Old Friends...

Jennifer and I were AAU teammates all through high school. We have kept in touch all through college and will definitely be lifelong friends. She is pretty talented at posing for serious, hard pictures, so we always take those... I can't do a "hard" face!! AHHH

Birthdays...

My friend Jennifer in the picture above, had a birthday dinner and had a HUGE turnout!! She had like 30 something people there. I think birthdays can be a reminder of how many people really care (or don't care) about you... ha that could be a good or bad thing.

Birthdays were always fun when I was younger. I would always get SO EXCITED to be one year older and have a big party and celebrate my life for another year. My birthday is next week and for some reason, I am not that excited about it. My birthday is on September 10th which is, yes one day before Sep 11 (although I was born way before this). I think I am not that excited because I don't have anything planned. People are supposed to go do stuff for their birthdays, but I don't really have much to do. I would LOVE to celebrate with my family or my boyfriend, but that isn't really possible, so I will pretend like they are around. I am about to turn 24 and that isn't really a significant year, but I'm sure it will be great!

The job I have and the life I live....

I teach and coach at Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City. The picture above are most of my volleyball girls. They are GREAT!! PC West is an interesting school, to say the least. Although not having a great tradition in athletics here lately, I have some really great kids. I coach volleyball, basketball, and golf (even though I am still learning the game of golf). I teach Algebra and that is an experience. My classes have been pretty decent so far. My volleyball team is young and we are still learning, but they are a lot of fun.

Coaching and teaching takes up almost all of my day everyday. I'm not complaining because I enjoy it, but I definitely don't have very much of a life AT ALL. One bad thing about coaching which may be the same in any career is that you can't please everyone. There is always someone wanting more playing time or thinking that they deserve a spot over someone else. I guess it's kinda that way in a lot of things in life, but it has been tough for me to know I can't please everyone. It sucks to have people mad at you when you are doing the best job you know how..... ahhhh... As my wonderful boyfriend would say, "Such is life!"