End Of The Season

It was another rough game for Elliott's team today - the first, and last, game of the playoffs. They played the team they had beaten twice in the regular season (their only wins!) so they had a good shot at advancing. When we got to the gym for the 9 AM game, it was locked and no one arrived to open it until 8:55. So that meant they had virtually no time to warm up before game time. And it showed. Elliott shot 1 for 6 from the field (16%) in the first half and his team was down 6-23 at halftime! So obviously no one else was scoring either. The refs were horrible - one kid on the other team took a shot that bounced off of the support arms to the hoop, his team rebounded it and scored! I was yelling at the refs that the ball was out of bounds! And then, "What's next? Are the walls inbounds too?!" Ha ha But the refs were really bad. In the second half, Elliott came alive and shot 44% ending up 5 for 15 on the day with 10 points. The problem is, the rest of the team only scored 17 combined so they lost 27-41. They actually cut the lead to 6 at one point with about 2 minutes to go. It got exciting and Elliott really sparked the team and the crowd! He took a 3 point shot that rimmed out and the crowd let out a big sigh! So close! The coach from the other team came up to him after the game and congratulated him and said they ran a box and one type of defense to shut him down! So he did well and it was a disappointing but fun season. Elliott ended the season shooting over 30% from the field and averaging 5.6 points per game (the team averaged 25 points per game so he did his part!).

The dryer timer died yesterday so I ordered a new timer. I sure hope that is the problem - it has been acting up for years but yesterday the dryer wouldn't start unless I wiggled it just right. All of the connections were tight - it is an internal connection. So I ordered a new one and it should be here Monday.

We are heading out to central PA for a wedding this afternoon. The weather looks good.

A year ago today we were snorkeling in St. Thomas!