Monday, November 5, 2007

If I had nothing to worry about, that would worry me!

Well, we are back at Monday! Like getting hit in the face with a brick, here it is.

The weekend went pretty well except for the Huskers. Man do they stink this year! I can't believe Callahan still has a job after losing to Kansas 76-39. What a mess!

Jess had her volleyball tryouts yesterday and got an offer to join a team. She was one of 8 girls selected to play on the Sports University Volleyball Club team. She was offered the spot right after the tryout and the coach called last night to let us know they really want her. She also said they are flexible with the high school sports so if she needed to miss practices and such for HS competitions it would be ok.

The second team she tried out for didn't call last night so it is kind of up in the air with them. They seemed interested at tryouts but I am not sure if they have made a decision on her yet. This team went to nationals last year so I am sure all the girls on that team are back on so she would have to bump someone off of the team from last year to get on. They said to call if we haven't heard from them in a few days.

The first team seemed to be a bit of a better fit for us. They were very friendly and seemed to have a desire to get to know the girls and help them. The second one was more like a volleyball factory. Get em in and get em out, If one doesn't seem to work, throw another one it. I worry that the second team would not be as willing to work with the girls on conflicts with HS sports.

All in all it was a good experience for Jess. She met some girls and learned a lot. I am at a bit of a crossroads on this deal. I have always wanted her to play all the sports and be well rounded. She wants to play volleyball in college and this is her ticket to do it. I really don't want to sacrifice her other HS sports in the process. The cost to be on the team is a little over $1,000, so it isn't something you just try and quit if it doesn't work out. You have to commit. We have some talking to do.

Drew has practice this morning at 6:15. I woke him up at 5:30 and he is walking around, ready to go now. He is a pretty good morning person so he won't complain about morning practices. He also like basketball and the coach so he is happy to go, whenever they have it.

Work is going to be busy today. I have to work with the state report we were supposed to submit last week. We have some data to fix so the focus of my day will be spent getting that going.

Off to another week. Thankgiving is just a couple weeks away. How wierd is that?