Domestic Engineer

Well me and my bright ideas…”you have to be involved in something during your high school years” is what i told my girls when Ericka first began high school. “We don’t want a bunch of down time” I exclaimed. “No idle hands in this house.” So they obeyed like usual (well I like to tell myself like usual) and found themselves a sport…volleyball. “Yeah,” i said, “I love watching volleyball and it’ll be fun for us all.” Little did I know that you probably won’t get chosen for the team unless you’ve done time with a club team too. This adds up to lots of dollars and lots of days (351 or so) a year of volleyball. While it is fun, it is exhausting. I’m constantly weighing the benifits to keep myself going. One major benefit I realized is the team player you have to become to succeed in this sport. I never learned that as a kid and sometimes it shows in my adult life. Other benifits include physical activity, competition, absolutely no down time to get in trouble, bonding with like minded people, cute uniforms and the list goes on. It has to or I’ll loose my mind. Next time I have any brillant ideas I will post them before hand so you all can give your imput. My advise…tell your high schooler to choose year book or ASB!