Busyness coming to an end?

Sunday afternoon has finally arrived and while I still have cleaning up to do from the tailgate and all over the last few days, the crazy schedule has calmed down a bit....or has it?

First, I got to Rockford Saturday morning and we played and won our first game on schedule. Our next game wasn't for 2 hours, so I took a lunch break at McDonald's, which becomes a common lunch for me during tournaments because they are almost always within 5 minutes of the fields. It's not great, but the yogurt and granola is pretty good along with iced coffee.  Add in a power bar of some sort and it's not a bad lunch. Anyway, I headed back to the fields around 12:15 or so for our 1:00 game as sometimes the games can start 30 minutes early if there is a game stopped due to the run rule (one team is up by too many runs).  The game before ours though was just getting started! Then the  game went into extra innings and not just one, but 5! Finally around 1:45, the other field opened up and they started our game over there. It was against a team we play pretty often called Fury. They won their first game 23-0 and it was stopped after 3 innings. The team they beat were then getting 15-2 in their next game (the one before ours) before they kicked it into gear and the last I saw, it was 22-22 in the 12th.

Anyway, we ended up beating Fury 20-9, but it was 3:30 by the time the game ended. Bill the Bear's wedding was at 5, and it was close to 2 hours away according to Google Maps. Along the way, there were two accidents which caused me to be even later. However, had I stopped to think about it, I probably could have played one more game, missed the happy hour and then arrived in time for dinner. But if there weren't accidents, I could have actually made the ceremony as the trip wasn't 2 hours. Oh well. The reception was great and we had a great time. The softball team ended up losing the game after I left, won the next one and then lost again in the finals to take 2nd. The one team beat us both times.

My crazy schedule does not end though. Tuesday I have a Cubs game, Wednesday is another Bears season ticket holder meeting, Thursday is our monthly pizza night, Friday is game night with some friends and Saturday is the next Bears preseason game. Wow. Next Monday is a charity golf outing and then on Wednesday we head to Jersey to hook up with Joisey Ken for four days. Crazy busy August!!