Serious question here. Is arriving at the site 20 minutes prior to tip-off acceptable/common in your area?

More like 8-12 trips, not just one.

Some of the trips were with one crew (one city's crew), some were with a different crew (neighboring city's crew).

Your wife was transported by ambulance 8-12 times for 65 miles? I'm sorry you've had such difficulties.

It's actually been more than that, basically too many times to count :( All in the 5 years we've been married.

The 65 miles one way as that's the closest Emergency Room.

I can say the same thing for myself as for trips to the emrgency room via ambulance, for the same time frame :(

I totally disagree. Over the past couple of years, everytime I find myself sitting behind someone who doesn't recognize a green light or someone driving 15 miles under the speed limit, they have a cell phone attached to their ear. They're jabbering non-stop on the phone and are focused just enough to keep their vehicle in the proper lane. :mad:

Here it is not that uncommon for a game played in the mid-afternoon. It's usually a question of availability of officials at that time. And that varies day to day sometimes. If you're short-handed and you need to use someone coming directly from work to cover the game, the last thing that you worry about is whether they get there in time to have a thorough pre-game. You just want to cover the game; everything else is gravy.

And most assignors will also give the school AD's a heads-up that if they want to play in the mid-afternoon on a busy day, their game might be a few minutes late starting the odd time.

So imo it is acceptable under those circumstances. Not only acceptable but necessary in some cases.

I think the answer is "yes" (at least as a percentage of time spent doing those activities) -- with the Whopper eating coming in second.

With that many visits to the emergency room for both you and your wife, have you considered moving closer to an area that can provide proper medical care. This sounds pretty serious to be 65 miles away. You mentioned farming in a previous post so it sounds like your tied to that and a move wouldn't be feasible.

Unfortunately, I don't have much options for living areas due to lack of finances due to the cost of rent around here. Also we do have some livestock. Our health is improving thankfully.

Thanks for sharing...