Spaghetti dinners

On Thursdays during basketball season, the team heads over to one of the player’s houses after practice for a spaghetti feed. From the kid’s point of view, it’s a great chance to unwind and eat together before Friday night’s game. From a mom’s perspective it is a rare opportunity to imagine what it would be like to run a boarding house – madness. In 5 minutes, 20 teenage boys grab plates and load them up with spaghetti, garlic bread and brownies. They drink 5 gallons of milk in the blink of an eye. It is a whirlwind. Then, before you even catch your breath, they are gone. And all that remains is an untouched bowl of salad you were hoping they’d eat, but knew all along they wouldn’t.