it's been a loooooong week. like monday already felt like thursday. long enough that i have been exhausted all week, despite for doing absolutely nothing last weekend. bad enough that i was about to fall asleep at swim practice wednesday, with thinning patience for whining, spoiled kids, and didn't have to be told twice when i got an offer to go home because coach would cover my 3 kids. THANK YOU!!! even going to sleep early that night didn't work, but it did help a little...
...for which i was thankful on thursday when i coached practice. the kids were rambunctious to the extreme, and since we're down a coach, that leaves me in charge of the crazies for about 20 min. before we split up groups. for some reason, one of my favorite girls got stuck on the subject of me having a crush on coach (which is true, but not that i've ever said anything about it or confirmed their teasing) - it's cute but also extremely awkward, because i don't want things to get uncomfortable on deck at all; i love what i'm doing too much to give it up. but damn! those kids are intuitive! and they're only 7-8 yrs old! i wish we all kept their sense of freedom and nonchalance as adults, the world would be such a cooler place...anyways, a second of my favorites joined in, and it kept up for pretty much all of drylands (a good 20 min, with the first looking at coach, then me, then back, and giggling the whoooooole time). how can you refuse them when they say "you should go out on a date with coach and talk about non-swimming things! you know, those things oooooooh". as i keep saying (since i can't lie to their blessed little faces), i'm not the only one that has to agree to their ideas. they don't seem to get that dating is a mutually-agreed upon concept between two equally important people, not just one person making decisions based on their desires. if only it were that easy!
today, thankfully friday, the week finally ends...no cute swimmers to tease me incessantly, but i did get told that i looked like a student today. granted i was wearing a senior class of 2012 sweatshirt for spirit friday, but seriously...that was from a coworker whose son i have history w/, so it was kind of annoying. but then when one of my bosses walked into the classroom while i was working at a fuller table of students and thought there was no staff in the class, it just became funny. i tell the kids all the time, it's easy for me to sneak in amongst them and spy, so they better behave! at the end of the day, we had a few good laughs with my other boss and one of the math teachers, which is always nice to relieve stress & tiredness at the end of the week.
it's crazy to think that there's only 3 wks of school left, for which i'm thankful. then i'll get a couple months of lower-responsibilities, but definitely don't have a "break" per se. hopefully i'll get some time in august to head south & take a break from schoolwork, but i'm still waiting to hear back on the august swim meet in denver before i make any plans (any time now, people!). i'm covering swim practice by myself for 2 wks while coach heads back home for a wedding(s), so it's not like life will slow down at any point. perhaps the "absence makes the heart grow fonder" adage will apply? one can only hope...
but i'll press on regardless, through the sleep deprivation and insanity, and maybe see the light at the end of the tunnel...
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