Being Cheerful

Today I am recovering from one of my favorite weekends of the year. I spent all day Saturday and Sunday watching high school and jr high girls state cheerleading competition. On Saturday our varsity team won 1st place for the second year in a row. On Sunday our JV team finished in 4th place. My cousin was in the jr high competition and they were just outside of the teams that placed. They ran a flawless routine but their difficulty was not high enough to earn them a trophy.

All in all it was a very long, rough, and stressful weekend. Despite it being all of those things I am very glad I went and next year I will be there again. It's sort of a miserable-fun.

Another New Position

Today coach told me that I would be playing Catcher a little bit this year. I put the gear on and took some reps behind the plate today. This is getting crazy, but fun at the same time.

Out of Retirement

Last weekend a friend of mine at school told me all the reasons that I should join the baseball team at school. I had heard all of these reasons before but this time I listened. I told him I would play and now I'm really happy with my decision. After playing for 14 years, I have spent the past three years away from the game. Needless to say, I am out of shape and will need a little bit of time to get my timing back. I've had a few meetings with our coach and he has told me I will be playing a lot. I'll be playing 2B, 3B, & SS much like I have for many years. The new development is that I will be pitching as well. I have only pitched two innings in my entire life, both of them were in practice. I'm excited to get out on the field and see what happens, it should be a lot of fun.