4:34 a.m. - I woke up about an hour ago and couldn't get back to sleep, so I got up. Somehow I got to thinking about negotiations, and that was enough to keep my mind whirling.
Yesterday went well. The school day went well, and then umpiring went well. I had the plate in our regional championship game. For me, I enjoy umpiring softball. I've been doing it a long time, and the post-season is where the magic and the excitement are at. I know that sounds a little weird, so let me explain. I enjoy officiating because I get to be around the game, and I get to be around my umpiring friends. (For example, I love the crew that we have for this week and next week. We just have fun.) At my age now and my experience level, though, the regular season just doesn't have the same "edge" that it did when I first started out. I'm not trying to sound arrogant, but the regular season - especially in softball - is really more about trying to stay warm and dry and survive. But around the end of May when post season arrives, the energy levels are higher. The games are louder; there are more spectators; there's nervousness in the air; big plays draw big applause. Yes as an umpire I have some nervousness, but it's nervousness about want to get the game right...not nervousness that I'm not prepared or ready for the game's atmosphere. I just really like being "in it". It's like being in a storm...it's fun to watch a storm from a distance, but it's much more fun to see it and here it and feel it from the inside. We aren't the players; we aren't the coaches; we aren't the parents and other spectators; but we are still in the atmosphere and are a part of it. That's what makes umpiring the regular season worth it (along with some extra spending cash). Completing the regular season allows you to get into "the storm" that is the postseason. It's not for everyone, but for me and many others, it's a lot of excitement and fun.
TODAY...I may help Shawn and Tucker move Tucker's (and Carrie) to his new house in NewWindsor. I also need to work on the pool and work on the yard. I'll have to watch the weather this morning and see if Mother Nature is going to cooperate.
English III
- create the English III next day's agenda and schedule post to stream
- created and scheduled through Friday
- score assignments and record into Lumen as needed - n/a
- enter scores for final set of questions - 2nd,3rd,4th done
- score journal self-evaluations after Friday
- collect remaining textbooks
- enter scores for exit survey
- submit mileage to IHSA after softball postseason
- June 24-25 - Justin Sharp shootout complete/submit form
2022 SOFTBALL UMPIRING
Sunday, May 22
May 24 --IHSA Sectional at Williamsfield - 4:30
May 30 -- IHSA Supersectional in Bloomington - 11:00 a.m.
May 31 -- OPEN
June 2 - 10 a.m. at Muscatine with Jason Danner
Sunday, June 5 - OPEN
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