Yesterday was the City tournament for wrestling, and Jake placed second in his weight-class. We expected him to be seriously disapointed and difficult to live with, since he badly wanted first, but he had a pretty decent attitude about it. I think it helped that his new girlfriend (who is quite pretty) was there, cheering him on and still thought he was ultra-cool for all the things he had accomplished. We could have told him how wonderful he was and he would have believed we would have been "just saying it" because we're the parents. Elyse can say it and it's true. Yay, Elyse. She's very sweet and she seems to fit in well, so that bodes well.
We ended up celebrating afterward with an impromtu dinner for family and friends. It was a last-minute, throw-everything together kind of meal which was hectic and disorganized, but ultimately, it went well, I thought (though I had to keep stifling yawns, I was so exhausted). A couple who have been friends for a while now but who'd never been to this house came and I think everyone enjoyed them. When they were leaving, though, Carl accidentally called the wife by the former wife's first name -- an easy mistake because they are so very similar in mannerisms. Second wife did not take that too happily, even though he was mortified and apologized. She was a little put out and said she wasn't going to visit again, then she changed her mind and said she was going to visit every day until he remembered what to call her. I'm not sure how much she was teasing there. Yikes.
Posted by toni at February 1, 2004 04:30 PM