7/10/11
Traveling in the car with my father is like shaving by yanking one hair out at a time. It's arduous, extremely painful, and seemingly lasts forever. I left the Babe in the Burgh and spent the next three hours on the road with my dad discussing why I was such a bad driver.
Broadcasting live from the Capital City. Home of Jim Tressel's Buckeye's (formerly), the Columbus Blue Jackets (still an NHL team), Columbus Crew (international football/American soccer), and Kilbourne Pinto Baseball (nephew's baseball team). We are here for the BV Pinto Major League 2011 Championship baseball game. It was one year ago today that my nephew's team beat Ostrander for the 2010 Championship. We are back for the rematch.
7/12/11
Fast forward two days. We lost the championship game but it wasn't for a lack of effort from my father and the rest of the crazed parents that take Little League Baseball way too seriously. At any given time someone was getting yelled at, threatened, or kicked out of the ballpark. The umpire took the most heat. It's as if the parents thought that the BV Pinto League, with a yearly budget of 250 dollars, paid for professional umpires. In reality, they were two 16 year old pimple faced kids who took the job because no one else would.
My nephew lost but he took it well. I know this because he didn't cry and he played 12 hours of Black Ops immediately after the defeat. One can only surmise that this was a sign of acceptance.
7/17/11
Fear And Loathing In Pittsburgh, PA
Back in the Burgh with the Babe. Ayden has recovered well from his vaccinations. In addition, he is smiling incessantly. The following phrases make him laugh..."stinky butt, poopy pants, daddy puts your pants back on, bink sucker, little ripper, etc., etc. I hope it's always this easy.
Mom goes back to work in one week. No one is happy about this including the dogs Kato and Mali. Who knew 12 weeks would go so fast. Unfortunately, it's a reality that in today's world, both parents need to work. We have agonized over the decision to leave Ayden with a sitter and the thought of leaving our helpless little boy with a stranger is too awful a thought to bear. We've both been ignoring the inevitable, even though the inevitable is 7 days away.
Ayden wanted to write a short apology to his legion of fans since his blog missed a day last week. Since he has no motor control, Ayden will dictate while Daddy types.
"Thank you for your readership. I am now 12 weeks old and pretty much have this world figured out. As I know it, this is how things are...the United States is the smartest country in the United Sates, The Pittsburgh Pirates are one of the best teams in baseball, there are walking milk factories that feed little babies, and my daddy is the handsomest guy in the world."
I took some liberties with that last part.
