- Jun 29, 2013
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I really do appreciate the fact that DD's travel team coaches view the needs of a 10u team the way they do with a true 2-month break for an off-season, and love the fact that DD and I got to visit Athens this year because of it. But the suspense is overwhelming! We're still a few weeks out from getting started and it will be crazy enough when we do, but damn do I miss seeing the damp, dirt infields, the smell of bad coffee at 8:00 am, the faces of other over-tired and overly-enthusiastic parents, the grass dripping with morning dew, the sounds of the composites smacking a ball, the looks on the young ones faces as they see their challenge, the fatigue of playing that third game of the day, and most of all, the car rides where we share an hour or so with nobody else. Yeah, we got the quality time on our vacation but there's something special about a Saturday morning trip to wherever.