Hell yes! Good times! Empty picture frame. I'm not bitter...

Ok! It's done! Basketball season for my team and my kid is officially over! Yeah! It was rough, I got mad and my feelings got hurt. I was a cry baby and a little bit of a whiner. Not a winner, a whiner and for that, I'm sorry. But shit, I felt like some of those parents were dicks. Usually at the end of the season parties (I've been to 7 of these things and they always go the same way) I give a little speech, thank the parents and the other volunteers and get a little gift and a card signed by the team. This year, I got no gift... actually, I did, an empty picture frame with the boys signature around the edge. That's sweet and I should be grateful. I am actually. What I'm pissed about is the fact that the "team mom", the woman who yelled at me in front of everyone, the woman that sent out an e-mail after me apologizing for my "negativity", the woman who told me that "all the parents are saying blah, blah, blah...", and the woman that acts like she thinks I'm nice but talks massive shit about me behind my back,...she got flowers, a bottle of wine and a $25 gift card for Macy's AND a big 'ol round of applause and a bunch of praise for all her hard work. WHAT THE FUCK??? Hard work? Are you kidding me? I'm not bitter, I don't care. Whatever. Who cares what those parents think. Who cares that I got out there, coached their kids, spent 3 days a week (sometimes 4) an hour and a half each day to play with them and teach them how to play the game. Who cares that I gave them cute little nick names and her husband changed them into animal names... (that's gay too). I stayed up late at night planning out the line up only to have him hand me his line up the next day 10 minutes before the game...he can't even make a damn basket, he never coached a team in his stupid life. That was my team, not his, not hers... mine! It's so pathetic that I'm upset, so ridiculous. I'm such an ego maniac that allowing someone else to get the credit pisses me off right? NO! I totally don't mind giving credit to someone else, I don't, I mean it, but this lady, she wasn't the coach. Yes, she did the snack list, she shouted a lot and cheered on the team and she stepped over the line when she corrected me about my e-mail, pressured me into allowing her husband to hold a practice when I canceled. And, the slide show... holy shit how could I forget, she took pictures and put together a slide show, which, by the way, I wasn't in any pictures other than the side or back of my head. I'm not bitter. I got my empty picture frame, I got my team photo that the photography studio sent me, I got my hug and thank you from my kid, it's cool. I'm over it. I'll take this experience, run with it, learn from it and thankfully, I had some fun blog material right? Hell yes! Good times!

Spring Soccer

Here we go again. I have a soccer team and our 1st game is March 1st. I have a hard time wrangling up helpers in the spring. Everyone has different priorities in the spring leagues. There's basketball practice, baseball, art class?, track and anything else that results in kids not able to go to practice. Spring break is another awesome thing that usually means I have like 4 kids for that Sunday game. Sweet. I had higher expectations for this season, I'm an optimist and was thinking positive about my spring team. Well, guess what... I scheduled a "meet n' greet" and 1 person showed up... 45 minutes late. ONE PERSON! What is that about? Anyway, Lukas and I wiped our tears and moved on. So practice,... 2 kids showed up for practice... getting closer now. I have a need for a referee, an assistant coach and a team parent. The assistant has stepped forward, the team parent has stepped forward but do I have a ref?... no, so guess who took the ref course yesterday?... that's right, me. Coach and ref. that's friggin' dedication right? The sad part is, I will probably have to ref my own games and have my assistant coach coach the game. That sucks because I like to coach. I'm not a ref, I'm a coach! Well, I have practice on Wednesday and I think most of the kids will show up. Spring is really just for fun and there's no playoffs or recording of scores and I'm just going to make it fun. It just irritates that people sign their kids up and don't commit. That's frustrating for me because I put a lot of effort into giving these kids a chance to learn and grow and play. At least I got some really sexy referee shorts and long black knee socks to wear. Look out!
Hopefully this will be a fun season and win or lose, we will have a good time!