Freedom, or so I Thought

With the last "Little Thunder"(basically a kids basketball camp on Saturdays) over and done with I was filled with uncontrollable joy. Even the fact that I was unable to hang out with Jimmie(who was in town from Sonora) couldn't ruin how I felt. I was free of basketball, free of all the obligations that come with that, I could now spend more time in my classroom to prepare my students better, I could spend more time with my wife, and of course more time playing video games and watching sports. Oh wait...I knew it had to be too good to be true. I received a disheartening e-mail this morning asking myself and another coach to drive out to a game, and watch two teams I don't care about. I know this may sound fairly exciting to some of you, but to the vast majority this is not what we want to do on an upcoming Friday night. So I guess life will go on, but wow what a way to bring me back to earth.