Learning on the Fly

Megan's rugby team had it's first game yesterday. It was against one of the toughest teams in our league - a combo of Brownsburg & Zionsville girls. We were short two players to be able to field our team but Brownsburg loaned us the players so we could play a "Jamboree" game. This is where the coaches & refs are able to talk to the girls after some plays to teach them more about the game. The players that we "borrowed" were really nice and were showing our girls some pointers. I think it really helped our team to actually play a game and get a better idea of what they were trying to do. I know I certainly learned a ton about the game. We only had one girl have to come out of the game due to injury (possible concussion). This is NOT a sport for weenies - as you have to play the entire game unless you are taken out due to injury or illness. Um - stay on the field unless you are dying??? Blood loss in quantities of less than a pint or so don't count either! The Columbus boys team was also playing Brownsburg. They lost 7 or 8 players due to injury - including dislocated body parts! Both our teams lost - but the girls had the better score!

Megan is number 11. She's in the middle of it all in both of these pictures. She made it through with only a cleat gash on her knee, a knee to the jaw and she had to kindly ask one girl to stop standing on the side of her face. She LOVED IT!

Most of the week has been spent getting things ready for Sarah's First Holy Communion this Saturday. Everything is ready - and tomorrow is my cooking day. Kelly and her girls arrive tomorrow night as does Sarah's Godfather, Jeff. That poor man is going through a heck of a time getting here though. He got stuck behind a wreck on the interstate on the way to catch his flight to Indy this morning. Of course he ended up missing his flight. With the airlines pulling hundreds of flights daily to check their planes - it was no easy thing to find flights to get him here or home. We spent quite a while on the phone together this morning looking for flights. I'm so glad he will be able to get here - as Sarah's Godmother has apparently decided to opt out of our lives. But that's a story for another day!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!