AND ANOTHER past time assignment

One never notices what had been done; one can only see what remains to be done. (Marie Curie)

 

     I think that many of my juveniles on probation believe this is the way I view them. Often they will say that they are only noticed when they have violated their probation. They will inform me that they don’t feel that their parents are able to see the good they may have done, like clean their room, or complete their community service. I try to make a point when I am lecturing my juveniles for not honoring their probation to point out the things they have completed.

     In my life I tend to also look at what I need to accomplish or need to complete versus what I have accomplished or have completed. I think this may be from the negative out look we take on. Most of us tend to look at the glass as only have full and try to find what we need to do to make it full. Sometimes I will reflect on back on the things when I am stressed and find that I can not complete everything. I make a point to stop and look at all the things I have accomplished and realize that when I started the glass was empty and that I should now admire it for being half full. When I do take this moment to look back at where I have come from and the things I have completed and accomplished, realizing that I really have done a lot. It is these times after realizing how much I have achieved that I feel less stressed about needed to complete everything.

     This is when I take the deep breath and hold my head high for my achievements and instead of rushing through each day driving to get to something. I realize the journey is the most important part. Take for instance of how I was able to move from one state to another with only knowing two people in the new state. I pushed myself and become frustrated when I could not find a job quick enough or find new friends. I look back now and realize that I started a whole new life in a new place without knowing anyone and that this was an accomplishment in and of itself. I see how silly I was to be frustrated at what I did not have and that I should have taken pride in what I had. I see that in society in general, a bigger push needs to be made to see where we have come from, and less attention paid on where we can not get too.

HOMEWORK???? “?

OK FOR SCHOOL I HAVE TO DO JOURNALS ON QUOTES EACH WEEK AND HERE IS ONE I WANTED TO SHARE.

 

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is you home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.(Richard Bach) 

 

     Wow, this is pretty deep. I truly agree with the fact the answers can change if you are a person that is constantly changing and growing. I think you have to look at these questions and ponder them to begin to see a pattern of change. When I think about where I was born, Salinas California, I think of John Steinbeck. Most of his stories were from this region. I then look at where I am today, Pearland, Texas. Both of these places are pretty far away. I think of how I came from one to the other. All the experiences that I have had, all the things I have overcome, and all the places I have lived in between Salinas and Pearland. I lived in Northern California for most of my life. I really enjoyed the mountains and all the great nature places that one can go. I moved to Texas for employment reasons and to also attend graduate school. I currently consider my home in Pearland, but I think the mountains of California run in my blood. I often find myself longing to go hiking and to enjoy the cold weather that California has to offer. Texas is a really flat and very humid.

     Where I am heading is important to me because, I know that I will not stay for more then a couple of years in Texas. This is because of what I am doing, working and going to school. I have enjoyed living in another state but I really enjoy the winters and mountains of California to stay too long in Texas. Currently I am going to school to obtain my degree in counseling so that I may take the LPC examine. The answer to the question of, where I am going will defiantly change, due to job and schooling opportunities in the future. I would like to make my home in a cooler mountainous region and mostly likely closer to family. I know this may change due to school and employment options. I am not quite sure at this time as to what type of counselor I would like to be. Since I do not have this answer, I am not sure where my career may take me. I am open for a journey and always re-evaluating my life on where I have come and where I am going. I feel by doing this I am able to watch myself grow and change staying true to myself. It is important to me in to know where I have come from in order to establish where I would like to go.

WHAT THE HECKERS

LOL LONG TIME NO POSTY. Heehee. yup been real busy with football and the show and grad school and work and all, but a little birdy told me Bjs birthday is fasty approaching. I have a great surprise gifty for her this year. but I will have to find some good pictures again to do a tribute because without her ther would not still be a WFBtalk which is something I love so much. SO I was asked what football ment to me so I wanted to share.

