That's all we are talking about these days... Girl Scout Cookies and Soccer. How many more cookies do we need to sell for each troop? How many stores will we be in front of over the next couple of weeks to see the cookies? How many more should we sell to get Taylor's troop to San Francisco? Does anyone anywhere need more cookies? I don't need more, stop me please before I eat another Lemonade cookie (my new favorite!)
Also, it's all soccer, all the time. Both girls opted for soccer this spring instead of softball. And it kills me to say this but, I'm really loving it. The girls show so much confidence on the soccer field that you cannot help but smile and enjoy the game. Since I'm coaching Sammie's team too, I'm getting a good workout twice a week with the little 2nd and 3rd graders on our team. Goalie training is very physical and that's a main focus of mine (while the other coach works on a few other speciality things.) Sammie is really spectacular and it shows. You should hear the sidelines when she charges the ball and steals it from the opposing team.
I'm also refereeing games so that Taylor's team can advance to the regional tournament. So far I've ref'd one game, and it was a VERY new experience. I chose a game in a different city, with teams that don't play in our city, and experienced ref's in the center and the other side of the field. To say that I messed up my sideline flag calls would be an understatement! Yes, I coach. Yes, I know the game. But it's very different to make the correct flag statement to indicate what just happened and what should happen next. Here's my most obvious oops... One team scored a goal and I put my flag up to say "Yippee they got a goal." A flag up usually means a penalty! Imagine my embarrassment when the center ref ran over to ask me the penalty call and I just sheepishly smiled and said "Oops! I mean goal? No flag huh?!." He smiled and very nicely said, "we all have our first games." So, the long story short is that I got better as the game went on, but I'm a long way from being anything close to consistent (or good at it - YET!)
Next month we're taking a vacation to Maui! I just booked the trip yesterday and we're ALL very excited. We've never been there and to say it's been on our wishlist would be an understatement. Now I need to get back to the diet and excersise to make sure my shorts and bathing suits fit - gulp... shouldn't have let myself go...
Talk to you soon and enjoy the St. Patrick's Day clip below:
Kelly
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