Adam was laid off Thursday night (a good thing) but since he has been working nights, he has not been getting a whole lot of sleep. Friday, he was fighting the laundry. The laundry won.
Saturday, at 3pm, Zeke and the RRL Flyweight Hawks played Genoa Orange for the Championship Title in the NIFC league. AND THE HAWKS WON! 14 - 6! A MONSTER victory! After the game, each player got a medal to wear around their neck and Coach Morley got a HUGE trophy!
All the families brought food and we all then proceeded to the pavillion area to pray, present the coaches with their Thank-You gifts, eat and socialize. We also got a chance to cheer on one of the other RRL teams that was playing after us. It was a wonderful evening filled with many great families. No one minded the cold, the overcooked or undercooked meat (meat was thrown haphazardly on the grill and flipped occasionally by whomever was passing by) or the ending daylight. Truly a feeling of community.
Since getting Reggie, actually right before Bourbon, I joined an online forum called www.bigdogsporch.com. Lots of big dog pet owners who offer lots of encouragement, support and advice - all of which I needed, having never owned a large dog before. A few members of the Forum are from/live in the Chicago area and decided to meet in Sycamore, Illinois for the annual Pumpkinfest. Adam, I, the kids and Reggie trucked down there and met some fabulous people and their beautiful big dogs.
All assembled together in front of the courthouse, where we agreed to meet, we must have been quite a spectacle because over a hundred people came over to pet our dogs and ask us questions! Someone commented that they were looking for the sign, announcing what shelter we were with because we looked so organized! Very funny!
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Most of us stayed for the parade, which was very fun. Reggie stayed pretty mellow through most of it - he only stood up when the Clydesdale horses went by. Kendra's Great Dane, Basja, did NOT like headless characters... freaked her out a little. And little Edna, the pug who thought she was a big dog, attempted to run off with a passing chihuahua in the parade, much to her owner's embarrasment!
We all agreed to leave a little early, since the wind picked up (gusts of 30+mph) and it began to rain. Reggie was so good though. Let everyone and anyone pet him, barked twice the entire time and even got to sniff a few dog butts. He lays beside me now, snoring, because I think he feels as content with his day as we do
