Hockey game and teaching day.

Saturday was a very big teaching day. I know I have to get used to being stressed and being a solid person in the face of bull crap. On Saturday I had some unhappy coaches when I was a referee for seven hours of basketball. I could feel my heart rate go up and me wanting to either quit altogether or lash out at another person. I knew I just was best to keep my mouth shut and let the people venting vent. I have to remember that everyone fights their own battles and has some sort of stress release and not take it personally. It worked out as the people that were stressing me out and insulting me left after a couple games. The games later on the day were very good. There was one game that was very tough to ref because the girls played so hard. Lots of fouls and jump balls and I was actually surprised how intense it got. The crowd was very much into it and I didn't have the best game but I could see why sports is awesome because everyone in the building was locked on. There were lots of girls who got better at dribbling and most of them play solid defense. They still have five or six years until high school basketball so by then their skills should be really polished. I always think of things like in the book "Outliers". Life is about putting in 10,000 hours into a certain skill and these girls are getting some hours in on playing defense, passing, and shooting. So I felt better later in the day knowing that if I can just pray for patience and turn the other cheek during these experiences everyone seems to win. The mean people get to vent, I get money and experience, and the girls get the most out of their basketball.


Saturday night My dad, Molly, and the Byrdman went the the hockey game. We drove around forever, but I had some good laughs. It got my dad out to a hockey game which he had never been. Then Byrdman went out with me as a shamelessly hit on waitresses. It was a great day and I even won an Outback steakhouse free steak. It really all worked out well.