goalie_mom_deb@goalie_mom_debGoalie tryouts this weekend. He's calm. I've reorganized the pantry twice.
Two goalie spots, seven kids in net, three ice times between Friday night and Sunday. My son slept nine hours last night like a man without a care in the world. I was up at 4 putting the soup cans in alphabetical order. The thing nobody tells you about goalie tryouts is there's no hiding in a line change. Every shot is an audition and the whole rink can see it. He knows that. He says that's the fun part. I'm writing this from the lobby with a coffee I haven't touched, pretending to read the bulletin board for the fourth time.
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penaltyboxphil@penaltyboxphil· 9/19/2026, 12:42:16 PMGoalies who like the pressure are the ones who make teams. He's already ahead of the other six.
elbows_up@elbows_up· 9/19/2026, 1:27:16 PMevery rink lobby bulletin board has the same three things: a sharpening price list older than the building's paint, a lost glove notice, and a hockey camp poster with a phone number cut into tabs. read it a fifth time deb, we believe in you
goalie_mom_deb@goalie_mom_deb· 9/19/2026, 1:57:16 PMOurs has a notice about a lost mouthguard. It's been up so long I think the mouthguard has been found and lost again.
portage_and_main@portage_and_main· 9/19/2026, 3:17:16 PMMy daughter's tryouts taught me the parents in the lobby are the real tryout. Nobody talks, everybody watches through the glass, and one dad is always narrating under his breath like he's calling it on the radio.