It was a special opportunity to participate in the varsity boys soccer game against faculty and staff. Oliver developed a passion for soccer this year, partly due to the FIFA video game and partly due to being part of the varsity soccer team this year. He is following the English Premier League and is rapidly improving. He is a natural striker and watching him play gives me great joy.
The coach, Simon Byrne, did an excellent job with the team this year and wanted to finish the school year with a final game for the seniors. We had a mix of talent, age, gender, and job position on our team. I played a bit in the second half on defense. The youth eventually overcame the experience and the students won 6 – 3.
The other big event this week was an electrical substation in our part of the city burned out, leaving big parts of the city without power for approximately 24 hours. With temperatures reaching over 100C, we needed to send the students home early yesterday for safety concerns. The fast pace of development of the city is straining the electrical grid of the city. The system has not been able to keep up with the population growth combined with an incredible amount of new construction. Our facilities manager has many contacts in the electrical company and was giving us updates on the efforts to fix the substation.
Like health, you don’t appreciate electricity until it is gone.
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