On being spoiled and hot… and a winner… :D

I have a new appreciation for any one who has to do manual labor all day in the heat.  Seriously.  I feel like I am spoiled.

I worked hard today… and my competitive nature showed.  But I like being competitive when it doesn’t get out of hand.  It makes me fee so alive….

Today, I headed over to the kids’ school for Field Day.  When I arrived I felt ambushed.  All of the 5th graders had their HVMS Eagles shirts on to which I said to the teacher, “That’s not fair.  I had until Monday to prepare myself for this…”  He thought I was funny, and while I can be funny, I was serious.  I’m not ready for this.  Matthew on the other hand has never been more ready.

I was going just to take pictures.  But I’m sure, if you don’t know me in real life, you can probably assume that I can’t sit still and watch.  I just can’t.

Apparently Matthew’s teacher could see that, too, because he asked me if I wanted to join in on the tug of war.  I did. We won.

Then we moved to the egg toss section.  I couldn’t just watch, so I roped in one of the few fun moms and we participated too.  We lost, but we got pretty far.  I guess I’m just on this quest to prove that getting older doesn’t mean that we aren’t fun anymore.

Then came the annual 5th graders vs the adults softball game.  I wasn’t planning on staying that long or participating because I had a conference call at 2.  Somehow I ended up coaching the 5th graders.  While they didn’t win, it was the closest game in the history of this particular tradition.  I was having a blast.  In the zone.  In my element, but HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT.

Oh my lawsy, I though I was going to pass out.

I headed home with 10 minutes to spare and take a quick, cold shower, drank the last of my daughter’s gatorade, knowing that she would be upset with me, but I HAD to compose myself before I got on the phone with the powers that be.

When that was over, I worked a little and then left to go pick up my daughter, another player and my babysitter and head to our softball game.

Can I mention that it was high 90s today and I heard some parts hit 100?  It was HOT.  I was in jeans because I don’t do shorts.

And then there was the game… and you know what happened?  We won.  Now, we’ve won before, so this probably doesn’t seem like it’s such a big deal because it is.  Reason being, the only games we’ve EVER won are those in which my assistant coach is there.  And he wasn’t there tonight.  It totally made a good day even better…

So game finishes, I dash home, make the kids dinner, shower for the third time today, get dressed, kinda do my makeup and head out the door to go bowling with someone I may have mentioned before.  Let’s just say that we’re both pretty competitive.  And funny.

And now I’m home, and itching to compete with Matthew on Guitar Hero, however, I’m hot, still, and I’m tired, because I think I exerted more of myself in one day than I have in the last two weeks combined.  And I need my rest.  We have another ball game tomorrow and it’s our last one.

So here ends my ramble.  I just wanted to document this so that one day I can look back and say, “hey… i did exert myself at least once…” because I’m REALLY hoping that I don’t have to be out in this heat, that long, doing that much physical activity in a long time.

Spoiled.

That’s what I am.

Until next time….