May 1-5

Wednesday lunch with Jenny in Quarryville, in the evening we were back at McCaskey for the final home game of the season. Beforehand we had the usual senior recognition as Alex Dominguez, Dylan Esh, Mason Lee, Hunter Lloyd, Evan Proulx, Noah Raymond, Nate Santiago and Seth Winters were honored as members of the Class of 2019 (all eight of them are attending institutions of higher learning in the fall, so much for the perception many people have that McCaskey kids are "dumb"). Manheim Township provided the opposition on this night, through four innings there was no score. MT broke the ice with a single run in the fifth, it stayed 1-0 until the bottom of the sixth. Alex Dominguez drew a walk and advanced to second on a groundout, Hunter Lloyd's base hit plated Alex to tie the score. Mason Lee's RBI hit brought Lloyd home to make it 2-1, Evan Proulx followed with a single advancing Lee to third. A wild pitch allowed Mason to scamper home to put JPM up by two, Nate Santiago's RBI double scored Proulx to cap the four-run uprising. I was singularly very happy to see Nate come through with a big hit, he is such a nice kid and this season was a struggle for him so it was nice to see him go out on a high note. Dylan Esh got the start and went all the way on the complete-game win, the club finishes its home season at 6-3 (schedule quirk: only nine home games versus eleven away but we get a full ten at home in 2020). On Thursday we wrapped up week #2 of dek hockey at Reservoir Park, winners included the Owls over the Pub Dawgs, the Express over the Hammerheads, the Tradesmen over the Misfits and Risky Business over the Knights via shootout. The weekend was quiet except for Saturday lunch with Jenny, the Barnstormers were on the road and there was little else happening. The "mother-is-home" project is going reasonably well, she is able to get up by herself in the morning and rise and sit in her chair without help (which is more than she could do before her stay at The Hotel). The only real issue is needing assistance getting into bed at night. she has to get comfortable in an exact spot on the mattress and and needs help with the blankets (she tends to feel very cold because she is so lean right now). She has a heart doctor appointment on the 9th and she sees a gastroenterologist (did I spell that right?) on the 14th. Take care, thanks for reading.