Road trips and backyards

Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way

from the song - No Leaf Clover
*Metallica

I love that song. It wasn't on any of the previous Metallica Albums until one of their live albums.

Well we won here at home on Sunday so we are back on track hopefully. We play Wednesday away then will get back at about ten p.m. only to leave for south Texas (Laredo) on Thursday at 6 a.m. Ughhh that trip will be a beat down. We will play in San Antonio on Sunday and get back around Midnight. The traveling with 20 girls for four days and all the meal money and hotel checks. Then we have the hotel stays themselves making sure my girls actually behave. Oh by the way we have two games in all of that.

Boys update: Alec got an A on his Spelling test so he's happy. He is a creature of habit and getting back into this school routine has been a challenge but hes getting there. He also brought a Cello home from music class to learn to play not really sure what I think about that. I finally had a chance to see Evan play baseball this Fall. He did a good job and watched me after everything he did. I have to work on my helping voice being less yell and more encouragement. Don't feel to bad for him - he has the attention span of a three month old and they are hitting real baseballs. He actually does pretty well. The baby actually made it til 7 a.m. today without waking up. He had a streak of four days with the 6a.m. wake up followed by a quick 6:15 breakfast and a 6:30 trip to the backyard. I have no clue why but he loves running around the backyard in the morning. Unfortunately he is still a big fan of "hitting" when he doesn't get his way. It only gets worse when you grab his hand and tell him "no". He then launches himself into a full out fit. Ahhh we should have a few more kids!

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The beginning is the best part of my day

I got back last night after getting my teams collective heads handed to me by UCO. I decided to not torture my family with my bright and cheery mood so I watched the game again (we taped it) with John(my assistant). My goalkeeper was taken to the emergency room (broken nose) so I viewed the beat down again and waited for our trainer to call with how bad the break was. Its just a week to ten day type of break (hair line fracture). I guess that could be the best news of the day.
I awake today to my little one crying/mumbling at 6:15 a.m. Then my big boys decide to go nuts over anything and anyone while trying to get ready for school. We get them off to school and the baby is still crying when I get back because that's what he does when I leave. It was flattering for the first two times he did this but was never fun for my wife. So I carried him around for awhile as I got ready. I decided to make myself some hot tea and set it on the bathroom counter. Mr. Owen decided he was going to get it down to see what was in the cup. Thank goodness it wasn't very hot but he pulled the cup down and broke it everywhere while scaring himself to death. So another session with me holding him for ten more minutes. The poor guy should have a blog to vent on - he is having a terrible day.
Its amazing as I sit here how many people in this building remember we had a game yesterday and stop by to "see how ya did". When we won last week I had to hand out pamphlet's to let people know. Maybe I'm being to sensitive - I'll go home and cry to Owen and he can hold me!

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Animals Attack!

Yesterday in a fit of boredom at work I decided to look on youtube under the heading animal attacks. Now I have never been accused of being a sharp person but that was dumb.
A guy was surfing and you see this dark shape in the wave then he wipes out. A minute later his friend is pulling him out of the water with half an arm. Hello Mr. Tiger shark.
Tiger hunters in India were trying to trap a Bengal tiger that got to close to a village. They were on elephants with their guns and out of this tall grass twenty yards away the worlds biggest cat comes charging. The tiger jumps into the air and onto the guy on the elephant. It falls to the ground but not after ripping skin from the guys arm and side. You watched the whole thing unfold because the guy on the right of the victim was filming.
Some were funny yet scary. Some bear on a Polish talk show bapped the bajeebers out of some female host on the show. Again scary and a tad funny.
I couldn't even come close to clicking on any of the snake ones - sorry.
Ahh the life of a college soccer coach.
We have no games this weekend for MSU but I still get the opportunity to go to Dallas and coach two games on Saturday. So I leave at around 10am and get back at 8pm. Then back down on Sunday for one game. It gets old but only lasts til the end of October so I can live.
Just so you know I really love to mow the lawn. I'm not sure why but there something cool about making the yard look better and getting to think without to much interruption for half an hour straight. Last night I got the chance to use my new lawn mower! I love it! I'm not a big fan of the self propelled mowers. I really feel for me to mow it might as well be exercise and not let the stupid mower pull me along. Those things are beasts anyways and hard to maneuver. My mower does have bigger wheels on the back which enable the thing to move that much easier. I do not consider that cheating though. Kel hates to mow but loves to weed eat so we make a good team. Anyway the yard looks better, I'm busy this weekend and watch out for tigers in tall grass when riding your pet elephant!

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Birthday girl

Well today is my wife's 35th birthday. Yesterday I went to the Harvest drug store place to get Kel her Vera Bradley wallet and the ladies know exactley which one she wants. She has a wish list at the store so the whole thing was a little too easy! I looked at the price tag and commented about how expensive the lil thing was and they both looked at me like I had slapped them. They then proceeded to "wrap" it for me - which is basically a bow that the younger lady takes twenty minutes to wrap around a Harvest Drug store box - good grief.
Later on Kelly asked me when I was getting home from my practice tonight. I smile and reply that I would get home as soon as possible to shower so we could go eat. She smiles and says "no I've invited some of my friends to go out to eat with me." Wow thats rough! Its her bday so what can I say. Actually thats great because this time of year she barely gets anytime with her friends (three boys and no hubby around). She really does such a great job. I don't even notice it at times because of my schedule. The boys can be a challenge but she doesn't seem to be overwhelmed which is amazing with the age differences. We are all lucky boys in the Trimble house!! Happy Birthday babe - I love you!

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Dexter

So I finally have the time and the schedule to start my quest of watching T.V. series that have come out in the complete season mode on dvd. So I decide to start with Dexter season 1. This is a show on Showtime. The premise of this show is startling and brilliant. Dexter is a boy that is adopted by a cop and his wife in Miami. He starts to show a lot of tendencies of serial killers. Fascination with blood and the overwhelming urge to kill animals. He himself can't understand why he has these urges. He confides in his dad who helps keep the secret yet knows this will be no bueno in the years to come. So his dad starts to project the urges into hunting for animals (deer, game birds) all the time realizing they will escalate as he gets older. He then decides its time to mold this boy into what he knows he already has become but do it in kind of a Batman type way. A vigilante type of person. Dexter becomes a blood splatter expert for the Miami police force - so he gets to use his expertise in that way. He fulfills his other urges (killing) by targeting people that have found a way around the law. First rule his dad taught him though was to make sure that the person is guilty never go on a hunch before killing. Anyway all the way through each episode you get to hear whats in his head as he's thinking it. I Love the show because its very original. Surprisingly it is not as violent as you would think.
Today is the first day of the 2007/2008 NFL football season. Its like Christmas without our Savior being born and no presents. So maybe not Christmas but you understand. We also have one race remaining before the time to decide who gets to contend for the NASCAR championship. Dale Jr. is in 13th and the top 12 get in the race for the championship. So Saturday night's race is a big deal. Oh yeah and I have a game tomorrow and Saturday with MSU. So kind of a big weekend.
I read a great article in the back of the Sports Illustrated football preview issue last week. I'll try to supply the link. The article is called "getting a second wind". If I can't find the link I'll type it out next blog. Its an article everyone should read no matter if you like sports or not.

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