June 21-27

This week was really nice for me. I didn't have to do a lot of work because it didn't rain in the beginning of the week. Everything was easy and took very little time to set up. Towards the end of the week it started to rain and canceled everything. So basically I got paid for 3 days of work that I didn't have to do. Not too bad if you ask me. I umpired three softball games this week also which went very smoothly. This has to be by far the best week of work so far. No problems, no complaints; the two things that make me very happy.

June 6-19

I have not had internet for a while now thanks to a crazy storm that destroyed the wiring outside. Basically the month of June has been pretty quiet. The drag just got fixed on the gator after it was broke for about a week. The fields are very dusty right now and need some rain. Other than that the fields are great and things are going well. Umpiring hasn't been too bad. I had one game where I was not happy with the situation I was put in. My boss paired me with a 13 year old umpire for a high school softball game. The kid did not know the rules and was very timid with his calls. This made it really hard on me because I had coaches complaining the whole time. This month is going pretty well and the all-star games start tomorrow. This is basically the midpoint of the season as the best players from each league will be showing off their skills in two sets of games tomorrow.

June 1

The week of June 1st was a shorter one. May 31 was Memorial Day and there were no games. It rained on Monday and made a lot of work for Tuesday. Tuesday was a very long day and it was really hard to get the fields ready. The fields had to be worked on all day. There was water that needed broomed off the field and it was quite annoying. Wednesday was basically the same as Tuesday with a lot of rain on Tuesday night. Thursday and Friday went a lot smoother because the sun was out and the wind was blowing. It helped get the fields dry and made it easier for me. Saturday was a long day. There were two sets of games and I had to umpire, so I was running around like crazy trying to get my work done. Hopefully the rain will be kept to a minimum next week and I don't have to do as much as this week.