6:02 a.m. - To make a long and excruciating story short, Tuesday night at Kewanee while officiating a varsity boys game, I must have planted my right foot just right or landed on it just right to get a "snap" out of it. I took two steps toward midcourt and knew I was in trouble because putting even a little weight on the foot trying to run was sending shooting pain up my leg. I went to Kewanee's site manager and told him to get on the phone and get an official here if possible because I wasn't going to make it. Fortunately, one of the officials that had worked the sophomore game had stayed and was watching the varsity game. He got dressed again, had a conversation with my two partners, and out they went for the second half while I got dressed and limped out of the gym to my car. I was pretty confident I hadn't sprained anything; I was pretty confident a bone or bones had broken. It was a long drive home just thinking about what I was going to have to go through in the upcoming days. I called Amber, and she was the only one I told. I didn't think it was necessary to go to the ER that night; I would just wait until the next day, so I called my building principal and asked for a substitute for Wednesday. I may have only got an hour of sleep that night, and it wasn't the pain in the foot...it was the pain in my heart. That Tuesday morning I had received the postseason assignment I had been dreaming of for the past three years - I was going to get a 4A girls sectional in Normal. I was going to get the opportunity to get in the pipeline for being selected to work the state tournament. That morning I was so excited I barely was able to contain myself. Laying in bed with what I knew was a season ending injury I again could barely contain myself - just the opposite direction.
So yesterday I got myself up, went to the ORA walk-in clinic, they took xrays, determined I have a stress fracture in my foot, and there goes the remaining six post-season games on my basketball officiating schedule for the 23-24 season. All that work since November, the rules meeting, the test, the games, the travel plans, getting through partner issues, ALL GONE...OVER...STOPPED. I sent a message to the IHSA to have me removed, I sent a message to my partners, I cleared all the games off my calendar, and I felt miserable. And now I have to watch and hear everybody else get their postseason games, get their rewards for all of their work, learn about their excitement. I feel cheated, left out, and drained of excitement. And I know the vast amount of people would think I'm being such a baby about this. It's only one postseason, there will be more. I did get to officiate most of the season, right? And I should be happy for all my officiating friends, right? I'm going to try.
So it's off to school today...in a freaking boot to try to immobilize my foot. I'm supposed to do no running for two weeks and then return for a reevaluation. This is going to suck.
Things for School
- Enter scores for poetry questions.
- lesson plan for 2/16/24
- enter scores for Khan Advanced Part 1
- schedule Khan activities for next week - Advanced Part 2 - in Khan and Google Classroom
Things to do
- Feb. 19 - Carmen visiting in morning
- Feb. 29 & March 1 - Follow-up with ORA - 8 a.m. Dr. Collazo; dentist appointment -- need sub plans for these days. (Al Hyett is the sub.)
- request days off for March 1 - dentist & February 29 - foot follow-up
- complete Illinois softball rules meeting and exam
- complete Iowa softball rules meeting and exam
- pick up prescription at Walgreens
- complete IHSA mileage report when done with games
- write a letter to Chase and mail - 2/13
- for professional development principal academy training
- complete #3000 (June 17, 2024) register by 6/10
- complete #1865 (June 13, 2024) register by 6/6
- March 25 - Colonoscopy appointment at Digestive Disease Specialists - 309-601-2800 Stacey 309-601-2901
- For Summer Camping Adventure
- get camper wheels inspected at Mutual Wheel
- get truck inspected at Slayden's
- purchase national park pass
- purchase car pass for the days we are staying at Glacier (vehicle registration ticket)
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