Love What You Do

Yesterday was a very proud day in my young coaching career. Two of my team gymnasts got their standing backhandsprings AND running roundoff backhandsprings. Impressive, I know. The most rewarding part was seeing my gymnasts' faces light up (kind of like when someone has just heard great news and doesn't know whether the messenger is pulling their leg or not) after they stuck their pass for the first time, gaining more and more confidence in their gymnastics abilities. And also bringing back my own memories of learning the skill when I was about seven. Who'd have thought I'd be back in the gym coaching 16 years later!

Before I continue, let me give you a head's up on something... I am absolutely terrible at math. We're talking I just had to think for a few seconds about how many years are left over if I take seven away from my current age. It's exhausting sometimes, but hey, I majored in English for a reason, guys. So if I make a math error, you can call me out for it, but I assure you that it won't help my adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing/working out how long it will take train A to arrive at the south station if bananas are yellow skills one bit.

Needless to say, I had a great day at work yesterday. Not just because of my gymnasts' achievements, but because I LOVE MY JOB. I'm telling you right now if you don't love what you do in life... If you don't love what you spend more time doing during the week than you do sleeping... If you don't love what could potentially be your job for years to come... then stop. For a minute. And think. What is it that I can see myself doing for the rest of my life and be completely content with? Plan how to make that happen and just GO FOR IT. "You can do ANYthing you put your mind to."

Ok, I'll stop my preaching and turn to a completely different subject... That's right I'm talking about gambling! (I'm sure you saw that one coming). Today, I went on a brief trip to Wind Creek Casino with my boyfriend and his family to blow some money, but most importantly, to indulge in the surf and turf buffet of champions! Holy cow did we eat a lot. I had a stuffed crab cake, cheese grits, a mushroom/onion/pepper mix, beef tips, crab chowder, side salad, chocolate pecan pie, oatmeal cookie and my first-ever bite of a macaroon. Phew. That made me full all over again. Half of us left breaking even while the other half lost a few dollars. All in all, we left full, so we were pretty darn happy.

It's a beautiful (slightly teeth chattering) Saturday night in April, so I hope you're enjoying it.

On a comedic side note, check out the latest in sanitary toilet technology that I encountered for the first time at the casino. I spent the three seconds that it takes to change the cover with my mouth wide open in utter amazement. Why hasn't anyone thought of this until now?

Wave your hand and the seat cover magically changes.

"Life is too short to be anything but happy."