Fun Stuff
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Today my high school baseball team got kicked off the field we were supposed to practice on due to previous rain making home plate a mess, so we did our stretches, ran a bit, threw long toss, and took infield/outfield practice. After that, I broke out a football and we played seven-on-seven tackle football with three-man lines. Despite my right ring finger getting jammed when I was playing left tackle, it was an absolute blast and the kids loved the break from practice.
We only have another 2 weeks left in the season, and while we've had our ups and downs, this group of freshmen is very athletic and talented. Two went up to JV while another is pitching at the Varsity level already, so our freshman-only team hasn't been as good as it could have been, but we're still one of the better freshmen-only teams in the area and are competitive with the JV squads we play as well.
Coaching HS baseball is a lot of fun. I hope to do it next year, and I might be coaching some of the kids individually over the summer as well.
At the risk of sounding like even more of a person entering «real» adulthood, I'm also considering taking a full-time Business Analyst position and enrolling in summer classes at the local junior college with the eventual goal of finishing up my undergraduate degree (probably in Business Administration). I could use some stability in my life right now, and it's not like I can't do my current job at nights and in my spare time. Plus, I could use the benefits (health insurance mainly) and regular paychecks.