April 1-4

The new month began on a Sunday, the next day saw a rare April snowfall. I was awake around 5:30 or so for a nature call and I saw the snow falling, at that point it looked like something that might be plowable. By the time I was up for good it was all over and melting down quickly, the morning drive was of no issue at all. The weather forced postponement of McCaskey's baseball game, they were scheduled for a Monday road game that was reset for Thursday the 5th. Tuesday was another dreary day with rain in the area, on Wednesday Jenny and her mother were in town for a morning appointment. By all accounts Helen is feeling no ill effects from her episode from the previous week, we did our usual lunch date and came back to my place since it was a hockey night in Reading. Found out in the afternoon that McCaskey's home ballgame (which I would have missed because of hockey) was called due to wet grounds and rescheduled for Tuesday the 10th. That sets up a three-in-three at home for the club since they are already playing at home on the 9th and 11th but for me it's good because I should be available to work it. In the evening we were at the Arena for the Royals' next-to-last home game, the Worcester Railers were the opponent for the last of their eight appearances. The Railers have been on a good roll lately, they are in contention for a playoff berth after being way behind as recently as a month ago. On this night Worcester prevailed in overtime 2-1, the lone score for the Royals came courtesy of Steven Swavely as Branden Komm took the loss in net. Despite the loss the Royals gain a valuable standings point as they solidify their playoff position, the record sits at 37-24-9 and 23-10-2 at the Arena. The boys finish the regular season with a home-and-home set versus the Norfolk Admirals, Friday in Virginia and Saturday back at home. Take care, thanks for reading.