One other thing, The local YMCA where both my boys cut their teeth playing soccer
is STILL run by the same man today as it was then. He is teh AWESOME.
I still visit to grade talent and split teams fairly. Parents ALWAYS try to cheat :mad2:
The most blatant way is when, say four dads all agree to "coach" the same team.
Just so happens their kids are the most talented. Add to that their other "friends"
claim they need to play on the same team because of rides. :rolleyes:
Right there you have 8 great players on one team.
He and I used to laugh at them and then split them all up. ;)

We don't want to be travel. This is not supposed to be a huge step up, it's supposed to be him and his team mates from the last few yars plus anyone else who's up for it with the same coaches just taking a different route to scheduling games. Because you don't have to answer to the idiots on the board so much when you're travel. He'd be the A Goalie with this team, the second tier team. He's not supposed to be offered the B goalie position for the better team. he probably won't be. And that will be good. But if he is....

Siting on the bench is different for goalies -especially hockey goalies. It's generally bad. Especially when the coach has been using the A goalie since they were 7. An incoming B-goalie would have his work cut out. and might never step on the ice in a game.

ok so we just got the word that there will be no second tier travel team for Spring. So most likely it will be busines as usual unless hector wows them tomorrow. And then there most likely will be a tier 2 travel team in the fall and Hector will likely be their A goalie. Feeling much better -it's the uncertainty I hate.

hm. The fuckers kept him until last to talk to him -10:bloody20 on a school night, in a rink half an hour away and he isn't talking yet so i think we can assume he didn't make the team (hurray, but silently.....)

The saga of the screwed up car service drags on. The car *should* be done by lunchtime today, which is pretty much now.

All the camping gear is prepared and packed and ready to load.

IF the car is mobile today, I'm heading off for around two weeks of festival and travel and hiking.

Waiting, waiting, waiting....

Husband's job thingy is taking a long time to finish the background check. He doesn't have anything to worry about as far as background or drug test, but the company takes a while to get through the onboarding process.

that part is agonizing. have they extended an offer? perhaps it is provisional. regardless, this in between time is awful. hang tough both of you.

Yes, they did extend the offer, but it was pending. I say "was" because he finally got the email this afternoon telling him he starts Monday. Yay!

YEAH YEAH!!!

:FISTPUMP:

We couldn't be happier. It's definitely one of the best moments of the last 2 years or so.

Hurrah!

Yes! The best part about it is we will have awesome benefits...by awesome I mean health benefits the likes of which we haven't seen in 10 years or so. No, the best part is the better pay than he has ever had....no, the best part is that he gets a bonus every year....well, okay, the whole damn thing is just roses.
I just can't stop being happy right now. Maybe I need to move over into the happy thread.

Congrats to you both/all Kero!
Thats great news.

Thanks, class. :)

Definitely in the wrong thread, because it worked out way better than just "OK" in the end. Congratulations, kerosene!