Soccer Weekend in the Rain

Hello Fellow Soccer Parents --

Oh boy!  Another weekend of four soccer games and all four had rain.  It was either a slight mist, light rain, steady rain, cold rain, and why haven't they cancelled the game yet rain.  Andrew's game was at 9:00am, so while it was raining steadily throughout the game, the field had not turned to a giant mud pit yet.  I was dressed in warm clothes, a good umbrella, an excellent rain coat, and a large golf umbrella, so i survived the first game relatively unscathed.  My shoes were wet, and my socks were damp, but overall, it was kind a fun bit of excitement to play a game in the rain.  But the day was early...

Delaney had an end of year tournament that included three sorter than normal games from 2:00pm to 4:30 pm.  The rain had continued all day, and the fields had been used all day too for the 3rd grade tournament, so by the time we arrived, every step was like walking through an inch deep puddle.  Some of them were mostly water, other steps had your foot sinking deep into mud.  The rain actually lightened up as the day went on, but by then the fields were too far gone.  At one point, there was a throw in, that when the girl threw the ball into the field, it landed with a load smacking sound, came to a dead stop in the middle of a mud puddle, and then even the brave hearted players timidly walked through the mud to kick it out of the puddle.

Both kids had phone, and i just worried about them not getting sick and not getting my car muddy on the ride home after the game.