The Wettest Soccer Game…Ever

Kari at MamaBloo — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:30:44 +0000

On Wednesday I attended the wettest soccer game ever anywhere since the world began.

One VERY wet soccer player!

I mean, we folk in Seattle are made of a hearty stuff when it comes to rain. Being wet is an enevitable part of our everyday lives. Everything around here is “Rain or Shine”…. Come to our outdoor sleepover, rain or shine…. We’re having a Luau, rain or shine…. You are invited to our wedding, rain or shine…. If we don’t include the caveat of “rain or shine” on everything we do, we would sit at home watching rain drops run down our window panes. Depressing.

But Wednesday’s soccer game took the warning “Rain or Shine” to a whole new level. Let’s just say NOAH would have been intimidated. When I realized that the raindrops actually hurt as they fell, I had Dave call the assistant coach of the soccer team and ask if, perchance, this game would be, well… rained out. Oh no, that doesn’t happen, he said. And so off I went with a carload of 6th grade girls and Ty, who insisted that he loved the rain.

Mud Puddles

What resulted was 90 of the wettest minutes of my life. And I was on swim team. The girls were soaked to the skin within 3 minutes — aka the walk from the car to the field. The parents had various rain protection devices with them — aka, boots, umbrellas, and a stoic attitude. Ty and I huddled under our newly purchases “sports-brella” which is a giant, oversized umbrella designed to sit on its side, like a cave. Ty said to me, “If we had to live in this sports-brella, that would be so sad!” Agreed. When Ty realized that staying dry was hopeless, he headed straight for the puddles. Well, I thought, at least I don’t have to go to a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese.

The good news is that the players had a good time and that when we got home there were hot showers and chili dogs waiting for us. Processed meat never tasted so good.

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The Wettest Soccer Game…Ever