After a year of cancelled proms and dances, prom season is on again in Connecticut. Elizabeth was invited to attend Xavier's Junior Gala with a boy that she's known since before preschool and she was so excited to go. She wore a dress that belonged to one of my friend's daughters and she looked absolutely amazing. She had a wonderful time, from the moment she woke up that morning until the moment she went to sleep that night.
Sporting a knee brace and plenty of bruises after four lacrosse games in the previous five days.
In mid March, we received an offer on my parents' house (which wasn't even on the market) and decided to accept it. The closing was in mid-April and so I drove up to take a look at it, one last time. Although I was only at the house for 90 minutes, it was incredibly emotional as a lifetime of memories came flooding through me. I was able to look through a few final items, searching for some old Christmas lights and ornaments. My sister and I took all of my parents photo albums so that we can go through them and make sure that we have all of the memories of their amazing journeys around the world.
While I have yet to come around to the idea of someone else living in the house that was home for more than 45 years, it is time for someone else to start a life there and make the kind of memories that we made.
High school lacrosse season started in early April and it was an unusual month for the girls. A few days before they were supposed to play their first game, a player on the team tested positive for COVID19, so the entire team was put into quarantine. Although the girls received a negative PCR test on day five, they were unable to return to school or play as a team. Once the mandated 14 day period was up, they had one practice and then jumped right into a hectic game schedule. Elizabeth started her first high school varsity game and hasn't looked back, starting and playing 7 complete games so far, and playing really well. She's scored at least one goal in all but one game, and in most games she's scored more than one. Emily suffered a midfoot sprain in the first game, although she refused to leave the game and played the next night as well. After playing two full games, she confessed to her pain level and to her dismay and relief, we sidelined her. After a week of rest and some PT, Emily was cleared to play again and so both girls started and played the last two games of the month. NWC is not particularly good, but they are starting to click and the coach really knows the game, so we are hoping for some good games in May.
These two have played with and against each other since third grade.
Although she's never played defense before, she slid right into the position for high school.
Sisters defending a shooting space call.
Elizabeth is making the girls take photos in the locker room pre-game. Another sign of normalcy.
