STRESSED OUT!

I am officially 100% stressed out at this point. We just got our All Star uniforms in and the players shirts and the coaches shirts are TWO DIFFERENT COLORS! The rule for Babe Ruth clearly states that the coaches uniforms must be identical to each other and be in the same colors as the team uniforms. WHAT THE HECK ARE WE GOING TO DO?? The tournament starts TOMORROW, so there is no time to order different coaches shirts and have them here in time and we live in Monticello, so it's not like anyone is going to have some in stock...!!!

A little of everything

I know some of you have been wondering how last week went with my new schedule, so let me sum it up for you....I LOVE IT! I got so much more work done it's not even funny. It's amazing how much more you can get done when you have 2 hours a day when there are only a few other people in the office, who are also taking advantage of it being quiet, and no phone ringing off the hook! It is GREAT! I do have to admit though that when I went to lunch and shopping with Shelley and the girls that I felt like I was playing hookie....I'm not used to having Friday's to do whatever I want!

This week will be very hectic for me. For those of you who don't know, Ked and I (and Elaine) are coaching a 9-10 yr. old All Star team. We all took our tests yesterday so that we could "step out on the field" and passed with flying colors. I have to admit, some of the questions were a little confusing the way they were worded, but we made it through without any real problems.

We had a very busy weekend with softball, and I don't really feel like I've been home any at all. Friday night we had a regular league game (which we tied 6-6), Saturday, we had All Star practice from 9-11 and then we had two league games at 5:30 and 6:30. Yesterday, we had All Star practice from 2:00-3:00 and then off to take our tests... As you can tell, I haven't been home much this weekend, and this week will only be worse. We have practice tonight at 6:00 (keep in mind that I don't get off until 5:30 now), tomorrow we have practice at 6:00, Wednesday we have a coaches meeting in Lake Village at 7:00 for the tournament that we will be playing in at the end of the week, Thursday we play in Lake Village 2:00 and then have to attend opening ceremonies at 7:00...and the list goes on...lol

I know I will miss this when we are done for the season, but I will also be glad to be at home with Michael and Chaos a little bit more! Michael has been so supportive of me doing this (and has even made it to a few games...lol) and I appreciate it more that he knows. I really do enjoy coaching and getting to know the girls. Overall, this has been a great experience. Wish us luck in the tourney!

Schedule Change

Several months ago, our office was presented with a choice...those of us that wanted to could continue to work 5-8 hour days OR we could work 4-10 hour days. We were also told that this might and might not actually take place, but that they were curious of what we would all want to do. I chose to work the 4-10's and to have Friday's off....

Well.............this morning we were told that the changes will take place MONDAY!!! Yes, two days from NOW! So, this is officially the last Friday that I will have to work and I am SO excited. Even though I will have to be at work at 7 a.m., I think that it will be so worth it in the end. I will be able to have longer weekends, we can plan trips and I can go eat lunch at Red Lobster with Shelley...lol!

So, wish me luck with the new schedule (I will work Monday-Thursday 7-5:30) and pray that I get up on time Monday! LOL

Take a Look

Go take a look at Shelley's photography site later today and check out Kelly's maternity pictures...We had a good time, and it's fun to see Kelly with a BELLY!! lol

Twice in the Same Day!

Who would have thought that I would post twice in the same day? WOO HOO!!!

This has been a strange week for me, and I'm still not sure why. It started out great...Michael and I had a good weekend together not really doing a whole lot. We cleaned our house that REALLY needed it since we have all of our water working again, grilled a lot and even went to a late movie Saturday night. We watched "The Strangers"....what a movie--DON'T go see it alone...BAD idea! We hadn't been there 30 minutes when a very large grown man went running out of the theatre...I never saw him come back.

Monday, I took the day off to spend with the hubby...again we didn't do a whole lot, but it was great to be able to spend the day together. I love days like that...

Last night, we were supposed to have a game at 5:30, but the field was too wet (even though we couldn't tell it by looking at it). It's probably for the best that it was "rained out" though because we still don't have all of our girls back yet. We have another game Friday night and two Saturday, so I hope that most of our girls will be back for those--we really want to hold on to our second place title. We are also having All Star teams this year (a first ever for the girls) and now the hard part comes in...Ked and I have to decide who to nominate off of our team. We have some idea, but are still trying to decide what to do.

Today, I've just been in a weird mood...not really a bad mood though, so I guess that's good. Ked and I went and ate lunch at Ameca which was good and we got to catch up on some conversations so that was good, too. It's amazing how little we get to talk when we are at ball games or practices...lol

Now, I'm trying to decide if I'm going to go to women's group for our church tonight...decisions, decisions...

Hello?

Is anyone there?

Game Tonight...

Say a little prayer that we have enough girls to play...we have several on vacation and a couple that for some reason have stopped showing up. Wish us luck!

For those of you keeping up...

We have a new septic tank installed! Actually, we've had it for a couple of days, but I haven't had time to get on here. The man came and put it in on Tuesday and Michael and my dad have done the plumbing under the house. The original plan was to have a plumber do that part, but it is so hard to get in touch with a plumber in this town that we finally gave up and said we would do it ourselves! I am so glad that I have a husband that can do things like that if that's the route that we have to take!

The team that Ked and I are coaching (the Orioles) lost on Tuesday...due to lack of players showing up. We really haven't had a problem with that until now....but vacation time has hit and it seems like it hit for everyone at the same time. It looks like we will have even more gone for Friday's game, so it's not looking good for us to hold on to our second place that we worked so hard for...oh well, guess we'll see. Maybe we're not the only team that has everybody out on vacation...lol

Work is still hectic, but getting better. I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel...lol

Other than that, not much is going on. Michael and I are looking forward to being able to really clean our house this weekend (since we can actually use our water again) and hanging out with some friends this weekend. I am also hoping to be able to make it to Jordan's game today since I haven't made it to as many as I would like so far...

Hope everyone has a good rest of the week!