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So Tuesday, I went swimming and worked on the Total Immersion techniques.
At first I did the technique, trying to alternate breathing side to side. It takes a lot of effort! I was able to do 21-22 strokes per length of the yard pool.
Then, I went back to my “bad habit” of breathing every 2 or sometime 4 strokes on the same side. Imagine my surprise when I got to the end of the pool in *19* strokes!
The times I did that, I did a little bob and grinned from ear to ear, all pleased with myself. Yes!
I averaged about 55 seconds per 50 yards. Not too bad.
When I finished up and went to get Zander, he informed me that he was going to go down the BIG water slide. And he did! It was awesome.
“It was scary, Mom. But it was good.”
After that we went to soccer practice at the Y.
Halfway through practice, he came over and said he was done and didn’t want to play anymore. He was frustrated and grumpy. I asked why and he said he was bored. When I pressed him for more information, he finally admitted, “the other team just keeps scoring and scoring.”
The coach had set it up so that the 3 boys who are experienced with playing soccer were on one team and the 5 kids who had little or no experience were on the other team. So, consequently, the experienced kids kept scoring while the other team did not. Not the best set up for success.
The coach came over and asked why Zander wasn’t playing. Zander was reluctant to say. I finally told the coach what Zander had told me. So the coach offered for Zander to be on the experienced kids’ team – problem solved, right?
Nope. Zander still wouldn’t go out there. So, we talked some more. I explained that he was getting what he wanted (to be on the “winning” team, so he should feel better and go back out there. Since he wouldn’t, I asked him what the REAL reason he didn’t want to play was. He couldn’t answer me. So, finally, I just said, “The coach is giving you what you asked for. So you should at least try it for a little while and see if you like it better.”
He finally did go back out there. And enjoyed himself. And even scored himself a goal. And did a pretty sweet pass to one of his teammates. Now he is determined to practice soccer every day this week until his game on Saturday morning. Sure enough, today he practiced playing soccer at grandma & grandpa’s house against Zevan and Grandma.
None of my usual climbing partners were available yesterday to climb, so I went to the gym late and bouldered around for about 30-40 minutes. It felt good, even though I was a little tired from swimming and emotionally drained from the discussion with Zander at soccer practice. Afterwards, I met with May at Ruby Tuesday. I still miss seeing her regularly. Now we are lucky if we see each other every other week! 
So we hung out and talked and caught up. It was really, really good to see her. Even though it reminded me how much I miss our time together.
This morning, I planned a bike ride before I went to my 9:00 AM PT appt. By the time I got to the park, I was running late, and then just decided I would ride my bike to my PT appt. So, I did. It was a bit cold, but manageable. According to the Garmin, it was 3.5 miles there. I had a great appt with Jessica, and then got back on my bike again. 3.5 miles later (and a nice hill that had me going 30 mph), I was back at the park. The weather was sunny and I decided to turn it into a long ride. At first, I was going to go 12 miles, but by the time I hit the mark, I decided to go even further. In the end, I rode a total of 16.25 mi. And I felt good. Tired, but good.
“Hey guys, come inside, I want to show you something,” I called to the boys who were outside.
“Is it my website?” Zander asked eagerly.
“Uh, no,” I replied sheepishly. I had much cooler things to show like new pajamas for Zander and shoes that tie for Zevan.
After they tried things on and so forth, the discussion went back to websites. Zander suddenly wants his own website.
At the snack table, he declared, “I want zander.com”
“Oh, sweetie, that name is already taken. So is zanderscott.com.” Why didn’t I register that when he was born???
“Oh.” Thinking. “What about strawberry.com?”
“It’s taken.” This was followed by a string of random .com words, all common words.
“Honey, pretty much any regular word you can think of has been taken.”
“Oh. What about
“I don’t know, we’ll have to check.”
So, when they came up to brush their teeth and put pajamas on, I went to GoDaddy to research domain names.
We finally settled on some domains for the boys.
Aw, that makes a geek mom proud. Now I’m actually going to have to build each a website. I need a kid friendly platform. I want to keep it on our own hosting account, of course.
An hour of searches for kid friendly platforms and I’ve come up with nothing concrete. Joomla Kids! has been abandoned. The Drupal version for kids hasn’t even started.
I guess I’ll start with WordPress since that’s what I know best…
Zander asked if he could have a sleepover with Emmett Wolfe sometime. “Emmett Wolfe is my 2nd VERY best friend.”
“Who’s your first?” I naturally asked.
He said, matter of factly, “Elijah.”
“Really? We haven’t seen Elijah in a very long time.” (like maybe a year – at least it feels that long)
“I know, but he’s been my best friend ever since I was young. He’s been my friend the longest.”
Aw, that is so cute! Clearly, we need to get those boys together again.
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