While I thought this past weekend would be my first official weekend alone in my new home, I received a nice surprise when I found out my good friend Val would be playing right up the street (ok...and hour and a half away) in Connecticut. I was super excited when she invited me to spend Saturday night in the ultra cool Mohegan Sun casino/hotel/venue. We were able to catch up and share in our stories of finally "growing up" and being away from our friends and the comfort zone that we called home for the last four years. It definitely eased my anxiety knowing that I'm not alone in my struggle. So...the game was great...it was a battle of the top East/West teams in the WNBA...and it provided for a great show for the fans. It was kind of weird sitting in the stands by myself, but Val made sure to look up my way during time-outs as we exchanged weird faces and laughs. She'll be moving to France in like a week so big ups to her and all her future endeavors.
As far as school goes, it is incredibly awkward to not be starting practice this week. In fact, we don't get underway until October 27...one of the downfalls of switching from Division 1 to Division 3. They say it has something to do with the amount of weeks we are allowed to practice (we have a measly 22 compared to 32+ for D1). It's all a bunch of bull if you ask me, seeing as how it not only gives us a mere 5 weeks to prepare for our first meet (which will inevitably be directed at event specific type practices), but as a coach I don't get to torture my kids with preseason workouts...instead we hand out 'suggested' workouts for the girls to do in the mean time. Suggested is a HUGE change from the Mandatory Voluntary practices I am used to at Rice...but oh well...
OMG...I was watching the news a few minutes ago and it is a whooping 65 degrees outside...mind you it is 6pm and it is still summer time in my eyes. The weather man even went as far as to say that in the morning it'll be in the 40s...oh no buddy...not liking this already. I guess I gotta get in as many shorts as possible withing the next 2 weeks, because it'll be May before I can show my legs off again :-(
One thing I am loving however, is the extra special attention I am getting from the faculty members at school. This week alone I've had several ask me how I was fairing being so far from home. It is almost as if they are trying to make this adjustment as comfortable as possible. It definitely makes me feel good to know I am in an environment that is so welcoming. So as of now I am adjusting decently well...still missing home, but I don't think that will ever go away. I'm still trying to find more things to do so that I don't have to spend so much time at home ALONE...but until next time...
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