The weekend

My desk is a disaster. Post It Notes galor. Pens and pencils scattered. Books piled high (those professional texts I always order and then never quite get around to reading until later in the year). Beneath them is a folder of an booklet I promised to read and edit for a former coach here and a great buddy of mine (I’m still trying to get around to proofing it). Papers and worksheets all over the place. How can I ever stay organized?

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Just got an email from our head coach. It appears he had to discipline one of his starters, who will not make the trip to their game this week. I was amazed.

What a stand to take! How many other coaches would have done that? Would I even have done that at such a crucial point in the season. But as the coach said, this person let the team down. And if it’s one thing this coach stresses, it’s team.

Even though I coach - and I coached this particular athlete (and liked them very, very much), I am hoping that this little incident will have a greater impact on their life 10 or so years down the road. The choices we make are important. So are the choices we decide not to make. I think our coach has driven that point home.

Bravo.

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I just got an email from Jen at the MNHS wanting me to confirm my lesson plan for next Wednesday. I tried looking it up on my laptop, but it was gone. So far I’ve done nine lesson plans as part of this degree program. But I only have eight folders. Of course, the one that was missing was the one I needed. I msut have typed it up on my school computer and left it there where it got wiped out over the summer.

Luckily, she had the original copy I had emailed her and sent it back to me. Now I’ve downloaded it and it’s safely stored in a folder now.

Close call. I really would have had to wing the lesson then.

But in the end I finished the project. I have a second blog now - madhistoryblogger. You can find the link on the upper right hand column under the 'blogs I enjoy' section.

I'm outta here. Have a good weekend.