payment/ volleyball/ cheerleading
today i recieved my first paycheck. what a relief! i actually enjoyed sitting down and paying all of my bills this evening because for the first time in quite a while i can afford it. no more choosing between making a payment and buying groceries: i can do both!i feel like a huge burden has been lifted. going to work will not be nearly as hard tomorrow. i am getting into a system for planning and grading that is workable, i think.
tonight i went to my girls' first volley ball game. it has been a while since i have watched fifth graders play at a sport that they are new to. i tried not to laugh. i did really well. there was absolutely no "volley-ing" going on out there. if the ball was luck enough to make it over the net on the serve, it was a miracle if the opposing team even touched the ball, let alone returned it. i was there for about an hour and i seriously don't think that the ball was ever served, and returned. wow. the patience that these coaches and referees must have... these girls would be better suited as cheerleaders.
funniest news of my week. the school asked me if i would like to coach the new cheerleading squad. ha! they have been rather pushy there so far so i wanted to make it clear to them in no uncertain terms that i was not the right cannidate for the job. so i looked kim dead in the eye and said, "i hate cheerleaders: i would rather die." all without so much as allowing my eyes to twinkle. i was dead serious. she was all, "ha ha, well, umm....you're not kidding?"
"nope"
"you won't even consider it?"
"well, if i am the squad coach then i get to make all of the decisions, right?"
"well, they have to be approved by the board, but yeah, you would be the one in charge."
"as my first decision, i would like to cancel all practices and performances and end the cheer program here at CCA"
she got the idea and left
imagine me coaching cheerleading! "we've come to show you our shoes!" ba-humbug! and in a christian school no less. christian cheerleaders...thats an oxymoron if i ever heard one. and have you ever seen a fifth grader try to walk down a hallway? it's impossible, they don't walk they ricochet or collapse in heaps. ha ha! coach aurand....that'll be the day!
posted by Trisha @ 9:47 PM
