May 9, 2011 - Running Streaks

Celts just lost game 4...they'll need a little streak of their own now.  Noah has started his ownrunning streak - his nose.  He is covering his face and clothes with boogies everyday - it's been going for 4 days now.  Actually, poor little guy, he's got a terrible cough to boot.  He's never fussy, but today I actually had to pick him up early from daycare he was such a mess and we took him to the pediatrician to get him checked out.  He's got a little something - not a full blown ear infection, but there's something there so we got an antibiotic.  Poor little guy was so tired, he passed out cold on the ride home and we had to put him straight to bed...we'll start the medicine tomorrow.

Baxter the Dog and I had a pretty good run tonight...a little later than usual, but I was sure to not wait until after dinner as that is a total disaster.  We ran our usual route...turned windy on the way back in to the house, but we powered through and "sprinted" up the hill around the corner to finish.  It was a good evening to run...and to think. 

About what?  Baseball actually...the greatest game invented.  A game with no clocks and that is all about the little things.  A pitch can be a fraction of an inch off the plate; a batter can be a fraction of a second late with his swing; a swing can be a fraction of an inch too high or too low; a fielder can be positioned a fraction of an inch too far in one direction or another.  All of these little things have to line up for you - it's the difference between winning and losing.  I won't bore you with going into the obvious analogy here that I was thinking about on my run - but I think you get the point.  Life for us seems overwhelming right now and we are working to get all of the little things going in the right direction while still clutching to any semblence of normalcy that we can.  And I feel like we are doing the right things for Noah - helping him with those little things.  I have to believe that each one of these little things will eventually add up and someday I will play catch with my son.