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Finally I got some stuff done. Finally! Yesterday I had a productive day at work and then I went to our first practice with the brand new cheer squad and then home for a short break while eating dinner and watching my dvr’d Greek and then lo and behold, I cleaned my room, my bathroom, did 2 loads of laundry, sorted through and dealt with a big pile of paperwork I have, and paid bills. Finally. It felt really good to just get some stuff out of the way. There is of course much more on the to do list, but that doesn’t matter at this moment. Instead I just need to bask in the glow of feeling accomplished. As I read other blogs (mostly of strangers) I’m always amazed at those people who can just go, go, go every single day. They get up before 5am and hit the floor running until they go to bed after midnight. At least that’s what it seems like. My body and mind just do not function that way. In fact I’ve found more and more that sometimes I just need a whole day to completely veg out. Which is what I did on Sunday. Maybe that’s why it was much easier to get stuff done yesterday? Anyway, whatever the reason it felt nice.
Our first practice was fun. I’m looking forward to getting to know the new girls and it’s always fun to see the girls who will be cheering their third year step up into leadership roles. Every year I have the sense of things going by so fast and I can never believe that my little babies (which is what I lovingly call sophomores) are already going to be seniors. And it’s always funny to watch them when there are no older girls in the room – they definitely realize that they are top dog now and they definitely like that feeling. I also noticed that I felt really comfortable in my role. I think that comes with this being the sixth squad I will have coached but also the relationship I have with this senior class is much different than any other senior class before it. I think I’m finally getting old enough to feel the distance between us and that makes me feel more comfortable because I know they can’t question my authority as much. Not that I’m a crazy domineering coach, but it can be hard to discipline a girl who is only 5 years younger than you (like my first year coaching). Anyway, enough about all that. It was good and I’m looking forward to seeing how this year pans out.
Today is a bright, crisp fall day. At lunch I drove up Lakeway (a part of town I pretty much never go to once you pass Civic Field) and got a sandwich at Davinci’s (oh, and a dozen donut holes from Lafeen’s, but whatever). Anyway on the drive there you round this corner by the cemetary (ooh spooky for Halloween – except it was the middle of the day so it really wasn’t) and there are these trees all lined up that must have been planted at the same time because they are all the same size. But that must have been awhile ago (like years and years) because they are all pretty big now. Anyway – my point is – the trees were like a fall rainbow. The went from green to yellow to orange to red all in a row. The colors just melted from one tree into the next into the next. And the sun was shining brightly right on them. Beautiful. I actually gasped a little bit. And this from a girl who if you ask anyone who has known me for more than 6 months would tell you that I am not an outdoorsy person.
