Pudding

elias starts the american soccer today. he looks right spiffy in his practice costume. i hope he learns that the keys to soccer are to runrunrunrunrunrunrun and to control space and the arrangement of players on the field. or at least to runrunrunrunrunrun. he hasnt learned to love running for its own sake yet, for the shear thrill of remembering that you have functioning lungs and legs. it's ok, i was slow in learning that too. thus, i never excelled at soccer. my older brother learned the thrill of running for its own sake early, and so he did excel at soccer. elias' first practice will be in 93 degree heat. that's abt as sensible as swimming in pudding. mmmm, pudding. the important thing is that he looks spiffy, though.