NOT FAIR!!

We were supposed to head back on Sunday to go to LegoLand, but neither dh nor I had the stamina to drive to Winter Haven so we will go this weekend. I hear it is great for kids that are lil J's age. I can't wait.

Off to go get ready for school. We will find out today which one of us who submitted a $500 mini grant back in August will be awarded the $$. Apparently, a school board member will be there to present the grant to one of us. I think that there are 10 of us in the running. Who knows, maybe this will be my week for winning awards?! I shall keep you posted. I do, however, HATE surprises, so............we shall see.