Week 13- March 21st thru March 27th

     I was sick as a dog Sunday.  I HATE  throwing up! I will do anything not to throw up, but I had no choice, I was sick.  I stayed in bed to try and not get anyone else sick. It was a No Good Very Horrible Day!

     Monday I decided to stay home and rest.  Well, and scrub my entire house.   When anyone is sick they are quarantined  and the entire house is scrubbed.  I just have this thing with stomach flu germs.  They scare me.

     Tuesday I was all better.  That evening was YW and Scouts.  Dallen was giving me attitude with his homework, so I took away Scouts for the night.  You would have thought I had just beat the kid with a whip.  He was so upset but I am tired of his attitude when it comes to homework. Maybe now he will not give me so much guff,  well at least for a few weeks.

     Wednesday we were able to stay home and get homework done. nothing exciting but then that is the way I like it.

     Thursday,  Dallen  had wrestling practice.  Claira had a Foods meeting for 4-H.  They planned what they were going to do for  a fund raiser at the Cattle Day.  Of course it is on a Sunday, so we think we are going to skip this one.  Claira also had her first soccer "practice" for the fall season.   We found out that one of the soccer coaches was going to try and put together a team to play in the Reno League.  Coach Heather is going to practice with the girls now through summer.  These are called "practices" but they are not mandatory.  Once we get to July  Heather will have "Tryouts" for the actual team.  She will not just be taking the kids with the best skills,  she will be taking kids that  are polite and good listeners, actually try to do what she teaches, those who come to as many practices as possible and/ or call and let her know they will not be there,  and how they actually do on the "tryout" day  with the drills she is going to test them on. Claira may or may not make the team  but either way she will be able to learn a lot from this coach and will be in shape for what ever team she does play on in the fall.  Either way she will have to travel for all her soccer games.  For me it will be easier to travel to Reno every weekend  than to travel to Redding, Chico, Anderson etc  each weekend.

     Friday Dallen had wrestling practice, the last one of the season that he would be going to.

     Saturday we went to a wrestling tournament in Chester.  The Chester ones are kinda fun because they are usually a bit smaller in attendance  and it is a new area to travel to.  Chester is about as far away as Reno is but just feels a bit different since it is the opposite direction.  We always weigh in and then head to the Wagon Wheel for breakfast.  It is a good little restaurant and they make pretty good breakfast food.   This time  there was a huge turnout at the tournament.   Dallen ended up having to wrestle a kid that he has wrestled in the past.  This kid is good and Dallen knew that.  So he lost all his focus, he was beat before he even got out on the mat.  It did not make for a very good day.  The second kid he wrestled  he has wrestled before and won but he lost focus again and gave up.  The last match was against Cody.  Cody is our neighbor and Dallen is friends with him.  Cody has quite a bit of height on Dallen  so doing things like a cradle on Cody are not really a smart idea.  Both boys did everything they were taught to do and did it well but in the end Cody got a few more points than Dallen and won the match.  At least in this one he did not give up.  It was not the best way to end the wrestling season.