The Many Shades of Spring Sports (and Alternatives)

 

Spring sports come in all sorts of colors. Sometimes pretty umbrellas. And sometimes it's a bright yellow softball combined with Assumption Royal Blue which means there's a second round of softball playoffs after a 10-0 regionals victory last night!

Especially celebrating a playoff homerun! It made for an exciting evening. And yes, any time you see me posting photos late at night, know that I cannot stay up any later to blog about my reality TV-worthy exciting life!

Today I was all pumped for my own spring sport. Well, duh, golf. A childhood friend is in the area (visiting from Colorado) and we totally had a golf outing planned this afternoon. I took a half-day off and guess I never ran my vacation request past Mother Nature.

Stupid rain!

So we had to cancel. But didn't totally give up on reconnecting. 

Heath and I grew up about 2.5 miles apart. Which means we were together from kindergarten and our 2-room grade school (Oak Hill) years to high school graduation. Haven't seen him in 10 years when we were in Colorado on vacation, but he's heading to Luck (our hometown) for a wedding this weekend so we made sure two fellow golfers connected.

Over dinner anyway.

Don't judge me for being a hoarder. But I brought my grade-school sweatshirt with me so we could take a photo as 2 of the 6 in the last 4th-grade class at Oak Hill Elementary before all of us "country kids" had to go to school in Luck.

Yes, we're that old. And it was a hoot catching up and sharing random memories from age 5 to 18 and beyond. Bummed we couldn't golf, but I think we could chat more over sushi and hibachi chicken than on the course anyway. So it's all good.

The beauty of childhood friends (even your 1st-grade "sit together on the bus every day" boyfriend) is that you never have to pretend who you are or where you came from. Every bit of the conversation is unpretentious and real. 

Treasure those friendships when you can!