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7ish Days

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The last 7ish days have been busy. I went to a funeral on Tuesday for the previously mentioned mother of an 8th grader at David’s gym. Wednesday we left for David’s wedding in Florida. Thursday, while in Florida I talked to a couple friend that will be opening their own gyms soon and gave them a little advice. Friday was wedding day and everything turned out great. The weather cooperated, the wedding was successful, and no one made a fool of themselves at the reception. (I’ll post more about the wedding when Shane gets back from Hawaii so I can get his pictures).

The Cats played Ohio State during the reception, which the manager was kind enough to put on a TV nearby. The Cats won a close game to move on to play North Carolina for a trip to the Final Four. Saturday was a beach day. The weather started off rough, but turned out to be great. We then went to a Crawfish boil with the newlywed couple’s family, which was also a good time.

Sunday was go home day. It got off to an interesting start because of a poor decision a couple people made the night before, which I may expand on in a later post. We got back in time to catch most of the North Carolina game and see the Cats advance to the Final Four.

The Cats next stop is Houston, mine is Florida again for a 2 competition weekend.

Delta aka Change

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Congratulations to David & Kendall on their engagement.

I no longer have my 859 area code phone.

I’ve been thinking about change a lot lately. I probably should say I been thinking about the lack of change because too often people want something to change, but don’t want to change anything they are doing to make that change possible.

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

This quote has been attributed to a few people including Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, but that’s irrelevant. The point is you must change your actions in order to get a different result.

The 20 Minute Nap

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I’ve been slacking again so I’ll give the cliffs notes version of the past few months. I may fill in some details later, but won’t make any promises now. I was in Atlanta for a few days at a cheerleading competition, imagine that. I met up with King Harrison in person for the first time and we started talking about areas where Fierceboard and Spirit Post could work together. I chatted with Courtney Pope and she told us a great story about a Leprechaun that you should ask her about if you ever run into her. I also met briefly with JG Ketchen to see if Gravadi could work with an idea I have. I also took the greatest 20 minute nap ever.

I have an annoying natural habit of waking up fairly early in the morning, regardless of how late I was up the night before. This happened in Atlanta on Saturday morning despite being up until around 6am the night before. After a long day at the competition, etc. I went back to the room to take a power nap before meeting up with some friends that were also at the competition as David went to another hotel to talk to Carlos. When I woke up David started talking about what happened at the other hotel. To make a long story short, the competition ran late so the kids didn’t get back to the hotel until close to 10. They were hungry and the pool was still open so many kids went to the pool while waiting for their parents to get them food. Near the pool was a restaurant and bar where many of the parents were having a drink or two while waiting for food. Apparently the hotel had a 10pm curfew for kids during sporting events that not everyone was aware of, so security starting kicking kids out of the open pool and sending them back to their rooms. Some of the parents took offense to how the kids were being treated and started griping at security, then 1 parent got slammed against the wall and arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct.

Problem Number 1 – Keeping the pool open past “curfew” was idiotic. You know kids are going to the pool any chance they get, so if they are supposed to be in their rooms you should close the places in the hotel kids are going to want to go.

Problem Number 2 – The person they arrested was not drinking. At all.

Problem Number 3 – The person arrested has virtually unlimited funds and a corporate legal department at her disposal.

David went to the College Park Police Department to bail her out, which he said wasn’t the quickest process, got her back to the hotel, and let her know which parent was watching her kids while she was occupied before coming back to the room. The reason I called this the greatest 20 minute nap ever is because when David came to the room I didn’t realize how much time had passed. Even while he was telling all that happened, I, in my just woken up state, was trying to figure out how all this happened so fast. Then I looked at the clock and realized about 6 hours had passed. I guess I needed some sleep.

When I started writing this I thought I would cover more than Atlanta and the 20 Minute Nap. I guess I’ll pick up where I left off later. There are several weddings to cover, some with more notice than others.

Deep South Cheer

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I’ve spent the past week in Jackson, MS. The tripped was planned so I judge Deep South Cheer Nationals, but I came early and stayed for a while to hang out with a few friends. David Hanbery and I had a chance to talk about 2 projects we will be working on. One with Farid Louis and the other with Marcel Hammond and Chris Russell. I’m sure at some point more people will get involved with both, but we’re going to set the foundation.

Josh Jones returned to Jackson with his fiance, Kat, and we got a chance to catch up, have an adult beverage, and talk about Kat’s project, CollegeCheerGuide.com. Josh judged with us, but has also been settling into his new “real” job. Miguel Sanchez, the new cheerleading coach at Mississippi State, judged with us and had his teams perform before heading to UCA College Nationals. We also took a trip to Starkville to see their friends and family performance. I want to wish them luck this weekend (but still want my Cats to win).

I also got to judge with Niel, Sara, and Lana. I’ve judged with Niel several times with Deep South and JAMfest, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen him. I’ve known Sara and Lana since they were in high school, through their time with Inside Cheerleading in Atlanta, and back to Jackson. The next stop is Chattanooga with Elza and Keogh.