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OH THE DRAMA...
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lundi, juin 21, 2004
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i love my kids. i love my team. i love...i'm finished...
the swim team awards party was tonight. as you all know, we are the lightning bolts and, ironically, our awards presentation had to be moved indoors due to lightning. CRAZY, AIN'T IT?! j/k anyway, we gave out the awards (trophies, ribbons, medals, funny awards) and then they gave out the coach's awards. THEY GAVE KIM AND I CHAIRS LIKE VANESSA HAS!!! it's great! i don't know what i'm going to do with mine yet, but i have a feeling it's going to be set up in my room. kim and i were joking around about putting a little floatie on it with a beach towel and a beachball and an umbrella...stuff like that... we also got a team picture with out names on it AND an invitation to coach again next year. HOW AWESOME!? courtney made me open that one second...said she'd prove me wrong, though i'm still not quite sure how she did that...
after the awards, the kids swam and then when it got dark, the slideshow came on. vanessa, what were you doing?! that's some funny stuff you got on camera, mr. walke! *tehe* i can't wait to get my copy of it!!!
it was really nice to have the parents come up and individually thank me and tell me how much i meant to the team. gary told me that he thought i'd make a good head coach one day...if i was interested in the job. when vanessa found out what i told kim, i thought she was going to kill me. and the parents are all soooo supportive of us (well...for the most part) and it's really nice to be appreciated. now i wish i had told my coaches how much i appreciated them and all their hard work, but instead i was HELL for them all (except ginny...NO ONE messed with her...). *sigh* i suppose that's part of growing up and experiencing different things...
i'm going to miss these kids the rest of the summer. starting tomorrow, from 5-7:30 i'll be teaching little brats how to swim...if they'll listen...which they won't. that's what i liked so much about the swim team. they WANTED to be there...they WANTED to learn...they WOULD do what i asked (again, the vast majority...not everyone). not that i don't love teaching swim lessons, but...you know...
i don't remember if i've blogged it before, but i've never had a job (a paying job, that is) where i didn't wear a swimsuit. i've NEVER worn undies to work. how weird is that?! i mean, the only jobs i've ever had were lifeguard (2 yrs), swim instructor (this is 3 yrs), and now coach (1 yr).
what else happened today besides swim team stuff?! hmmm...well, i woke up this morning and didn't feel like doing ANYTHING but i went to the bank to deposit 2 checks and went to swim shops. over half of what i deposited was spent... i ordered some stuff off victoria's secret online (actually ordered it TWICE on accident, so when it comes i'll have to send one order back). i bought THREE suits today...well, four if you count the one i'm sending back from vs... 2 from swim shops (one-piece) and the other(s) from vs. i HOPE they fit... only other things i've ever ordered offline before were my shirts for the wedding...and i'd tried them on in the store before i'd ordered them. i HOPE these fit, but if not, i'll just send them back like the whole second order. i also bought a pair of goggles and a cap. the goggles are to replace the ones i broke on saturday preparing for the coach relay and the cap was cuz it was cheap...sorta... after class (just turning in our papers and taking the test--which he somehow misplaced) mina, ben, and i went to smoothie king to "celebrate" the second paper and first test being finished. ann came over, i straightened my hair, i got dressed, i left for the party...and the rest has already been blogged. i THINK that's probably all that happened today.
i better get to bed since mom said if i don't clean my room, i'm "grounded" so the plan is to wake up early tomorrow and clean before school.
oh...and mr. bellah, i KNOW you'll never read this, but we'll miss you greatly and thanks for everything you ever did for us. without you, i'm sure i would have lost faith in myself a long time ago. you have been greatly appreciated and will be greatly missed. come back home to us soon, but have fun while you're over there...
9:58 PM
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