Just got a phone call from C's old coach (who is coaching 9s) to tell me that C would be better playing 8s. No problem, since that was what we had already decided to do.

This whole thing has been emotionally rough. The coach for 9s was great with C. C wouldn't be where he is without him and we love him for that. We are happy with our choice and C is going to have a great time this season but we are going to miss our friends. And that's the problem. They are our friends. And now everything is a bit tense and a bit different.

C deserved to know whether or not he made the team since he tried out like everyone else. I am sure that they would have rather not had to tell us that but I don't think I was being unreasonable. Sparky thinks that maybe they think we deserted them since we went to 8s. Either way things feel tense and off.

I don't know. All I know is all the getting together with buddies after games and practices becomes more difficult. Friends of ours are feeling it as well. And no amount of "we'll keep in touch" fixes things like that. At this age, convenience is everything.

When you are a SAHM (yeah, yeah, student)it's hard to meet/make good friends. C's happy, Sparky is happy and I am happy for them. But I feel like something else is ending and that just makes me feel sad in a way that I can't shake off.