Jude in the opening game of the 2023 Ravens season

Jude made the varsity soccer team at South and they opened the season this week at home (I think it is strange that the sports season starts before officially starting school). Jude started the first game at right back. It was a tough game and South lost 1-0 to Heritage. Jude played well in the first half but struggled a little in the second. The pace of the game is so much faster than JV and it will take a little while to get used to I expect. They played their second game at Thunder Ridge on Saturday and that was another tough 1-0 loss, made worse by the fact that South was clearly the better team.

On Friday night we went to Marczyk’s burger night, something we haven’t done since before the pandemic. When we lived in Park Hill we used to go regularly but it takes more effort now that it is a 15+ minute drive instead of a 5-minute walk. The burgers are still delicious.

Ed Sheeran in full swing at Mile High Stadium

On Saturday night Marcy and Anna went to see Ed Sheeran. After a little bit of a ticket snafu (which was resolved) and a rain/lightning delay, he finally came on around 10pm. They both loved it, although he comes a distant second to the Taylor Swift concerts from last month.

Jude comes in 1st in his age group at the Race for Research 5K

This morning Jude and I did the annual Race for Research 5K. We both ran well, Jude did it in 21:14, his second fastest 5K time and I recorded my fastest since getting serious about running again four years ago: 25:24. Jude won his age group, and was 8th overall, and I was 3rd in the 50-59 category.

We also undertook another big backyard project this weekend. We are getting new fiber-optic internet and they need to get it to the house from the alley. So, we dug a one-foot deep trench in our yard for it.