Trivial or Grey but it was well worth the WEIGHT....

Friday night was a fun filled night of trivia at the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club with family and friends.  The end result was, we didn't come in last but we also learned we need to do a lot of brushing up on our trivia.  While we were at the club playing the trivia game, Joseph was home trying to keep his mind off of wanting to eat.  Several of his friends decided to show up to help keep his mind off of wanting to eat.  They hung out and played darts and ping pong.  It really ended up working out well as they had a great time.

Saturday morning, while Joseph was on his way to the wrestling tournament, the rest of us made our way to Dog Lovers in Carrollwood to see what just might be our newest addition to our family.  Greyt was there showing their Greyhounds they have up for adoption.  We have been in the process of possibly adopting a Greyhound from Greyt Greyhound Rescue.  Adopting a Greyhound is actually a lengthly process.  It begins by going online and filling out a form.  Then, after the form is reviewed, they set up a Home Visit.  At the visit they discuss everything about adopting Greyhounds and what to expect.  They also want to find out about our needs and what type of dog we are wanting.  Today we went to meet Corey, a 2 year old female.  She was so sweet and cute.  The next step would be for them to bring Corey to our house and see how she interacts with our Goldendoodle, Jasmine.  One question we asked today was how difficult was it to change the name as we really do need another "J" name.  They told us that it wouldn't be difficult at all.  If we end up adopting her, she will most likely be "Jesse".  Jesse and Jasmine are both female Disney Characters beginning with the letter "J".  Anyone interested in adopting a retired Racing Greyhound, you can visit Greyhound Rescue.     

Saturday morning came and Joseph was exactly on weight when he woke up.  After arriving at Hillsborough High School for weigh ins, they were informed Hillsborough High School had a match the night before, that being said, everyone at the tournament gets and extra pound allowance.  Needless to say, our kids were not too happy to find this out after they all planned on making the original weight.  Anyway, turns out Joseph was 1.2 lbs under weight so he was very happy.  Attending the tournament were Leto, Hillsborough, Armwood, Bloomingdale and Chamberlain.  Joseph's record going into todays tournament was 19-4.  One of his 4 losses was to Chamberlain where he lost by 2 pts just before Christmas break.  Today, Joseph went 5-0 with 4 of the wins coming by the way of pin.  He improved his record to 24-4 and beat the kid from Chamberlain who beat him earlier in the season.  Joseph dominated the match and actually had the guy stuck but the ref didn't call it. He won the match 8-2.  His last match of the day was against Hillsborough where he pinned the kid in 17 seconds.  The Tribune was at the match and interviewed a few of our wrestlers and coaches.  We currently have another kid on our team, Jacob Wasserman (103 lbs.), who is undefeated with a 28-0 record.  He was 5-0 today as well along with our 112 lb. kid too.  The great part about our wrestling team this year is most of our team is made up of Sophomores.  Not only are our wrestlers young, but our coaches are young as well.  Our head coach is in his first year as a head coach and our assistant is in his first year of coaching.  They have built upon the foundation our coach from last year started and the kids have been improving every week.  Also, just a point of clarification, Wrestling is NOT a game, it is a sport.  You don't "play" wrestling, and when one school competes against another, you don't "play" them, you wrestle them.

On our drive home Joseph and I were talking and I asked him how he felt now and was it worth working towards making weight after going 5-0 today in the tournament.  He obviously replied yes.

Mickey and Minnie Mouse, here we come.  See you tomorrow.