2 posts tagged “hockey”

Things I Loathe

• Having to call all the parents of my soccer team to tell them the practice field has moved yet again, as I can't trust them to check their email every couple of days.
• Interminable soccer board meetings, where we argue incessantly over minutia.
• Sore knees
• Finding eleven months of tax records, but desperately needing that twelfth month
• Watching hockey in standard definition. I guess I shouldn't complain too much, as at least they televised the NCAA finals, but once you watch hockey in hi-def, you don't want to go back.
• Listening to the US Presidential candidates prostrate themselves before the electorate, trying to prove they believe in imaginary fairies more than the other ones. Obama's "clinging to guns and religion" comment is one of the most rational thing any of them have said all campaign season, yet he can't scramble away from it fast enough.
  

Things I Love

• Coaching my girls in soccer. Last season was the first season one of them played without me, and while it was an interesting change in point of view, I'm glad to be back in the saddle again.
• Those first beautiful days of Spring. I've always said those are the hardest ones to stay focused when you are working from home.
• Playoff hockey
• Overtime Playoff hockey
• A sweet one timer from the faceoff dot that wins an overtime playoff hockey game for your underdog Black & Golds. That feeling is why I'm glad I am a sports fan.
• Watching one of your local Division One hockey teams finally win the championship game, after losing the previous two years. The Boston College Eagles made it easy to watch this year, as they just rolled in both games they played in the Frozen Four.
• The Car Talk Credits; "Head of Working Mother Support Group - Erasmus B. Dragon" indeed!
• Following Web bread crumbs to discover gold:
• Listening to Bess Rogers, hoping to get to see her next week
• Finding about her and Jen's crazy insane podcast, Once More with Feeling. "Cheese And Despair" - great potential band name
• Noticing the podcast comes from Gcast.com, a free  Podcasting hosting site. Look for my "Cheese and Despair" podcast soon!
• Seeing they are affiliated with GarageBand.com, so begin prowling around there
• Checking out the folk section and finding a sort-of local artist named Llissa Schneckenburger, a fiddler and folksinger who, as my friend says, must be good with a name like that! And is! And she has a new CD available today!
  

Funny how now I think about my Things on Tuesday list all week, trying to remember the loathes and loves for the week! Anyway, here's my weekly entry, with my loathing reserved this week for drivers. Like the kids in Lake Wobegon, everyone thinks they are above average.

Things I Loathe, bad driver edition
 * The driver in front of me who rides their brakes going up to a green light, then accelerates as it turns yellow, leaving me at the red light
 * The driver who turns on their left turn signal entering the rotary for no known reason, yet doesn't turn it off until they exit the rotary, when a right turn signal might actually even help
 * The driver who refuses to go around the car in front of her who is turning left, even if the left turning car is actually using their turn signal. Extra loathing for those who ease too far to the right for anyone else to get by.
 * Drivers who merge onto a highway with 80mph cars while doing 30mph
 * Going away on a business trip, even if only for a couple of days
 * Backstopping my hockey team to the championship game, only to have to miss it due to the aforementioned business trip. And they lose in overtime, 8-7

Things I Love
 * Getting a wildly enthusiastic welcome hug back from everyone after returning from the aforementioned business trip
 * Waking up just before the alarm goes off, in time for spoons
 * Having the whole mountain to ourselves, with freshly groomed trails, brilliant blue skies and a gentle breeze
 * Seeing the girls in their new Easter dresses
 * Reading a great book. Both War and Peace and Sword of Honour fill that love.