Brief Report From Another Crazy Week

Tent Set Up For Potomac Nationals

To all my many readers, both of you, this post will not be full of prose and biting humor.  Due to time constraints, it is just a brief report and then I’m on the road again.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday  was a short 3 game home stand of the Potomac Nationals at Woodbridge.  Since it was a midweek set in May before the kiddies are out of school, we weren’t counting on much but it gave us the chance to use our tent set up inside Pfitzner Stadium rather than the partially hidden location for Big Red outside.

It was much better than I expected eventhough Thursday night was a downer with bad weather called for and showers starting about the 6th inning.  Poor crowd for that one.  But it served its purpose and I think I got all the bugs worked out for next week.

Getting  on the road late  Thursday night, it was nearly 3:00 am by the time I got back to the farm.  After a little sleep, I started getting everything ready for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life in Bedford County, an event that was scheduled for 6 pm until 6 am on Friday.

The Liberty High School track and football field was a mess after something like 4 inches of rain.  It forced officials to move the event inside leaving Big Red in another tough location behind the school and not very visable.  Since more rain was expected, ACS folks also shortened the event ending it a little after 10 pm.

My sister, Jean, helped since Peggy is in the process of moving.  And, we got slammed.  Great night for funnel cakes, dogs, fries and Bar-b-que despite the poor location.  For nearly three hours, it was all we could handle.

Today, I’m trying to get caught up on paperwork and then I’m off to Harrisonburg to help Peggy with the move. This week, Friday is the start of a six day homestand for the Nationals over Memorial Day weekend.  This should be a really good group of games as long as the weather cooperates.  Then, back to the farm for the Danville Relay for Life on the 29th.  As I’ve been doing, I’ll send Twitter updates via phone.

No rest for this old fat guy.