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Nope, No Home-Cookin' Here!
Dec. 8th, 2010 07:20 pmJust got back from school - the boys had a basketball game tonight and I got volunteered to run the clock (English teacher, Librarian, play director, yearbook adviser, captain of the good ship "PolyCom" ... and now basketball scorekeeper? Is there anything I can't do?) I used to keep the book when I was in high school, but I've never operated the scoreboard (I thought I had, but I got behind that scoreboard... and yeah, I've never done it before). The refs were really nice - luckily it was just JV. Moreover, JV of the first home basketball game our high school has had in five years. We don't have varsity because technically we're a "brand new" program.
There was one moment I thought I'd added an extra two points to our score, but the bookkeepers missed a shot (one of the bookkeepers was the superintendent. I just wanted to throw that out there), so it wasn't me. I did miss getting the clock going with about 30 seconds to go at the end, but we were down by 15 points, so it didn't matter anyway. It would have been worse if I'd screwed up a close varsity game with playoff implications. I don't think I would have made it out of the parking lot. Trust me, I've been an irate fan before and I've threatened (under my breath, of course) to jump the scorekeeper or the refs after the game. I never did it, but I was mad enough to say it.
The play is going well - we've got out lights and sound and sets ready. I'm excited now, but I'm nervous too. Not for anything in particular, just that it's nerve-wracking to be in charge of something like this. But it'll turn out okay.
And ... one last project nearly done. My final assignment in my web design class is almost finished (helps that I stayed at the school all day today. Even though I'd clocked out at lunch, it would have been stupid to leave school at 12:30, drive 30 miles home, get a few little things done, drive 30 miles back to school at 2:30). I've got one more page to add to my site and it'll be ready to be turned in next Tuesday.
There was one moment I thought I'd added an extra two points to our score, but the bookkeepers missed a shot (one of the bookkeepers was the superintendent. I just wanted to throw that out there), so it wasn't me. I did miss getting the clock going with about 30 seconds to go at the end, but we were down by 15 points, so it didn't matter anyway. It would have been worse if I'd screwed up a close varsity game with playoff implications. I don't think I would have made it out of the parking lot. Trust me, I've been an irate fan before and I've threatened (under my breath, of course) to jump the scorekeeper or the refs after the game. I never did it, but I was mad enough to say it.
The play is going well - we've got out lights and sound and sets ready. I'm excited now, but I'm nervous too. Not for anything in particular, just that it's nerve-wracking to be in charge of something like this. But it'll turn out okay.
And ... one last project nearly done. My final assignment in my web design class is almost finished (helps that I stayed at the school all day today. Even though I'd clocked out at lunch, it would have been stupid to leave school at 12:30, drive 30 miles home, get a few little things done, drive 30 miles back to school at 2:30). I've got one more page to add to my site and it'll be ready to be turned in next Tuesday.
