Highlight: having brunch with some of the guys who attended chapel this year with the State College Spikes. Being a chaplain for a minor league baseball team is a lot like being in youth/college ministry. This summer’s chapel schedule was very sporadic, which made it hard to get much traction. But today was good. I spent about an hour after our Waffle Shop visit hanging out with one young man talking about his plan to keep growing in the off-season.
Lowlight: tonight was the last night of the Spikes season. After the game (a thrilling 5-0 win) they shoved some food in their faces, turned in their gear, and headed for other parts of the country. Some of them will be moving up, some will be back in SC next summer, and some of them will “retire” and face life post-baseball. It’s not a very glamorous life in the lower levels of minor league baseball.
Highlight: Team Sublett started the Couch-to-5K training today–all of Team Sublett! I did the run with Charlie on my back and Paisley on a leash beside me. Charlie did great! He was a little wide-eyed at the beginning, but he fell into a rhythm and laughed and talked to me as we ran-walked-ran-walked. Paisley…not so much. In addition to a deathly fear of the overpass, she was a big, foamy-mouthed mess by the time we got home. I tried to get her to drink in the middle of the run, but she wouldn’t. Then she barfed up tummy acid on the kitchen floor. She may not make a running dog. But all the kids and Kim did superbly!
Lowlight: In addition to Paisley’s woes, Kim’s feet are hurting. She may need new shoes if she’s going to run. I’m not the most compassionate trainer she’s going to find, either. When Sadie was feeling tuckered out on the way back I had to remind myself that she’s a pre-teen who has never really run much before. Barking at her to suck it up and finish strong probably wouldn’t work…
So what were your highlights & lowlights yesterday?
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