Pre-Season Trip

One of the coolest things about my involvement in sports has been traveling! I was thinking about it today and I have gone on about twice as many sports-related trips as personal trips. I'll add yet another sports trip next weekend. It was sort of a last minute thing, so our team didn't really have much time to fundraise ~ probably not a mistake we'll make again.

The high school team I coach travels to Maui for a few pre-season scrimmages. Nothing tournament style or real serious, but a fun team-bonding, get-some-playing-time-in trip. We'll just be going for a few days. We fly out on Thursday afternoon, play Friday and Saturday, and come back home on Sunday. Then we'll practice Monday, and go right into pool play on Tuesday for our first "serious" pre-season tournament.

I'm also excited because my husband and my son will be able to join us for the trip. None of my family members came along the last time we took a pre-season trip to Maui. Even though it was just for the weekend, I still missed them. I'm looking forward to having my husband and my 11 month old son with me for the weekend away. Of course my girls would love to be there too (I have 3 daughters), but we just aren't able to make it happen this time. We'll have to bring them along for the next trip ~ a trip when we have ample time to raise funds!

Anyway, once pre-season starts, things get moving pretty quickly. Our head coach always says "don't blink, the season will be over before you know it". From here on out, it's time to hang on tight and enjoy the ride!