As the entire city holds

As the entire city holds their breath, waiting to see if the Astros can come out of the All-Star break differently than they went in–winning rather than losing–the Braves have quietly jumped into a tie for first place in the NL East.  Now, I know the East is a rather weak division this year, but it’s nice to see the Braves still in it (and Marcus Giles back from his broken collarbone).
We finally had softball last night after five straight weeks of rainouts.  Unfortunately, the team was rusty and we were playing one of the better teams in the league, so we lost 9-2.  I played so-so in the field (caught one, misplayed one, and had another one bounce out of my glove, grr), but went 2-for-3 at the plate.  Hurrah!  One of my hits wasn’t that great but I managed to beat the throw to first by half a step.  Made me feel speedy.  I’d like our team to have practice sometime soon though…I could really use the outfield practice.  I think the only thing that’s going to improve my fielding is to just stand out there and have somebody hit fly balls at me.  I just don’t get enough practice judging where they’re going.  I don’t really think softball is my sport, but I’ll keep trying.
I worked all the way up until softball time last night, though I did have to go home to get my clothes.  Trying to make up hours for earlier in the week when I jetted early for the All-Star stuff.  I should end up getting 40 this week, as I will probably be here until 6 tonight.  On a Friday, I know!  But we have a presentation to give to a guy at NASA headquarters, and we’re not starting until 3:15 and it’s scheduled to go two hours…and of course we’re trying to cram about a day’s worth of material into two hours, which likely won’t be possible.
This has been a link-happy week on my blog already, but I can’t resist throwing up another one.  If you love Spiderman and Legos, you will love Related