Life's Been A Bit Stressful

Luckily, this cute kid helps me get through it.

As I write this post, I have a pretty bad headache. Not sure why. I have lower back issues that I try to keep in check (I've had them for years and see a chiropractor), but they really seem to be rearing their ugly head again lately. That may be why I am having headaches. Or it could be the weather. Or it could very well be stress related too. 

I wish that I could just sniff smelly shoes to make myself feel better like my cat does (heh)... 

I swear I think she is smiling at the camera.

Instead, I think I will just stick with my lovely food addiction to make myself feel better. Ahem.

 The good news about last week is that Bri actually had a pretty good week at school. I did have a slight issue with her teacher on Friday (kind of stressful), but after an e-mail exchange over the weekend, we got the situation worked out quickly. 

Bri looked super cute on spirit day on Friday. She gave me her "angry cat" pose first because she was protesting picture taking...

It was stressful week/weekend in other areas though. Doug has been crazy busy at work and traveling quite a bit. We had a terminally ill extended family member that wasn't doing well (and sadly passed away today). We've found out that some things that were promised to us to get us to sign up for academy soccer for Bri are not going to happen. There are too many children signed up for running club at school this year, so Bri's two days a week practice after school has now to changed to one day (split between 3rd and 4th/5th graders). I could go on, but I won't.

Bri had her very first academy soccer game on Saturday. She decided to do some Pink Baby/Mei Mei selfies before we headed out...

Is this thing on???

 Here is Miss B on Saturday ready for her first game. She was excited and nervous. It was at a field about 50 minutes from our house...

Bri looked pretty good that day. She was kind of unsure about the new U10 formation and a little confused. She wasn't as aggressive as she could be because she was a bit unsure of where she was supposed to be on the field. She did have one beautiful shot on goal that day that was unfortunately caught by the goalie. But the girls won their game 6-1.

On Sunday, we trekked to another field once again 50 minutes away from home (in the other direction). Sadly the girls lost 0-1.

Bri was much more aggressive this game and when she did get a chance to play, she looked great...

 But that was the issue. Between two days and lots of driving, Bri did very little playing. Some girls on the team played in two games in one day. Bri played one game per day - and in those games she wasn't put in very much. I don't know if it is because Bri is the newbie, but it was a bit discouraging. Bri is used to playing a lot - not sitting on a bench. She maybe played 15 minutes of a 50 minute game on Sunday. And the same sort of thing happened Saturday. And she was playing well for being the new kid (all the other girls played academy U9 last year), so I don't get it. We walked away from the field on Sunday not feeling so great. *groan*

The highlight of the weekend though was having a wonderful dinner with awesome friends. It was a beautiful Saturday evening with amazing food and lots of laughs...

I'm so grateful for good friends.

So we've got some things on our plate to work out and get through. We have fall break next week and we are really, really looking forward to it. It is much needed.

Here's hoping for a better week. Fingers crossed.