I sure am.  Although I have a busy schedule, it will take my mind off of the 40 + hours I spend doing my work.

I think tonight I will play some Wii (which I did *fifa 09*) .  I got a new game recently and haven’t had a chance to play it yet.  Tomorrow morning I will wake up and I might actually head to the gym.  That way I can avoid weight loss products. Then I’m off to another soccer game.  Hopefully we will do good tomorrow.  After that, I’m off and running to a friend’s to learn some Adobe Illustrator and I’m going to teach him some web skills.  Then a small break before heading off to dinner and then to the Chris Tomlin concert.

And that is just Saturday.  Wow..  Of course I hope to get some rest in there somewhere.  Sunday just has two things on the agenda outside of the house and about 3-4 things in or around the house that need some attention.

Oh and I’m sure I will need to remote into work and do some of that too so my Monday won’t be that crazy..

What are your plans?

Yesterday we had a little fun trip to surprise Leslie’s dad on his retirement day.  They live a short drive away.  I think the round trip total was 321 miles.

We left early about 6:20am and when we got into town we picked up a bunch of balloons and then headed over to their house.  We rang the doorbell, and the look on her mom’s face was priceless.  It was a fun day.   We went out to lunch and sat around most of the day just listening to some of his stories from the past.  It was a good day.  We headed on home about 6:15pm.  Leslie and just chatted our way home.  We talked about church, her co-worker who was looking at engagement rings, and my soccer team and their game this weekend. We arrived home about 8:45pm.

It was a long, long day but very well worth it.

More often than not, when I’m coaching a sports team we pretty much have an end of the year party to celebrate the season and hand out sports gifts to the players and other coaches.

Looking back I remember playing on my dad’s soccer team all my years and at the end of year we get trophies or some type of gift.  It was a lot of fun.  So now coaching I like to do the same thing.  I think the players enjoy it and appreciate the gifts.  We have a couple more months left in this season, but we haven’t figured out what we will do this year.  And since it will be at the end of May or early June, we have some time to put all the pieces together.

In more ways than one.  It was pretty windy out almost all weekend.  At times it felt like there were gusts between 25-30 mph with sustained winds in the teens.  Our backyard patio chairs moved a few feet Saturday.

Secondly Saturday and Sunday seemed like a disappearing act.  It went by really fast.  Saturday we had two soccer practices.  The first one from 9:00am to 11:00am and the our afternoon practice was 3:00pm to 5:00pm.  Toward the end of the afternoon practice I almost let them out late as I wasn’t paying attention to the time.  Maybe I need to finally get a watch or something.  I should check out Oakley watches, as they have some really nice ones.

Sunday was more laid back.  Church in the morning and the our small group that evening.

To finish out the weekend I awoke this morning about 3:00am with a huge wind and rain storm pounding against the house.  I stayed awake long enough to realize it was the storm finally hitting and then I went right back to sleep.

How was your weekend.?

And I hope in a good way..

One change, the weather.  I think our nightly lows are creeping to the upper 40’s, low 50’s which is nice and that also means (I hope) that winter is nearing it’s end and spring is around the corner.  Forecasts show possible thunderstorms Monday through Wednesday with some potentially reaching slight severe levels..  YES..  Bring on the storms..  Although this might impact soccer practice, but I welcome the heavy rains and thunderstorms.  (that’s one of the things I like about Texas)

Speaking of soccer, we are only one week from spring league starting up.  Wow we are in bad shape too..  The girls decided over winter break to not practice and we are now behind schedule getting everything ready for the spring opener.  Maybe that is why we are having two practices tomorrow. hmmm..

That’s probably the only two big changes at this point.  Oh, we did get our final approval for our Adoption/Foster license so that was some good news..

Well after the first week back at soccer practice I have to say I’m pretty disappointed.  Last Monday we had to cancel due to freezing rain but had practice as normal on Wednesday night and then we had practice this morning since we missed Monday.

Wednesday night was nice out weather wise, just a little chilly but not bad.  We had 2/3rd’s of the team there and didn’t do too shabby.  However this morning was a disaster.  Now it was pretty cold this morning with the wind chill.  Beside the weather they just showed lack enthusiasm, intensity, and showed a willingness of not really wanting to be there or practice for that fact.

I really hate to be mean about it but there are a few players on the team that just don’t do anything.  And to top that, a few players didn’t take care of themselves over the 3.5 week break and have hurt knees.

Tonight is a pizza party that they earned.  I hope they have fun cause serious soccer will be back starting Monday!

The second half of soccer is upon us.  After one week of weather delays and two weeks for Christmas break, tonight we were supposed to start back BUT we had to cancel practice again with near freezing temps and freezing rain and ice.  I mentioned to the head coach earlier today that we needed to get together and get a game plan down for the spring season.  He just said “We need to Win.”

Yep that’s for sure.

So Wednesday we are back at it and now adding next Saturday  since we missed tonight.  We really need to get a plan together so we can excel and win some games in the spring.  I guess I need to scout out 2 tournaments between now and May.  I’m looking forward to practice starting back up in a couple days and getting this team re-focused.

After watching this video I guess there is a new meaning to standing to close.  I will need to make sure to tell my players not to ever stand this close to a throw in.

found at: http://onthepitch.org/blog/