It is nice to be back home after 9 days on the road and to be greeted with a Christmas e-card from my sister Alissa. We had 6+ inches of snow this morning so I opted to work at home catching up on a mountain of e-mail. This evening Nicolai and I discussed strategy for his wrestle-off tomorrow in which he competes for a varsity position at 103 pounds against the incumbent junior at that weight. I lost all track of time and was late for the opening game of my indoor soccer season. I missed the entire first half and found my team losing 0-3. We finished with a 10-5 win and I chalked up two rather pretty goals, the first a nutmeg (through the legs) of the goalie and the second a nice lateral move and quick release.