The Lighter Side of Life

Lately, it seems like I am wandering streets unknown or worrying incessantly over the Teen! Time to take a break and catch up on the continuing Hockey soap opera!

So, Hockey season is back. This time around, Craigley decided to be the Assistant Coach. Apparently Hans wanted him to be a bit of a Dad to him and not 100% Coach. Craigley was cool with that until he received an email about whom he would be coaching under.

This is where movies go into "flashbacks". And I will do my own version of a flashback by getting everyone to read this post from a few months ago! Yes, he was paired up with his Arch Nemesis from last season.

Saying Craigley lost it would be an understatement. He was livid. Immediately, he proceeded to write an email indicating why he should be Coach! He got a prompt response reminding him that he wanted to be an Assistant this season!

In theory, I had to agree with the opposition. But Craigley was like "I beat her last season. I am the winning Coach". Technically, his team beat her team. They were both lucky to have awesome kids playing amazing Hockey.

The battle ended with Craigley moving Hans and himself to another team where he was content to be an Assistant to some unknown guy.

Last Saturday, I was able to watch the game where Craigley and his Arch Nemesis faced off for the first time this season. Almost all of Craigley's last season’s team, Hans' last season’s team mates, are on the other team now! It worked out that way because the kids were supposed to continue to work with their former Coach who unfortunately decided to quit the team over personal principles! Hans felt a little awkward to be facing off against his former team mates. I had to reassure him that they are still his friends off the ice!

The game ended with Hans' team winning. As we walked out, we saw the other Coach who was chatting with a parent or someone. Craigley had to shout out to her with, "That was a good game, eh?". He got a "Get out of my face" look from the woman. At which, Craigley looks at me and remarks, "What’s with her? I am just trying to be nice!"

I just smiled at the absurdity of it all. 

And I was glad my tutoring session got moved to a different time and I got a chance to be part of this ongoing Hockey soap opera. I'd rather be a spectator to a real life drama than go back in History to help King Louis XIV of France run a strategic ad campaign to send some of his peeps to New France! Little did he know then that that new land of his would become a Hockey loving nation called Canada!

Ah! To be part of History in the making! Life is really darned good.