A weekend away

I am back. To think that I did not post on Friday. Oh well, I really had nothing to say. We were having guests for dinner, well not really guests, per se, the (un)usual cast of characters that make up my, actually the Wife's, family. We had her aunt, uncle and brother over for dinner.

It was an uneventful meal. Rather boring, I would say.

The weekend was also uneventful. Rather boring, I would say. It was very mild outside but it did tend to rain, so there were no outdoor activities to be had.

I miss basketball. Not my own game, which continues each Tuesday, but the Lad's games. I really did enjoy coaching him. It was no different than when I was not coaching. I would hang by the bench/dugout and provide encouragement and advice (in game) to the Lad. I would not yell at him and I would get him to see the larger view of success. I tried not to let him allow himself to be discouraged by in game mistakes (missed shots in basketball or hitting into outs in baseball). He seems to have taken to that, or so I say.

I try not to break his confidence. I do not want him to dwell on the mistakes, just learn from them and use them to motivate himself to do better the next time. I do not want him to "dwell" on his successes either. In sports, you have to live in the present. Take the past successes and failures and use them to create successes in the present.

Well, that is it for my weekend roundup. Not much to say. Ciao!