A Knight in Dragonland

Monday, May 12 …
The day starts rather unremarkably. I shave, shower, dress for work, and kiss the girls goodbye. All pretty standard so far.  At work, I actually get a chance to sit down and eat some breakfast & scan the JS because my first patient cancels.
Then around 9:30 or so, it [...]

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The Pekin girls soccer team won the inaugural Lady Dragon Invitational at Coal Miner’s Park this weekend. After attending the Celebrate 108 even at the Dragons Dome, I dropped by with Little Dragons #1, #2 & #3 to see the final game against Lincoln on Saturday afternoon. The Pekin girls won that game [...]

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Since everyone else seems to feel the need to proclaim the obvious … I thought I’d tag along for the ride. I nearly couldn’t get the back door open wide enough to let the dog out to pee.
After lunch, the Little Dragons are suiting up with enough layers to stop AP rounds and venturing [...]

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I’m home now, so time for catch up blogging.  My two oldest daughters play soccer with the Boys & Girls Club of Pekin, and last weekend was their championship game.  Unfortunately they ran into the best player in the league – Edgar Sandoval’s son.  He scored both goals for the yellow team and the “Sting” [...]

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My oldest daughter (Knight’s Little Dragon #1) scored the winning goal on a penalty kick in her soccer game on Monday, and she made 3 saves while playing goalie during the last quarter. Woooohoooo!! Her little sister (Knight’s Little Dragon #2) is one of the youngest kids on the team, so she’s still figuring things [...]

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