From
what I can tell, Clare had a barrel of fun in Birmingham over the weekend. The temperature for the first game Friday was
a “delightful” 24 degrees. That means
bees in the bat, bees in the mitt, bees in the butt on the bench. The mercury never did climb into the 60s, so
Sunday’s finale was cancelled, but there was no rescheduling the flight. Instead, everybody got to hang around town and
airport until departure time at 6 PM; that included a team meal so bad the
restaurant manager tore up the bill by way of apology. Isn’t there an old Creedence Clearwater
Revival song that goes “Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again”? Or Birmingham, for that matter.
The
flight to Midway took two hours, followed by baggage wait and the drive back to
Indiana (how sad, that. Indiana wants
me, I won’t…). Clare tumbled into bed at
10:30, the perfect end to a day that started around 5 AM. This is why college athletes are encouraged
to take easy schedules, at least in-season.
Playing, practice and travel wreak havoc on GPAs.
Parents,
don’t raise your boys or girls to be cowboys or cowgirls. But equip them with good study habits, by all
means.
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