June fragments

This is what’s been happening in June:

My mom has been visiting from Ecuador. A couple of hours ago she boarded a train to go to Kansas City. Who knows whether she’ll arrive there; she called to say that the train was moving at 15 m.p.h. and she was worried about missing her connection in Chicago.

Ooh, she just texted to say that she’s in LaPorte (one county away from South Bend). Go, Mom, go!

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At the church, it’s Kids’ Week. I’ve volunteered to help lead the second-graders. I try not to breathe on them. I’ve been sick.

On Monday I especially enjoyed the fierce game of noodle ball (similar to field hockey; the sticks are polyethylene foam noodles — you know, what you’d play with in a swimming pool). And I enjoyed making and eating the snack. The kids also enjoyed those things.

On Tuesday I didn’t participate because I was coughing a lot. Today I’m trying to be well enough to participate. I bought a cough suppressant.

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Other weeks, I’ve been in the church nursery watching the babies and toddlers so that their mothers can attend a prayer meeting.

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On Sunday afternoons I’ve been playing soccer at Clay Township Park. The fields there are terrible — sloped; potholed; with long grass. Still, I’ve made a few golazos.

I bought a lovely soccer ball, but it got kicked out of bounds and then a car ran over it. The car was going in the wrong direction on a one-way street.

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This coming Sunday, I’ll be a groomsman in the wedding of Kenny & Lara.

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And then there’s work, of course, but I don’t have anything to say about that.