Week One

My first week is in the books, and so far it has gone well. Spent a lot of time with football, including two-hours in the rain Friday morning. Was not a pleasant walk home. The coaches have been using a lot of motivation about "perfection" and "playing deep into November" with this team. From what I have seen, I don't really think that it's just a bunch of talk. My job with the varsity lets me be a somewhat impartial observer, so it should be interesting to observe at least. For my position as a freshman coach, we have 5 (I think) games scheduled plus some will play JV (probably), and only 16 freshman...just better hope for good health.

I've gotten my room decorated as much as it's going to be, for now at least, and have been working on my powerpoints and other notes for my classes this last week.

Still have a lot of work to do, but next week is nothing but meetings/workdays, and then the 25th and 26th are 1/2 day orientation days, so I have till two Wednesday's from now to be ready for class. So as long as I don't dink around too much, I should be fine. Attached are some pictures of my room after we got 2 inches of rain in under an hour last Sunday, after the crew working on the roof did not cover up the hole they had made. My room is on the first floor, so this is the damage that worked its way through the roof, the 2nd floor, and into my ceiling. A room on the second floor, when I looked in there on Sunday, appeared to be raining indoors and had a good 1/2 inch of standing water on the carpet. Great way to be introduced to your school.

Terry