Jacob had his final tryout today for the Southern Schools Softball team.. sort of like an All Star team for the southern part of the country... We will head up to Palapye next friday for 3 matches against the Northern Schools All Stars..
I am the asst. coach.. I think he will be playing shortstop and will be hitting 6th in the lineup.. Anyone know any famous left handed shortstops? It should be a fun few days for him, considering sports and competition seem to be last on everyone's list here.. Jacob will be headed up with a team of 13 boys, 2 others from his school.
I was in charge of drills and infield practice today, and was simply blown(and continue to be blown away) by the manners of the young men Jacob's age... Each boy says..."Yes sir, no sir, thank you sir..." on every occassion.. When practice is over, each of them sought me out to shake my hand and say "Thank you for practice". The thing about it is, the parents aren't telling them to do it, they simply know to do it.. It's very nice and hopefully it has rubbed off on Jacob.
We had cornhole last night, but it was moved indoors due to the intense lightning and thunder and .. rain. The lightning and thunder was what you would expect from Africa.. Seriously dangerous.. I've never heard or seen anything so intense.It was crazy.. But we did actually play in our house.. we have a long open space that is perfect for any cornhole venue.
Headed to some friends' house today for a cookout, but it's raining steady.. It's wonderful..feels like home and has cooled off everything.
Michelle heads out tomorrow to teach a class in Ghanzi... About 7 hours out in the middle of nowhere.. Anyone available to babysit?
Less than 4 weeks and our adventure is over.. everyone is asking us for our stuff
