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Sep. 18th, 2015 09:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anigoGood morning! And welcome to a post that is NOT a rant about work for a change.
A couple of days ago I saw this post about a friend. Actually, she's the wife of a guy I used to sail with 100 years ago, though I would still consider her a friend. This kid* is a real spitfire. If you read the article you'll see she participates in and coaches a million sports, advocates, fund raises, teaches... when she has time to sleep I'll never know. Her husband is the same way.
So my question. How do people do that? Just reading that makes me tired. I wonder what it is that vies some people more energy than they know what to do with and others of us barely enough energy some mornings to brush our teeth. She's a doll and I don't begrudge her her success (or her energy) one little bit, but man, I feel lazy in comparison!
In other news I was talking to the Kid last night and she's not having a very good time of it. Apparently her volleyball coach is a bit of a nutter. He leaves the team in tears after every practice. And they practice a lot - not that there's anything wrong with that, but they practice twice a day 5 days a week and have games on the weekend. He's told them that they need to be at practice, at class or in their rooms. There will also be no coming home except at Christmas time. He told one girl who had a trip home to Vancouver already paid for during the Spring break that if she goes she can consider herself off the team. I'm not crazy about that, especially when Volleyball goes from now until March, I'm not sure how healthy that is, both physically and mentally. And apparently he's pretty abusive. I was talking to one of the other mothers last night, the mom of the Kid's room mate (who is also a very respected volleyball coach - the mom, not the room mate) and she thinks it's unacceptable. She's encouraging her kid to rally the team and try to be mature about it - talk to the coach, talk to the assistant coach or as a last resort, talk to the Athletic Director. Hopefully they'll be able to get to a better place with that. Jess is completely miserable, but she won't quit and it's going to be a long year if that keeps up.
We'll see her tomorrow - she has her first game - and we'll see the status of things. I get way too emotionally involved, so I'll encourage her to make good decisions and perhaps get Dickie to talk to her a bit. He's the cool head in the relationship.
I'll keep you posted.
*I say "kid" because she's tiny and full of energy and she reminds me of some hyperactive 12 year old when, in reality, she's only a couple of years younger than I am, dammit.
A couple of days ago I saw this post about a friend. Actually, she's the wife of a guy I used to sail with 100 years ago, though I would still consider her a friend. This kid* is a real spitfire. If you read the article you'll see she participates in and coaches a million sports, advocates, fund raises, teaches... when she has time to sleep I'll never know. Her husband is the same way.
So my question. How do people do that? Just reading that makes me tired. I wonder what it is that vies some people more energy than they know what to do with and others of us barely enough energy some mornings to brush our teeth. She's a doll and I don't begrudge her her success (or her energy) one little bit, but man, I feel lazy in comparison!
In other news I was talking to the Kid last night and she's not having a very good time of it. Apparently her volleyball coach is a bit of a nutter. He leaves the team in tears after every practice. And they practice a lot - not that there's anything wrong with that, but they practice twice a day 5 days a week and have games on the weekend. He's told them that they need to be at practice, at class or in their rooms. There will also be no coming home except at Christmas time. He told one girl who had a trip home to Vancouver already paid for during the Spring break that if she goes she can consider herself off the team. I'm not crazy about that, especially when Volleyball goes from now until March, I'm not sure how healthy that is, both physically and mentally. And apparently he's pretty abusive. I was talking to one of the other mothers last night, the mom of the Kid's room mate (who is also a very respected volleyball coach - the mom, not the room mate) and she thinks it's unacceptable. She's encouraging her kid to rally the team and try to be mature about it - talk to the coach, talk to the assistant coach or as a last resort, talk to the Athletic Director. Hopefully they'll be able to get to a better place with that. Jess is completely miserable, but she won't quit and it's going to be a long year if that keeps up.
We'll see her tomorrow - she has her first game - and we'll see the status of things. I get way too emotionally involved, so I'll encourage her to make good decisions and perhaps get Dickie to talk to her a bit. He's the cool head in the relationship.
I'll keep you posted.
*I say "kid" because she's tiny and full of energy and she reminds me of some hyperactive 12 year old when, in reality, she's only a couple of years younger than I am, dammit.