Followup on Health and Hoops

Stephen did go to the VA Hospital on Friday and got a prescription for his neck issue (as well as the migraines…). The pain has improved, but there’s still something going on there. So we’re monitoring.

Tess’s team took 3rd in the tournament. They lost again to Bartlett. And no offense to any Bartlett fans or parents, but those girls are just mean. Chugiak did go on to beat West HS on Saturday to place 3rd. I didn’t watch that game as it was Craft Day at the church that afternoon. So I dropped Tess off after her French Poetry Recitation competition at East HS that morning, and then I drove back to Eagle River to the church for the afternoon. Stephen brought Alicia to West HS (where the tourney was being held), to watch the game. I later got reports from both Tess and Stephen that the girls on West also played extremely rough. One girl got a technical foul and tossed out of the game for intentionally ramming into Tess in what sounded like more of a football tackle. At another point, Tess was knocked so hard she went somersaulting down the court. Stephen was livid and I didn’t have to be present to know how he reacted! I guess those girls figured if they weren’t going to win, they might as well maim the other team!

Anyway, that’s over. This week they play Eagle River (easy win) and then we haul ourselves down to Soldotna (on the Kenai Peninsula) on Saturday.

This afternoon, I’m signed up for a Remote Sensing course over at the BLM (federal Bureau of Land Mgmt) Field Office here in Anchorage.

The temps today are back to Anchorage normal. Highs in the mid-20s, lows in the low-teens. It’s just after 8am and black as tar out there…