<p>Hee hee - I’m sooooo excited for her! D will be a fifth year senior next year on account of completing both the B.S. and a B.A. - light coursework and “fun” stuff since all the hard stuff is done - and - the head coach today formally “hired” her to volunteer coach full time next year! </p>
<p>She’s so incredibly happy, the opportunity to (volunteer) coach a nationally ranked team at the D-1 level. How awesome - I’m so excited for her, I cannot wait to see how much fun she has with this! I’m like, bouncing off the walls and giggling. Oh, and she gets to keep all her “perks” too - still gets the annual supply of clothing, laundry service, even gets to keep traveling, etc. Hee hee. She’ll be working with the new recruits, and doing a lot of technique coaching with the varsity. I cannot wait to watch it all play out, this is going to be sooooo much fun to watch…</p>
<p>Gawd, latetoschool, could you PLEASE show a LITTLE bit of ENTHUSIASM??? :D</p>
<p>I am SO very, very thrilled for your very talented D!!! Being asked to volunteer coach for HER very own former team is a compliment of the highest order!!! WOW!!! It sounds like she’s in for the most fabulous year EVER next year! And she SO deserves it! CONGRATS!</p>
<p>ROTFL, that is hilarious digmedia. I think I have to stop bouncing off the walls myself first though. This is going to be so much fun to watch. Berurah can just do it via Skype over my laptop lol :)</p>
<p>Galwaymom, lol, she probably won’t consider coaching as a career - she’s still trying to decide the med school/law school/grad school thing. But then again, she might, who knows??? I am not sure what is the career path to D-1 head coaching positions, but it seems that most have master’s degrees, and many have olympic experience. I’ll post more detail about the sport once she graduates, and is clear of the school.</p>
<p>For special friends like you and LTS, I can even manage some days!!! Now, the only problem? Fitting into that cheerleading outfit again…<em>lol</em> (<em>JUST</em> kidding…I was NEVER a cheerleader in h.s…too busy with my diving endeavors!) ~b.</p>
<p>So very happy for her. She’ll get to unwind, have her coaching stuff, all of the fun of college, and get to reap the benefits of the past four years of grueling work. So happy that things are turning out well for her. :)</p>
<p>You mentioned that she probably won’t want to be a head coach, but this sounds like a great way to try it out in the meantime to see how she likes it. </p>
<p>Yay - thanks everyone for the kind thoughts - and the new words!!! I am still kvelling about, and will do so for a while longer yet. Um, how do you actually pronounce “kvelling” lol?</p>
<p>Ariesathena, how do you always seem to know what I’m thinking? It is so nice to think that she is going to be able to enjoy the pure fun of college - not that she hasn’t loved these four years, but, now she doesn’t have to worry about such a grueling schedule. Light, easy(er) classes, all the stuff that requires lab work is done, doesn’t have to get up every single morning at 4:45, gets to do stuff she loves. </p>
<p>Jmmom, I cannot wait to watch this and just enjoy. </p>
<p>Berurah - D was a cheerleader in junior high school - that was her first sport before she moved on to track, and ultimately to her third, high school and college sport. She has her original cheerleading outfit in her hope chest at home. When it was provided for her, I thought it looked adorable. Now we both look at it and think “wow, people actually wear these things” - it’s really sort of, well, ugly. She took it out one year in high school to wear it as a Halloween costume, but, it was sort of a tight fit So it’s wrapped up permanently in her hope chest.</p>
Now, the only problem? Fitting into that cheerleading outfit again…<em>lol</em> (<em>JUST</em> kidding…I was NEVER a cheerleader in h.s…too busy with my diving endeavors!) ~b.</p>
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