Happy Monday lovelies! Yes, I know, that’s an oxymoron!! But,
lets grab our coffee and sit down an chat! Let’s get to our Monday Morning
Coffee!!
Today I am going to address the impending thing in my life…
Softball season … Yep, it's that time of year again… Gearing up for softball
season. I finally wrote down the tournaments (see picture below) that I
am already aware of, and just looking at it overwhelms me! Between the
tournaments and the normal on goings of life, we are pretty much booked all
summer. Memorial Day to the first weekend of August, we have something every
weekend... and then in August there are state tournaments. I, however,
call it quiets once state hits. This year the tournaments are just too far away
for my liking and it's too dang hot in Montana come August!! Now if I was
playing, it may be a different story, but just being a spectator, I get to
pick and choose the away tournaments I go to.
This is my third season as a Softball Widow... Some people are
Golf Widows and others are Hunting Widows... I however, am the significant
other of someone who is OBSESSED with softball!! I'm sure this comes from
growing up being a baseball player. It's something that's in his blood,
both is parents played. He played from little league all the way up to
college. If I'm being honest, part of me wishes I was dating him when he
played in college. I wish I could have seen that!! But now, it’s
softball, and I love watching him play.
It is a unique thing to get to sit back and watch your boyfriend do
something that brings him so much joy!
Softball season for recreational softball starts for us in
Montana in middle to late April. Summer season runs until August and then
fall ball starts and runs until October. When we first started dating my
boyfriend made a joke about playing softball from snow melt to snow fall.
Well, at the time I thought it was a joke. Now I know, it wasn't a joke
and is pretty much the truth!!
Once the full season gets into swing, my life is spent in the
bleachers or dug out at the softball fields!
I have my moments when it gets to be a bit much, the BF does play on 5
teams. Yep, you read that right, 5! …
1 – Men’s Slow Pitch
2 – Co-Ed Slow Pitch
3 – Men’s Fast Pitch City League
4 – Men’s Fast Pitch Blackfoot League
5 – Men’s Slow Pitch Traveling Team
It can become slightly insane.
However, after two other seasons, I think I have developed a way to get
through it in once piece and with most of my sanity!! .. I’ll share my tips
throughout the season, to help my fellow softball widows! We must stick
together you know!!!
I have to say though; it’s been a long winter! I miss seeing our
softball friends! We go from seeing them pretty close to every day to few and
far between! It group we have is made up of wonderful people and I am looking
forward to seeing everyone again!
In preparation of the upcoming season, I am cherishing all the
time that I get with the BF! We are even planning a mini get away for both our
weekends in a few weeks! Lots to look forward too!!
Hope you are all surviving your Monday! I think I may need another cup of coffee! But
I do know one thing, we’ll survive!!
XOXO,
Mikal-Anne
