We came from a relaxing week of vacation and then were thrown unceremoniously into the thicket of high school sports. Yes, the school doesn’t start until September 9th, but the sports insanity starts now.

Jonah is trying out for the high school soccer team this week. He has two hours of running trials in the morning and then in the late afternoon, they have another two hours on the field kicking the ball around. He’ll find out if he made the team on Saturday.

Jonah probably won’t make the team. He has very good footwork, but he is just starting his growth spurt this summer, so he’s a good 50 pounds lighter than the other boys. They did a public weighing of the kids and Jonah topped out at 106 pounds, while the other kids were in the 160-170 pound range. When I picked him up from the early trials on Monday morning, he said, “Mom, we have to go to Burger King RIGHT NOW. I have to gain 10 pounds by 4:00 today.” Not likely, kid. On Saturday, 35 kids will get narrowed down to 17, so the odds are not in his favor.

I’m “meh” at the suburban sports craze and really don’t care if he makes the soccer team or not. The cross country team will take even the skinny short kids. But I’m sad for my boy who loves the sport. He may have to hang up the cleats for good.