Morning - laundry up the wazoo - packing for Florida trip so we can take the rest camping and not be scurrying around next week.
I have no idea when I will be home and that is frusterating a bit. Treyner plays Sat - Monday for sure but if they win it could be through Wed. That means we leave Thurs afternoon for a 24 hour drive to Florida with a 1/2 day to pack and get ready and unpack the vehicle from Sioux Falls. We shall see. I need to just go with the flow. Let go of what I can't control.
Sioux Falls is 4 1/2 hours away BTW. I will have car seat @ss by the time all this is done but it will be fun! Treyner wins Regionals we head to the East Coast for his championships. I want them to win but part of me looks at driving to MA then turning around to be back in MN and packing him for college and then driving 36 hours to Durango in 2 days as more than fun.
That is evil as a mom I know - but sheesh - a lot of miles on the road. Maybe I can become a truck driver in a few weeks and make money hauling something at least!
I will walk tonight. Off to a game of soccer for Treyner between the MN Thunder pro team and his team. Good practice and hopefully good entertainment.
Rant for my own self ahead - warning...
Treyner hates his coach and it has been hard for him. He just yells at what is wrong but he is not a goalie coach so he does not tell Treyner what to do to correct it. He was our HS coach as well and was fired this past year for the same behavior. I think he is a kind of person who has a wealth of knowledge but does not have a clue how to teach/coach it. He is also in the middle of a nasty divorce and his emotions I am sure run high.
When Treyner signed up to play with them, a local college coach was supposed to be the coach. He is now coaching down to the 16 year olds, trying to recruit them versus spending time with kids who have decided their future. I get his thoughts, but I am not sure Treyner would have gone to this team knowing it would cost $2,000 plus all this travel time if he was not going to grow as a player. They do not run any drills for the goalies at all and the other goalies mom and I have felt that there is not much for them as athletes.
We got billed $140 for uniforms - we got a goalie jersey - tag on it saying $45 (yes their names and number were added to it so there would be some additional cost there) and 2 pairs of socks. I mentioned to the coach that it was interesting that the goalies were charged the same as the field players who got 2 pairs of shorts, 2 shirts and 2 socks. He was shocked I questioned the charge.
Try to bite my tongue and ride the season out but he is a guy who lives in the town we do, I have known him for 13 years and he is just a PITA. He knows a lot of people and has a lot of connections and so you need to be careful on who you make your enemy.
He has told me he was offended that Treyner went to Colordo and talked to the colleges and did not ask him for references or advice or to make some calls. I think a lot of his attitude is simply that Treyner got where he is going to school on his own.
He has a son Christian, who is 2 years older than Treyner and beyond hopeless as an athlete. He pushed him to be in soccer all the time and locally, Treyner earned a goalie position over Christian when Treyner was in 3rd grade. He was not happy his son was being removed by a younger kid. As a parent he wanted it for his son. I get that, but this is years later and the contempt he still feels is palpable. Several parents have asked what his deal is with Treyner because they see his animosity and hear him yelling at him on the field which he does not do for anyone else.
Anyway, I am trying to explain to Treyner thathe is an adult, he needst to confront it and work it out. He will have situtaioins like this in his life all the time so the skill of communication and problem solving needs to be learned and dealt with by him - not me.
Thanks for letting me vent -again!
Nancy - I promise th eweight you will feel lifted after it's done is huge and then you will go - how silly was I. I think with Carsyn it will be much easier cause i know what to expect and i am a control freak so the unknown is a huge area of stress and disscomfort I put myself through.
am wondering where the money will come from for that to top everything else off.
Two words: Instrumental Chaos. 
OMG. At one point I was actually envious of the elderly man in front of me. He had hearing aids. One little flip of a switch and he coulda tuned the whole thing out!
Needless to say I lasted in the tube MRI, thank god!! 
However, I do have two hemongioma's (sorry spelling) in C-6 & C-7. Which means that, if I need surgery for c-4 &C-5 I would have to get a fusion and two vertabre replacements (which would result in a longer neck fusion). 
um. speechless right now 
Stupid bird.
