Not too much to update... Last week, we had our ultrasound and later in the week we had a regular appointment and everything is right on track, nothing out of the ordinary - which is really good news. I can't believe we're 22 weeks!! I have a feeling that once the move is over and things are unpacked, time will REALLY fly by...

Speaking of the move, we've been packing a lot and our place is looking more and more like a warehouse with boxes and things all over the place. It will definitely be really nice to get moved in and settled into the new place. Only a couple more weeks to go...

Last night was a reffing double-header in the rain. The first game I was an assistant in Women's Div 1 game and it went very well (when the score is 8-1, there's not a lot that can go wrong). I was in the middle for the second game, which was a Men's Div 2 game. It also went extremely well, with the home team getting all their goals in the last 10 minutes or so to win the game.

This week has a few games on the schedule - but no double headers (at least not yet!!) But that's all good since it will give me more time to pack things up.

This past week, I've been on vacation (no work - woohoo!!) and we had the kiddies in town with us for last week AND the week before that. So, last week was my second (and final) Cooper test of the year and I am VERY proud to say that I had passed it with flying colours. It was actually very comfortable to do and I was extremely pleased with my result. Later in the afternoon, I had a game to play (which we lost and got clobbered 8-1) and then in the evening I ref'd a game. So last Sunday was pretty tiring to say the least. but it was my last official referee assignment for the week. I did however, accept a last-minute assignment since we are really short-staffed with referees...

On Tuesday, we did a trip out a trip out to La Ronde (which, believe it or not, I have never been) and it was phenomenal. Lucky for us, there was hardly anyone there and the longest we waited to get on a ride was about 20-25 minutes. The rest of the rides we were easily on in less than 10 minutes. I took "J" on the Monster and needless to say he was scared out of his pants with tears streaming down his face and yelling out my name. But when the ride was over and we came back into the station, he turned to me and said, "THAT was awesome! Let's go again". I guess he really enjoyed it... Anyways, the whole day was a huge success and I believe next year, I'll be looking to picking up some season passes as it would be a lot of fun to do it a few times in the year.

Also during last week there was lots of Nintendo playing (during the rainy parts) and we also managed to see a movie called "Nim's Island" which was really a cute movie. The kids really enjoyed it.

This past weekend - the end of my vacation... :-( , We headed up to Ottawa for a soccer tournament that "J" was in and his team did extremely well. Keeping in mind that they are only a first year team, they managed to get all the way to the finals, but then lost 4-1. "J" was top scorer on his team having netted in 4 goals in the previous games. There was also an instance where the other team had a free kick which the referee had signaled as an indirect kick (which it was since it was an impeding progress infraction). However, in the tournament rules, all kicks were direct. The other team took the kick and it went directly in the net but the referee signaled a goal kick since it didn't touch any other player. Our coach, in an extremely first class move, indicated to the referee that all kicks were direct and the referee then signaled a goal for the other team. Very, very classy move on the part of the coach.

Today was our first BIG ultrasound in which we got to see a more in-depth look at our little munchkin. And I am very pleased to say that everything looks in order and all measurements are right down the line. The official due date is still set for late November. We also got confirmation that the amnio test that we had done last month came back and everything is normal... We only received one photo of our little one and it's a picture of the foot. I'll be posting it very soon (once I scan it in...)

This coming week, it will be fairly busy at work (since work tends to pile up while away) and I've also got three nights this week of games to ref. My legs are feeling pretty good and I'm glad during the week off things were able to heal as my ankle and knee were twinging just a bit.

Only THREE more weeks until we get the house... I simply CANNOT wait...

What a game last night.. but first things first: Tuesday night (July 1st) the whole family headed out to a high school in Pierrefonds and saw the annual fireworks and I must say this year they really out-did themselves. They had screamers and rocket things and huge flower-type fireworks and then the finale kept on going and going and going - it was incredible. Probably the best ones I have seen them do ever.

Then last night is when all the excitement happened. I had two games scheduled: a Metro division-4 was the early game (low caliber, medium intensity and un-eventful in terms of any discipline) and then the 9:00 game which was a U18-AA game. This second game was when all the "fireworks" happened. In all I handed out 10 cautions and 6 ejections, including one of the coaches. So because of all the ejections, I had to write 6 reports which ended up taking about 45 minutes to do. I think I got the information correct but with so many cards being handed out it's very possible I missed some of the details. Hopefully, they'll all go through... Most of the cards were for "Dissent" but there were several for late tackles as well... I dunno - for some reason, one of the teams just did not feel like playing and was out to hurt the other team...

This coming weekend will be my second and final fitness test (which I MUST pass in order to continue working on my level-2 - I also have 2 remaining evaluations that need to be done before the end of the year...)

And also this coming weekend is the start of a little vacation!!! Woohoo!!! One week of no work and only play - ok, well not only play as there will be some packing and cleaning up and stuff... but it will be stress of a different kind for sure... Just two more work days to go....