Football Season is Here
September 4, 2008
Oh yeah! It’s that time of the year again. Football Season! Along with the cooling of temperatures here in Arizona and our annual fall/winter cruise approaching, this is an awesome time of the year! College football is already under way. The NFL starts tonight. And, Sean’s football season begins this weekend.
I am actually holding out some hope for the Detroit Lions this season. They made some good strides last year and Coach Rod completed his house cleaning this off season. He now has a team in his image. It will be interesting to see if “his team” is able to put it together.
Not that it matters much, but the Lions did go 4 – 0 in the pre-season. I still think the team to beat in the NFC North is the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions have a good shot at the number two slot since Chicago didn’t really do much to improve and the Green Bay Packers may have actually taken steps backwards. The big question for the Vikings this year will be quarterback. The rest of their team is solid, but the QB slot is the one spot where a single guy playing poorly can damage the whole team.
At one point last year, the Lions were 6 – 2 before falling apart the second half of the season. If they can put it all together this year, and that’s a big if, it could be a very enjoyable season for a long time Lions fan like me. I don’t necessarily need to see the playoffs this season to consider it a success, but that would certainly be nice. You know where to find me on Sundays!
Sean had hoped to move up an age group this year in football. However, his 12th birthday falls a couple of weeks on the wrong side of a deadline, so he has to play with the young kids. Most of the kids he has played with the last few years moved up. He is easily the oldest kid (and the best) on his team.
Still, I had some hopes for the season until I was talking with Sean last night. I was amazed to learn that they had not even worked on defense yet. They had on night where they scrimmaged against the even younger kids. Other than that night, Sean said no defensive work. WTF? One more practice before the first game and no defensive work??? I hate to be too critical of the coaches since they are donating their time to the kids, but that boggles my mind. I guess the head coach is in the Army and been TDYfor a couple of weeks. So, it might be a long season.
Anyways, looks like Sean is going to play Center on offense since no one else seems to be able to snap the ball – again, not a good sign. On the defensive side, Sean is going to play defensive end. That is where he excels. He has a good nose for the ball and tackles well. I expect him to have a bunch of tackles each week.
As usual, I will post the weekly results for Sean’s football team. You know where to find me on Saturdays!
Tooth Fairy Bonanza
August 26, 2008
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Sean. He has been in tooth fairy hell. Not because he has been having his teeth fall out, but because of the opposite.
Sean has been a wee bit upset of late because Savannah has been losing a lot of her baby teeth. Sean doesn’t like the fact that she has lost way more teeth than he has and he is almost two years older. Over the last couple of weeks, that has changed, but not exactly in the manner he had hoped for.
He recently went to the see orthodontist for one of his regular checkup visits. When the orthodontist took some x-rays, the he became concerned because Sean’s baby teeth appeared to be still firmly rooted and his permanent teeth were still trying to come in and take root themselves. It was getting too crowded in there.
The orthodontist and Sean’s dentist decided that he needed to have his 12 baby teeth pulled so the permanent teeth would come in correctly. Two weeks ago, he had the first six pulled and then yesterday, he had the other six pulled. While pulling one of the teeth yesterday, it broke and he had to do oral surgery to remove the pieces. A few stitches were the result. Perhaps I should have titled this blog “Tooth Fairy Hell”.
Sean has held up well during these two weeks. The first time, the first night was the worst. The pain was pretty bad and he had a bad night sleeping. By the second day he was pretty much back to normal with a little discomfort and some limitations on what he could eat. This time Suzanne got the dentist to give us some Tylenol 3 to give Sean the first night. It worked wonders as he really wasn’t in much pain and slept all night long.
His jaw is a bit sore this time from the surgery and stitches, but he should be back to normal tomorrow, though he will still be limited somewhat in the food he eats until everything has healed up. He sure is hoping the permanent come in soon, because being that he is now missing twelve teeth, there may be some things he can’t eat until then.
At least, he has some extra cash as the tooth fairy compensated him very nicely. Too nicely, but oh well… Never having had a single tooth pulled myself (yes, I still have my wisdom teeth), I can’t really relate.
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