Oh how Im starting to miss all of you....some of you.......just a handful......ok mainly the peopel that just owe me money. Im kidding!! I kid. I love you all and miss you. No one is updating me. No texts, no calls, its just me and the cold and the silence of the falling snow outside. Yes!! Its snowing!
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Whats new?? Ok here we go (This is gona be a big post. Maybe read a little - go for a walk - have a cup of coffee - read a little more - smoke a cigarette - its kind of like sex, take your time with it enjoy it. For some of you it may be too much of me to handle on in one sitting is all Im saying.
Work: Its going. Everyday its beyond cold. I havent worn just a T shirt 1 freaking time. All the other kids are running around, me? I trying to turn my back against the wind and rain and go to a warm place in my head. I think I have said before NONE of my clothes are PA proof, this is bullshit. Kids are doing well though. Im starting to get down more and more what I am actually coaching. Ive never done these movements before. I was actually kind of lied to when I got out here so I am adapting. I have taught 4 girls how to pole vault (I have attempted it a handful of times, Im not bad but I aint good, I would just need to practice at it). We had our first meet recently and we won every event except 1 so not bad but some have the kids on the team have some serious skills and they stand out. I like these kids more because of their abilities and somewhat less because they rely on their abilities to get them by rather than listening to me and taking my advice and excelling further. I have caught wind that I am quite the talk in the womens locker room. I had to only listen to part of what the informant was telling me. When she said "oh yeah, that girl would totally get with you" I had to draw a line sand. Some days I just walk around yelling "No TOuching!!" and making sure my words or actions are not miscontruded and twisted. I cant be in a room alone with students, no touching, language, jokes, etc. I swear some days, depending on how hyper the kids are being, I do more PR work for myself than coaching. So of the kids get on my nerves but its highschool and I remember very much what it was like to be in almost all of their shoes. I cant get mad at them just try and steer them a better way. The town I work in is super small so therefore is the mindset and mentality of some of the town folk. I recently got myself in a lot of trouble by giving a nutrition lecture. Basically what happened was some kids misheard - didnt understand - or twisted what I said and then told other coaches and their parents. Their parents have contacted the school asking why I would recommend "no fruits, strict Atkins and no grains" to their kids. I wanted to respond "because your kid is fat" but I dont know who was the kid or parent so I had to explain in detail what is Paleo. Ive tried arguing science and even "look at me. Look at them. Who would you want to look or perform like." With little budging. The kids are ok with what Im saying, the adults are not. I feel like Kevin Bacon in Footloose. You know me I like causing a ruckus ;)
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Recently (Officially last Wed 3/23) and then this past Sunday (3/27) Heather and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary. This was a big deal for both of us so we partied it up folks. Let the reigns go, kicked our shoes off, let our guard down basically everything short of stripping down to birthday suits and running through the zoo setting the animals free. Below are some pics of that and us with some of the little kids at this place called "The Please Tough Museum." Which is a cool place until you realize that it really is: the adult world made small and fun with no real rules. If you can imagine going through the regular day but with the mentality of a child. It was fantastic people watching: watching parents with children, children with children, the occasional pedo running around. I could write a book. The best thing is something I call "mommy boobies." What are mommy boobies?! Well Im glad you asked, its basically a young mother with still inflated breasts in a very inappropriate low cut top...basically hang out. Tons of nipple slips. I was not turned on in the least, more over just shocked and I could not for the life of me stop singing "My milk shake brings all the boys to the yard and their like its better than yours!" So there is some pics of that.
Enjoy the slide show!
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| I actually dont know these kids...Kidding. I love ducks!! |
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| They were captivated by my vast knowledge of operating machines. |
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| I never did understand this book..... |
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| Fingers are food too. |
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| These are the snack choices they had for everyone. Pizza, soup, hot dogs, pasta....wow.... |
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| See mom!! He's not just in my head!! Tea time with the March Hare (In March!!) and the Mad Hatter. This was my favorite part because if you know me you know I am a Huge Alice In Wonderland fan and they had a whole section dedicated to it. |
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| They did have gluten free options. These werent half bad for you. |
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| Drink options: 1) Sugar juice 2) Soda 3) Diabetes (3 actually comes with both 1 and 2 :) |
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| Beginning of Operation Anniversary. We stopped and fueled up for game time with some Fraps from SB. |
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| Doesnt look the best but holy snaps is it tasty. It Cajun and damn good. Its called a P'oh Boy Special. |
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| Oh yes. Could you have just one? |
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| The other section. Its amazing. I love coming here. All kinds of samples and no nutritional info - none needed. |
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| Dinner. We love an Absinthe bar called TIME. A-mazing bar bugers, fantastic salad, usually live music and super super chill. I wish they had one in LA. So much fun to hang out and eat there. By far one of my favorite places. |
You're the man chris! I'm happy for you and Heather that's awesome :) ya it's so hot here right now I feel bad for you freezing your butt off out there. We all miss you too. Two months and counting! :) I bet you feel like your walking on eggshells around the kids. That has to suck cuz the parents take everything so literally. Pole vaulting?? I always knew you liked the pole haha. I'd be to scared to try that (that's what she said right) haha come on you know your mind went there too. The pictures look awesome and it looks like you had a lot of fun. Try and gain some more body fat and maybe you'll stay a little warmer. Are you still doing IF or is it just way too complicated for your schedule? You're probably just chillin (literally) in your car right now but have a good day Christopher :)
ReplyDeleteI know EXACTLY how you feel when it comes to parents. I told all my girls (water polo that is) that if you did NOT come to practice you would not play. Pretty simple right, come to practice you play dont come and you wont. Well our season falls over Winter Break and I had a girl not show up to ONE practice, A) "She hurt her wrist" and B) Her family was going out of town. The wrist was totally B***S**t and I had girls not go on vacation so they could practice. So our first game back against out league rivals. Our team was KICKING ASS and we had a chance to win. So of course the girls that did not come to practice didnt play. After the game, the girls mother comes up to me and DRILLS into be about why didnt her daughter play and how this was the biggest game of the season. I could not just say "Look your daughter not only sucks but when she plays polo she looks like a large sea creature in the water" I had to bite my tongue a and say "I am really sorry but I have another game to coach, but she never came to practice so thats why she didnt play." Well what ended up happening was she complained to the school which just turned out horrible.
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Miss you a lot. I enjoyed our talk on the phone. Food log will be coming your way shortly.
Stay Warm
Junior
PS: Open WOD score: 6 Rounds 9 DL 12 PU and 11 Box Jumps. I was sooo happy with that trust me I hate box jumps. And I am not ever good at them.
R: Hey tiger. No! No body fat. I will suck it up and freeze and look good doing it. I am still rocking IF but not the way Id like to really. Im mainly eating 2 meals a day, sometimes 3 if I can get it in there. It is super tough with my schedule but Im still keeping to it because in a strange way it fits ok just not perfect like it was at home. I need to fix and adjust a few things and be good. But I am on a plan now and documenting progress so we will see how that goes.
ReplyDeleteA: Exactly! Im not new to this its just funny to me. COngrats on the wod!! thats really good. Im finding it to be really difficult to do these wods on my own. Box jumps started out ok, CNS was off big time (too much caffine?) and then they started to really bother my back. 1 more month and Im gona try and pull it together to get this done. Im mainly competing with Andy thats all I care about right now ;)