Class of 1993

10-7-13

Nostalgia overload!!!! YAY!!!!!!

Rest is clearly not in my future. That being said, I am ok with being totally wiped out today. Sine Thursday night I have been on overdrive. I like that every night I would hit that pillow and be pretty damn sound (well, except for Saturday night when the party across the street felt the need to have people belch into the microphone at 3 am. Sigh).

I feel so very vindicated when it comes to soccer. I was seriously stressed about the board meeting since I was sure I would get a stern talking to when it came to my confrontation with the coach’s wife the previous weekend. Thankfully, no one even mentioned it. In fact, when I spoke to the RC he told me I was totally fine in what I did. In addition to this, a list went around showing volunteers who had not turned in all of their paperwork, which meant they should not be on the field with the kids in a coaching capacity. Guess who’s name was on that list? Yep, the guy I yelled at. My registrar, the one who was there at the field was livid. I am telling you, I have never felt such relief over something that was so intense.

I was so glad I had opted to sleep in. I would have had to leave work early, anyway, but I was able to get some extra Z’s before I headed to the school for the Fitness for Funds event. I would need any extra energy I could find. I was about to be an exercise instructor!

The event was 12 stations in which the kids would be at for one minute each. They would do an exercise for that minute, led by us volunteers. There also was a warm up and cool down. It was going to be a fair amount of activity. I had station number 2, which were arm circles. I chose this since I figured I do those a fair amount and it seemed like a good plan. It was getting hotter by the minute and in hind sight, I wonder if I shouldn’t have chosen one of the exercises that happened to be on the blacktop. Oh well, it would be fun.

The lower class kids were first and they broke them up into small groups of about 20. We were constantly moving. I had a new group quickly since the distance between my station and the one before was only like 100 feet. Sadly, the distance between 12 and 1 was a fair amount which meant they had their kids almost right when they would sound the air horn to start on the minute. This screwed me up a bit in the beginning, and I ended up having the kids start too soon. LOL! Yeah, kids in my group worked harder.

I had a routine down. It was awesome. We did 10 standard circles. Then we did it backwards. Then in a W. Then in the mighty M, which allowed me to really get the kids motivated into yelling the count loudly. Lastly, we did the Superman, where our arms were out in front and we did circles. Sure, I could have just done the plain way, but I added the other ones. It allowed for a nice change in the routine. Plus, I had it down where we would do all of those in that minute along with the shake out of our arms in between each set. I had these kids cheering and laughing and I was really into it. I had other teachers and parents telling me how great I was doing. Yay!

In between the lower classmen and the upper classmen, I ended up chatting with Lu, who is part of soccer and a big part of the PTA at Adams. We were just talking when it ended up coming up that he went to Costa! He was even there when I was there!! What the heck??!?!? LOL! He was in ROTC and actually graduated from Redondo in 1994. He transferred over there when ROTC went away at Costa. It is so funny how you find this small world thing happening.

I was at the school from abut 8:30 to noon. I have to admit I bailed on cleanup, but that was mostly because it looked like they had it under control. I went and picked up some lunch and headed home to feed Riley. After that, I laid down on the bed and ended up falling asleep for a half an hour. I suppose being out in the sun, cheering for that many hours, and just being tired from a long board meeting the night before will take it out of you.

Saturday morning was Bobby’s game. The coach really wanted Bobby to score a goal. We were playing a much weaker team so he was putting up our weaker players so they could maybe get a goal. It was a fun game to watch at first, but the score was getting so lopsided I was sad for the other team.

After the game, we hitched a ride to Steve from my folks. I had left my car there the night before. They didn’t end up staying long, but the boys and I did. I cleaned the shit out of the kitchen and living room. I also cleared off my desk. The kitchen is pretty much done. In fact, today I plan on packing up some stuff and bringing it over. All of the new hall doors are in, and the windows are in. Ken worked on tile yesterday. He is going to Lowe’s today to order the carpet and he will also contact the flooring guy. We are on the countdown! YAY!

Saturday evening was the big event of the weekend, though. It was reunion time! YAY! I was so excited at all the people I got to see!!! Scott Maynard showed up, which was fab since I haven’t seen him in ages! Minje was there! Ok, yes, he goes by Mike now, but it was so cool to see him! Grace and Lorell and Darcy and so many people!! I was amused since I didn’t think someone like Stacey Strong would know who I was but she not only seemed truly thrilled to see me, she friend requested me on FB yesterday. Yay!

I hung out a lot with Erica and Jeannie and Jessie. I did wander around and chat with people all over. It was so much wonderful all packed into the ballroom. I had been nervous I wouldn’t know what to talk about, but it was never an issue.

The photo booth they had was a lot of fun, too. I am hoping they put them up on the web site soon so I can download them instead of just scanning the ones I got. They were fantastic!!

I didn’t end up going to the bar after, mostly because I was beat. I am not too upset, but it would have been nice to see Kristie. Thankfully she is local so perhaps I will see her at some point.

The nicest compliment of the evening was from Darcy. She came up and told me how much she loves looking at my Facebook since she feels like she knows my family and just loves it. I was so touched that my posts make people happy.

Sunday morning came much too quick.

We retrieved the children and headed over to the Hometown Fair. We wanted to get there before the heat and crowds. It was perfect, really. We picked up a Christmas gift for Andy and a couple of snarky signs for my kitchen. The boys got to have some funnel cake, too, which was great. Of course, the best part of the day was the sign at the beer garden that announced proudly that every pour goes to the following, which included all youth sports. Yep, our booze is for the children.

I dropped Ken and the boys off at Steve and actually headed back down near the fair. I was meeting up with Kenway and Mike at the Kettle for lunch. Yay! We had an amazing time catching up and chatting about Madison and beyond. I loved that Mike and I got to point out to Kenway that Miss Cahn was gay. LOL! He had no idea. They were shocked at two things with me. One, they were amazed at the amount of details and memories I could conjure up about our past. They couldn’t believe how many names I knew and beyond that, how many people I knew about as far as where they were now. The other thing that blew their mind was that I told them I could be a real bitch. They weren’t buying it. I guess my cover is safe. LOL!!

I went back to Steve to find Ken frustrated at tile, kids off destroying stuff and Luna knee deep in a mud puddle. Seemed pretty standard. Ha! I cleaned up the dog and then watched both boys slip and fall in the mud. It was a fun set of crazy, really. Luckily it was all ok and we got things in order before we bid Steve a goodnight.

I have plans on cleaning up a bunch of stuff at home tonight while everyone is at practice. I figure I will also pack some things up and bring them over to Steve each day. Thankfully it looks to be a quiet week in terms of responsibility. My mom is working at the school on Tuesday and Thursday and will pick up the boys from school and walk them to Steve. This just gives me more time in the afternoon to get things in order at home.

I plan on hitting up the gym again. I need to walk. I am looking forward to it. It will most likely help me feel less stressed, too. Although I do feel better than I have but it will still be nice to let off some steam.

Now I get to deal with the pain of work. Bleah.