Birthday and No UF

We went to a birthday party last weekend and the festivities coincided with ultimate frisbee, which we missed last weekend because of our trip to DC. I really wanted to play UF, but I get a sense the season has come to an end because apparently nobody showed up last week, and this week might have been more of the same.

The kids had a blast at the party, however, and we parents got to sit around and discuss parent issues. Same old, same old. R was let off the hook and got to stay at home and do important logistical stuff, which meant that I was the ambassador to the parenting world. What else is new?

They’re family friend, so it wasn’t like a wedding where you sit with people you don’t know and try to make idle chit chat. It was a nice time, though I’d rather be building walls or splitting wood, but social obligations take precedence when you live in a social world. If you shunned all human contact, then it wouldn’t be an issue, but that’s the not the world we’ve chosen to live in, especially with the kids.

The party was a pretty much a free form event, the kids just took over and did what they wanted, which meant games and running and shouting. They had fun, and the parents pretty much sat around and did nothing. My kind of day. After the usual couple of hours, thing wound down, and we hit the road. The plan was to see if we could catch the tail end of UF, but when we got there, there were no people on the field. Total bummer. Has the UF season come to an end? I hope not, but it’s not looking good.

Until the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to Aneta Blaszczyk for the pic.