High School Softball

Well high school softball starts next month. I'm attending a coaches meeting tomorrow night and a speed clinic put on for the high school on Friday. I'm definitely looking forward to the season. We'll have quite a few seniors this year, so hopefully they'll all be motivated to go out on top, especially after last season's runner up finish. I also have a couple of counselors to talk to once school starts up this week because there are a couple of players that we need to get registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse since they've told me they want to go on and play college softball.

These past two weekends we've taken my oldest daughter (8) to the speed clinich offered by Hawaii Speed and Quickness here in Hawaii. She loves going and it's such a great value. Plus for the $10 that the session costs, she's received a coupon for a FREE 16 oz. Jamba Juice ~ that's about a $4.00 value in itself! Now I wish we started taking her sooner because there are only 2 more weekends of clinics left for the year and then it won't start up again until 2006. I know she'll miss it, but I'll probably have her work out with our high school girls once we start conditioning.

We'll - back to my day job - I've got quite a bit of work waiting for me on my desk.

Taking a break!

So we took some this a past week to give ourselves a break and relax. My husband's family was camping at the beach so we joined them every day after work. My kids stayed there on days they didn't have school ~ now they're all peeling from being in the sun. I enjoyed a swim in the ocean on Saturday ~ it's funny, living on an island you'd figure I'd be in the ocean at least once a month. I can't even remember when I was last in the ocean before this past Saturday. Now that my son is old enough to enjoy the water with us, we need to make it a point to get to the beach more often. Our girls certainly ask us enough to take them to the beach and I think it's about time we start filling that request. Hopefully, next summer, my husband and I can take the week off with our kids (or at least a couple of days) and stay at the beach during the day too, not only in the afternoon. We'd also be able to camp out in our tent at the beach with everyone else instead of have to go home at night because we need to get up for work in the morning. Well...it's back to the daily grind...kids are in school and I am at work. Not only am I back at work, but I have to stay late today *sigh* ~ the beach is sounding really nice right about now.