WNT

Here's a link to the Women's NT's blog talking about the Regional Teams being in Portugal. You think they would've KNOWN to feature Region III & one player in particular, but whatev! I heard from Jordan this morning via email. She's having THE time of her life! Apparently, she's the resident RT expert on all the players on the NT. Seriously, this girl doesn't like to spend much time on the computer, but what time she does spend online is usually researching all things US Soccer...Men's & Women's. If she never makes the NT (or even if she does), she should become their historian. I have yet to hear from her about their game against Ireland though. I'll keep you posted.

Little of this & a little of that...

Jordan is having a great time in Portugal. I was in the shower this morning when she called, but both Megan & Michael talked to her. It sounds like she & her roommate, Nina "stalked" some of the Nat'l Team (NT) players at the hotel this morning while the NT players were heading to their bus for the game against Norway this afternoon. :) I KNOW she was excited to see them! I can't tell you how this girl looks up to those players. The girls on the Regional Team (RT) got to attend the game (the U.S. won 1-0). If my Facebook stalking is correct, they may have gotten to meet the players after the game, as Jordan's roommate's "status" is ___ is freaking best day ever! freaking NATASHA KAI gave me her jerseyy!!!!!!! :))))). [for you non-soccer folks, Natasha Kai is a forward for the NT]

Tomorrow the RT has their first match of the trip. Against Ireland. I know Jordan is pumped. She's been nursing that high ankle sprain since that tournament over New Year's & she says it's feeling really strong now. I hope so. :)

I'm hoping Jordan emails some picture soon, but I wouldn't count on it... communication is not her strong suit. (!)

Back on the homefront... Megan & I went grocery shopping today for some yummy meals we plan on cooking together while she's home for Spring Break. I'm really looking forward to it, Megan is really into lots of the food blogs & she's planned out the menu. I'm really looking forward to the Chicken Marsala especially... I think that's tomorrow night. Tonight Michael & the kids are having Moe's for dinner. I'm going out with some old high school friends. One of whom I haven't seen since high school, even though both of us are still in the same town. Another FB reunion. :) Should be fun!

(e.t.a. Apparently, she called Michael after the game... Natasha Kai autographed Jordan's jacket & she had her picture taken w/ Heather O'Reilly. :) The RT is going to watch the WT's training tomorrow, hopefully she'll get to take some more pics then! and maybe she'll send them to her mama, again, I doubt it.)

What do you see?

Jordie-Girl is somewhere over the Atlantic now, heading to Portugal. She's set to land at 12:30am our time (5:30 am in Lisbon). To keep my mind occupied, Ben is showing me videos like this...



What do you see? Ben & I saw it one way, Michael saw it the other... Leave me a comment & let me know.

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Why I love to go to out of town soccer tournaments...

Hello, my name is Beth. I'm married to Michael. We're enablers.

When we moved to this house from an apartment many moons ago, Ellie (on the right) was an only cat. We made the mistake of letting her wander outside once in awhile. Along came George (not pictured) & Harry (of Harry Potter fame, see the it kind of looks like he has a "scar" on the top of his forehead?). They all became indoor/outdoor cats. Ellie rarely leaves our yard, George just wanders back & forth between our house & his "other house" & Harry stays on our street pretty much.

Our master bedroom is at the front of our house, right off of the foyer. Somewhere along the way, the cats decided they should be able to come and go whenever they please, no matter what time of day or night it is. This is the scenario every night... The cats (usually just Ellie & Harry) scratch on the door several times. Michael & I both pretend we don't hear them. The cats run their evil claws over the window (SCREEEEECH!!!). One of us begrudgingly trudges to the front door & opens it. Ellie & Harry tag team it. I think Ellie does the scratching, Harry waits by the door. Sometimes Ellie won't come in, she acts like she was just doing Harry a favor. Until we get comfy again under the covers, THEN she decides inside is the place to be.

Like I said, Michael & I usually take turns dealing with them. Michael has been out of town this week. I'm tired from dealing with the cats all night & I'm feeling like an idiot for letting them control me so.

These are things I realize about the situation...

• We should never have gotten the first cat.
• Once we had the first cat, we should have kept her an indoor cat.
• Once we let her outside, we should have installed a cat door.
• First cat is now 15 years old & does not take to change well. I moved their food bowls a few years ago & she refused to eat at the new location. We now have 2 sets of food bowls at both locations.
• First cat won't use a cat door if we install it now.
• First cat can't live forever, can she?
• While the cats are sleeping (on my bed, I might add) during the day, I should go around & wake them up every 5 minutes or so.

We have a soccer tournament in 2 weeks. I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep.

Some things never change...

Remember Ben's horrible room? You think I'm going to tell you that it's a wreck again, don't you? Well actually, except for a few books scattered about on his desk, he's actually done a GREAT job keeping it clean. *YEAH BEN!!!*

Unfortunately, he's still my son & has misplaced his library card. We looked for it for a good half hour this afternoon. No luck. While I was looking in the back seat of the van, the front door(of the van) somehow slammed into the back of my head & I now have a killer headache. Like I think my head may just split open any minute now. Hopefully, a good night's sleep will help. I'm going to turn in now & pray for a new skull as I drift off...

Poor boy.

I got a call from the school about 10:30 this morning. Poor Ben was sick with some tummy trouble. I picked him up & after a few more "episodes" & a good nap, he seems to be feeling better. Hopefully, it was just a quick little bug & he'll be close to 100% tomorrow.

And hopefully, none of the rest of us catch it. Things to do, people to see this week...

• Michael is out of town starting Tuesday-Friday.
• I'm having lunch with a friend on Wednesday.
• Going to see my BFFs new house on Thursday.
• Megan home for Spring Break on Friday.
• Jordan leaves for Portugal on Saturday.
• Dinner with my parents & my aunt & uncle visiting from Illinois on Sunday.

No. time. to. be. sick.