My new plan is to post twice a week: most likely Wednesday and Saturday. I know I'm off to a wonderful start, posting on a Thursday, but let's just pretend I'm really early for Saturday. I know I've slacked off, mostly due to a lack of photo-taking as Lucas has gotten older. As such, some of the posts may just be news. Like this one!
It seems like just yesterday that Lucas was a baby, but unbelievably, we were at a parent information session tonight for junior high next year. How the hell did that happen? He'll be at All Saints, the school M taught at for several years before moving to the school board this year. As such, he doesn't seem very nervous about the proposition, at least right now. We'll see on the first day in September.
Speaking of September, we could use some of that weather right now. Ottawa's winter has been pretty brutal, due in large part to huge temperature swings in the last month. As a result, it's been as icy as I've seen it since moving here in 2004. I couldn't even get the car up the driveway tonight, thanks to the ice rink sitting on top of it.
And I'll use that to segue into the last topic of the night: hockey! I haven't talked much about Lucas's hockey team this year since there hasn't been much to say. It was easily his worst year of hockey since starting 6 years ago, both from a performance and experience viewpoints.
His team isn't awful, but they certainly aren't good. They finished the season 5-7-7. Yes, 7 ties. I think that's more ties than he's had in his previous 5 years of hockey. More telling is that of the 5 wins, the last one came on January 5. As for the experience, I lay that completely on his coach. He was easily the worst coach we've had in any sport. Think about the bare minimum you have to do, and this guy did just that. I was under the impression hockey gets a lot of coaching applicants so it amazes me that this guy made the cut. I think we've already decided that we would quit the team before playing for him ever again.
The playoffs start this weekend and continue on after March break. I don't know that I've ever wanted a season to end, but I definitely do this year. Hell, if they get knocked out in the round robin, I'll be perfectly happy. Of course, with the way they have been playing, I would be surprised if they do win a game.
All that said, Lucas has had a pretty good season. He's had a couple of crappy games, but for the most part, he's been one of the few shining lights on the team. Playing in B after a year of playing a level higher in A really shows as he can hold his own against just about anyone, and he is only a first year Peewee. I'm interested to see how he does next year with some extra size.
So that's all the news for now. Check back this weekend--hopefully Saturday--for the results from game 1, which is scheduled for 4. See ya!