 

Football to me has never been all about winning it has been about teaching and learning the game. Giving woman and girls the opportunity to play the game. Giving women options to not just stand on the side line anymore but to be given a chance to at all levels of play to learn the game. To teach someone how to take a hand off and feel the chills just when they can run ten yards and not fumble after a hard it. This is what makes the game worth all the time money and effort. The ideals I have had about football have been met before but at this time I feel they are just only ideas and have not taking form.   It is not the top of the mountain it is the journey. The ups and the downs and living the dream that as a women through all the adversity just playing. It is only been just for the love of the game. Honoring those ini the 1970s that paved the way not all about winning never has been. The smiles that laughs the joy and the fun. Bottom line win something just isn’t fun any more I really began to stand back and watch and see is this worth all the heartache all the pain. If anyone that truly knows me they say one of my main staples of living is football and if you took that away they would say I couldn’t survive. Football to me is love fun.

 

Thanks to all those that continue to check back and read my posts. Also check out the Womensfootballtalk bio page to see pictures of me and listen to the pod casts to hear my great voice, j/k but you may get some laughs. I will post again soon hopefully if homework does not kick my butt.

FIRE IT UP!

 AHHHH YAAAA. It’s coming can you feel it? I can and I am dso pumped. From sideline player to team leader. That’s right this year in 09 I am leading my defense. I tell you and they are a hitting bunch. I can’t wait. We have a great group of girls and great coaches. SO now is the time to strap it up and down the pads. Well not quite yet with have a few more laps to run. But all my mini segments are on Womensfootballtalk.com I will have BJ maybe post them hear soon for all to listen. Currently have been doing segments on streaching, conditioning and leadership. All importand aspects of football. if you have a topic you would like me to do a mini segment on write bj@wfbtalk.com and let her know what you would like to hear about. Yup my main job on the show is to talk so give me a good football topic and I will insight some of the knowledge I have gained.

I am pumped for the season to start. We are already tackling the dummy pads of course being carefull since we are not wearing gear yet only learing technique 09 promises to be a big year for WFB and for all women’s football so keep tuning in to listen or just get out on the field and hit um hard. Oh and bj you better work out cuz football is not done with you yet.

TRYOUTS

ok so from Gold to Red to green and now back to Red. Yup that is right I am going to play for the IWFL houston enegry. I see more promise in this league and the team is new improved. We have a lot of new faces. So I got to tryouts yesterday with Amber. Coach had said maybe 20 girls well there were only 2 others. So coach introduced us to the new coaching staff and asked me to lead the warm ups. LOL me i guess even after seven seasons going on eight I just don’t see myself enough of a vetran of the greats to lead warm ups lol. So I turned to Amber and said this is kind of like the tryouts we put on but we had more stuff set up. lol We will led the girls around a lap through streches and through but kicks and such. we then had to run the 40 put by ourselfs. I like when I run it with someone else I think it makes me faster. We did all drills twice and since there was only four of us I barely caught my breath before I had to go again.

Next we did the shuttle run. yeah more running. We did this twice and then onto a box drill with a ladder but it kind of also was a w dril cauz we went side ways quick feet throught the ladder then sprint forward to cone then back peddle back to ladder and quick feet ladderal back through the ladder. We did this twice.

Then on to the real box drill side ways back side ways forward course on my second time I did the back peddle so good I got to the cone and automatically started to sprint instead of side shuffle to the other cone. lol.

And that was it. Three more people showed up that had gotten lost. The coaches talked to us for a bit and then we were done. So not bad I thought for a nice work out.

Megan-

……and the future

 Check out #41 that is me and can you spot nancy. yup that is her in the blue jacket and beanie.

offense

 on the side lines watching the game.

here I am number 71. So I have been on many teams and played in four championship games and been in three different leagues. Now I am going back to my roots of the league I strated in the IWFL and I will be playing for the Energy.

A LOOK BACK AND A VIEW FORWARD

 

check out #75

Ok so this is my old D-line picture back about 4 years ago. My my oh times fly. Well another season is upon us soon. Stay tuned to see more old pics of me and my teamates and to find out what team i will be playing for next season. Unitl then have fun at the football conference or at the IWFL all-star game, flag games, back yard games or just chilling.

Meg