Today’s soccer
Definitely more participation today. Em was out on the field playing when arrived. Then I looked down to get my camera ready. Then she was crying. Then someone went over to comfort her, so they came off the field.
“What happened?” I asked the teenage helper.
“Nothing!” she said. “I think she was just ready to go.”
“That sounds about right.” I said. She hasn’t done it in a while, but it used to be that things would just suddenly be too much and it would tip her over the edge. It still does happen occasionally, especially when she’s tired or sleepy.
We went to get her lunchbox, then saw Grandma was there. Heh. Everybody should have a coach like my mom in their corner.
My mom had been watching, and said Em had basically been wandering around. But wandering around on the field for 20 minutes. Woo!
As we made our way to the car, Em was getting over being weepy, although she still had a very runny nose. I was talking to her, saying, “So you were ready to be done, is that it?”
“Yes,” she answered, then added “I got hit in the chest!”
So she wasn’t just ready to go home. She had gotten smacked, and I guess the teenage helper monitoring their end of day match didn’t notice.
I’m going to mention it to the head coach as an example of how, while I know there are about a thousand little bodies moving around out there, I’d appreciate an extra eye on Emily. She’s not always going to be able to tell you what’s wrong in the heat of the moment. It can take her a little time to get the words together.
The coach did say that the “I need you to do this for five minutes” tip was extremely helpful, and that he’d recommend I pass that along to any other teachers or coaches she has this summer, so that’s a positive.
All in all, a better day, and I think we can improve even more tomorrow.