My normal non-practice days:
6:30AM - alarm goes off
7:15AM - wake up, realize I only have 20 minutes to get out of the house, freak out
8AM-5PM - work
530PM - home, dinner
615PM - 10PM - studying for State Gov with small breaks every 20 minutes
10PM - 12PM - studying for GIS with small breaks
12-630/715AM - sleep
Normal practice days:
8AM-5PM - work
Day 1 - 530PM-7PM - study for state government
7:20PM - leave for practice
11:30PM - get home, shower, bed.
Day 2: 5-6PM - commute
6PM-?? - class
?? - 10:30 - practice
11:30 - get home, shower, bed
I know I say this a lot, but I'm exhausted, both physically and mentally. This particular semester is killing me. At least in previous semesters, I've had something resembling a social life. I miss people. I miss going out and taking walks.
If graduating school doesn't turn out to be the best thing ever, I'm going to be very upset. I keep telling myself that I have longevity on my side when applying for post-graduation jobs (because that's one thing a 22 year old graduate doesn't have - a job history showing that I've worked the same job for freaking ever and will stick with things until I'm good.)
It's killing me though. I have a con I want to prep for. I seriously need costume stuff like crazy. I need to get my hair cut. I need to try to find a way to get rid of this old bed frame before I go nuts. There are a bunch of bouts this weekend that need refs and NSOs that I'd love to go help. I need to go to an open-skate session.
Three more weeks of the class from hell, then Ascendio, then my GIS paper is due, then blissful, wonderful freedom.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
We're officially in the lovely transition period between OSDA and WFTDA. Last night was our first full night of WFTDA scrimmaging. It went well, I think.
1. I feel more comfortable with WFTDA than OSDA, possibly because I've probably seen a ton more WFTDA bouts now. We were the only OSDA team in the state, so if I went to see anyone else play, it was WFTDA. Since I'm more comfortable, I'm actually calling things, even if I'm not calling things properly yet (that's my goal for Monday.)
2. The packs are starting to slow. They still have a tendency to pick up speed occasionally, but the drills that the coach has been doing with them seem to really be helping slow the pack down. OSDA is a very quick-paced game. WFTDA is MUCH slower, which seems to give the blockers a chance to think about strategy more, form walls more efficiently, etc. (As a ref with craptastic skate skills and an appreciation for strategy, I really enjoy this.)
3. Penalties are more frequent. It's not because WFTDA's rules are tougher. Quite honestly, most of the things we're calling in WFTDA are things we called in OSDA as well (though I'm not sure how much of that is because I started reffing near the transition when the league was using the OSDA league discretion rule to add additional rules as necessary.) However, in WFTDA, you're free to make more penalties than you could in OSDA. Some penalties that were a minute in the box in OSDA are just minors now, so they can do it four times before they get their minute. Plus, with more freedom came bigger hits. There were definitely more instances of skaters flying into ref territory last night.
With my personal transition from skater to ref, I've found I've become a bit more lazy. I can't remember the last open skate session I went to. I've been horrible about doing my physical therapy. I used to be great about doing half an hour of exercises minimum each day just for my ankle. Now it's a miracle if I take a minute while I'm at the copier at work and balance on one ankle waiting for the copy job to finish up. To be fair, part of it is my school schedule. I'm taking an insane eight week class that includes a freaking ton of reading, a 50 question quiz, two essays (both requiring additional readings), and 8 discussion posts in response to our classmates' essays *each week*. I also added on that Wednesday class that I mentioned in another post. The professor normally tries to get us out at 8-ish, but the book assignments are insane so I didn't make it out until 9:30 in the beginning. It's 20/25 minutes to the rink from the HPA building, so that would have put me as arriving at probably 9:55, change out of work clothes, gear up...I'd maybe get 15 minutes of skating. *sad face*
I think I'm pretty set on not doing recruitment again in October. I kind of like reffing right now. I mean, there's always a chance things will change, but reffing works well with my school schedule while still getting me out of the house and exercising. That's really all I've been looking for. I might reconsider skating after graduation once I figure out the post-graduation job situation.
1. I feel more comfortable with WFTDA than OSDA, possibly because I've probably seen a ton more WFTDA bouts now. We were the only OSDA team in the state, so if I went to see anyone else play, it was WFTDA. Since I'm more comfortable, I'm actually calling things, even if I'm not calling things properly yet (that's my goal for Monday.)
2. The packs are starting to slow. They still have a tendency to pick up speed occasionally, but the drills that the coach has been doing with them seem to really be helping slow the pack down. OSDA is a very quick-paced game. WFTDA is MUCH slower, which seems to give the blockers a chance to think about strategy more, form walls more efficiently, etc. (As a ref with craptastic skate skills and an appreciation for strategy, I really enjoy this.)
3. Penalties are more frequent. It's not because WFTDA's rules are tougher. Quite honestly, most of the things we're calling in WFTDA are things we called in OSDA as well (though I'm not sure how much of that is because I started reffing near the transition when the league was using the OSDA league discretion rule to add additional rules as necessary.) However, in WFTDA, you're free to make more penalties than you could in OSDA. Some penalties that were a minute in the box in OSDA are just minors now, so they can do it four times before they get their minute. Plus, with more freedom came bigger hits. There were definitely more instances of skaters flying into ref territory last night.
With my personal transition from skater to ref, I've found I've become a bit more lazy. I can't remember the last open skate session I went to. I've been horrible about doing my physical therapy. I used to be great about doing half an hour of exercises minimum each day just for my ankle. Now it's a miracle if I take a minute while I'm at the copier at work and balance on one ankle waiting for the copy job to finish up. To be fair, part of it is my school schedule. I'm taking an insane eight week class that includes a freaking ton of reading, a 50 question quiz, two essays (both requiring additional readings), and 8 discussion posts in response to our classmates' essays *each week*. I also added on that Wednesday class that I mentioned in another post. The professor normally tries to get us out at 8-ish, but the book assignments are insane so I didn't make it out until 9:30 in the beginning. It's 20/25 minutes to the rink from the HPA building, so that would have put me as arriving at probably 9:55, change out of work clothes, gear up...I'd maybe get 15 minutes of skating. *sad face*
I think I'm pretty set on not doing recruitment again in October. I kind of like reffing right now. I mean, there's always a chance things will change, but reffing works well with my school schedule while still getting me out of the house and exercising. That's really all I've been looking for. I might reconsider skating after graduation once I figure out the post-graduation job situation.
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