Let's see how the week goes..

Gas has hit $3.75 a gallon and I'm looking at filling the tank three or four times in the next week. I remember being on vacation in Texas five or six years ago and thinking that dumping $100 worth of gas into a 32' RV was the limit of what I'd ever spend on a single fillup.
Wrong.
Today I poured $55 worth of gas into the Tuscon just to get the week started.

But, I digress. This is one of my favorite weeks in the scholastic sports calendar.

Tomorrow - Tuesday - it's off to a place called South Side Beaver HS for Class AA track. 65 miles from the house and another 50 or so back to the office. Part 1 of the ongoing What is the WPIAL Thinking Final Exam. The place is closer to Ohio than anywhere else in the WPIAL Universe.


Thursday is It Can Get Worse Day. The same league has been holding the Class AAA track meet at a school called Baldwin since Christ was a Corporal. Nobody seems to know why. The school has built classroom buildings to the point that parking has disappeared by about half the original allotment. If you arrive early, there's no parking on campus as school hasn't let out yet. Arrive a few minutes later and there's no parking as it's now all full, ringed by a handpicked corps of Mall Guards ready to remind you that They Mean Business. A few years ago one had no idea what to do when I told him I'd be perfectly happy to sit at the entrance to the lot and wait for them to deem the School Day ended and open the spaces. A direct quote "You can't sit here, this is a parking lot!" Last year I had to park about a mile away and take a school bus shuttle in, juggling gear all the way. These folks really need to move the thing to a college track with college parking. Another 100 or so mile drive as well....

Friday is the PIAA D-9 meet in Brookville, Pa. No hassle, park right at the gate and pray for no rain. Yet another 100+ mile drive.

Anyone see a theme developing?