The boys earned big points with their mother today by sending her flowers. Let’s just say that prior years have not been quite up to par. Not to be outdone, Maya prepared a strawberry-spinach salad with homemade dressing to accompany the omelets prepared by her father for a midday brunch. Scheduled to race twice today, Maya’s team elected to pull her quad from competition when the day’s schedule made it apparent that the rowers would not be able to survive back-to-back heats of quads and eights. She was disappointed but concurred with the decision to maximize her chances of winning the eights. My early morning soccer match ended with a 4-1 win, a nice change from the ties we had earned over the last two outings. I did not play in the second half after a slight tweak to my left hamstring but feel I should be back on the pitch fairly soon since I stopped before any real damage was done.