After quickly downing a grilled chicken burger, ribs, a t-bone steak, beer and neon pink hot dogs that you can't cut with a knife at Apache Spur, Michelle dropped Jacob and I off at Broadhurst Primary School for his first session of Friday Night Softball. Michelle took Kate, the twins, Maura and our friend Celeste back to the home to put the babies in bed and prop Kate and the rest of the crew in front of the TV to watch High School Musical II. Michelle then came over to watch the "softball match". We won 14-11.. It was great to see a sporting event that was totally relaxed, unlike any American youth sporting event I've ever been to. There was a calmness to it, no parents screaming, simply watching and enjoying the night. We came with beer helmets, but left them in the car. I'll have to get pictures because their uniforms were like the 1970's Chicago White Sox( dark socks, dark pants and a dark collared shirt). I volunteered to help with the team, the coach was all for it, saying he didn't quite understand all the rules, but loved the game. I kept score and really had a great time. The weather was perfect for a "ball match," breezy and mid 60's. In the first "frame" Jacob made a diving catch in left field to save a run, it was the talk of the game..(really helping Jacob's humility). Lots of "well-played, well-played" were barked from the gallery and the team never looked back from then on. I have all sorts of plans for this team.. Pitch outs, hit and runs, double steals, squeeze plays, etc. We will be the best team in all of Botswana, taking no prisoners and displaying a brand of ball play never to be seen on this side of the pond!!!(Waa - Haa - Haa - Haa !!!! ) But the most important thing is that the kids have a good time and learn the sport. And we all know the only way to have a good time is to mercilessly cream every opponent by 15+ runs..
After the match, Kate and I puked our brains out. One time for me, 5-6 times for Kate.. She's still sleeping(10 am).There's a bit of a bug going around her school and we got it. Now it just needs to make its way through the rest of the family... Can't wait.
Michelle is on call this morning and has been at the hospital since 8. No plans for the day, just to recoup from the hurling and get back to normal.
One last tidbit .... When we were at the restaurant, Jude and I went for a walk through the establishment. It took us 20 minutes to get back to our table because all the waitresses wanted to hold him and kiss on him....What a stud.. We were walking the other day and a girl stopped us and said.. " Bring him back to Botswana in 30 years and I will marry him." So he's got that going for him.. which is nice.
One last thing, if you want to take a look at other videos about Gabs, go to you tube and search "Gaborone", or follow this link... http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=gaborone&search_sort=relevance&search_category=0&search=Search&v=&uploaded=&page=1
