Based on a True Story, although the Names, Places, and Events may have been Changed

Some of you have heard that a couple weeks ago I had an opportunity fall into my lap that I took complete advantage of.
Someone called the office where I work and asked if I knew anyone who coached little league baseball. The person on the line was calling on behalf of someone I had never heard of, Rob Snoops, but since I just so happened to be a skilled former-MLB All-star player with a lot of experience and even some experience coaching, I offered myself as a possible coach for Rob's kids, who were needing some extra help getting ready for tryouts this spring (their father isn't very athletic). After talking to Rob's wife Cheryl several times, we set up a time for me to come out to their trailer once a week and help toss the ball around with their son, Zacky, and twin daughters Blake and Lilac.
Well, today I went for our first practice. All the kids have a little experience, but they have a little trouble remembering which base is which, what the pitcher does (which happens to affect them directly more than they realized), etc. Their trailer (or "mobile home," as Cheryl reminded me on several occasions) is out in this really kind of *trashy* part of Norman.. I'm sure it's kind of embarrassing for the kids, but as long as you stay upwind of the sewage plant you can almost imagine you're...in a nicer trailer park...
Anyway, it's obvious that Cheryl and Rob aren't that well off, because the place was pretty sparsely decorated. A little cross-stitched "Home is Where the Heart is" above the tinker-town piano was about all the "dining room" had to offer. I'm almost sure there may have been a fairly attractive oriental rug in the living room (which appears to have housed their goats for one winter), but you'd probably have to move the fast food wrappers and dirty laundry in order to see it.
All this to say, I have a new job, and even if I catch a mild case of Black Mold Poisoning, I think somehow, this is going to be worth it. Stay tuned.