Tonight I play my first ever netball game. Should be interesting. I have a feeling I might get in trouble a bit. There is supposed to be no contact in netball. I am used to playing soccer where the hip and shoulder are great to use. Thankfully the place that we are playing at doesn't require us to wear skirts. I don't know if I could manage playing any sport in a skirt. Netball uniforms are made out of thin spandex type material with a little skirt at the bottom. Not the most forgiving outfit for any mom, if you know what I mean.
I do have to say that they have some cool names for the different positions, as a friend pointed out recently. Wing attack and wing defense are probably the best.
Brandon left for Brisbane early Monday morning on a four day business trip. Today he is supposed to be crawling around on a bunch of trains. Something tells me he is really enjoying today. He is up there with his boss, who is introducing him to various people that they are working with. Brandon called me last night and said that the weather up there reminds him of Indiana. Warm and humid.
Brandon is enjoying the people contact this office job provides. His boss isn't into religion but likes to debate. Brandon likes to debate as well so they manage.
Apparently everyone at B's office thinks we are crazy for having three kids under 4. I told Brandon sometimes I think we are crazy too :-)
When they found we are going to be homeschooling Jolene they all got very concerned. Of course the classic social questions came out. Boring, ask something new! The social thing has surely been put to rest by now. You can anti-social and go to a school just as you can be social and be home taught. I suppose Brandon and I have the job of proving this to them and reassuring them that we are not weirdos as a result of our homeschooling background. Having said that maybe you are all saying right now "not weirdos, that's what you think" :-)
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You make me laugh! It's nice to see a mom that can be flexible and say, "oh well, they're sleeping, let them sleep!" I tend to be a little anal when it comes to a schedule. I know I need to relax a bit. And the whole having thing of having 3 kids age 3 and under, we'll be seeing how that goes for us in September! Glad to hear Brandon's job is going so well. Have fun tonight!
Thanks for this post...Maybe you can teach them a bit more aggressive style of netball! That's my Meg. Hey, thanks too for the map showing where Brandon is - very helpful since my Oz geography is still not that good. Encourage Brandon to write a report on his time up north; sounds like fun.
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Or not ;)
Yeah, 'socialisation' has been done to death. It's just a part of the culture now and it's more of a knee-jerk response than anything else.
Sure, you go to school to socialise, but it's only with your peers and they are all you are taught to relate to. Very narrow!
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