here i am

Today was a great day....let me tell you about it. My alarm went off with a great tune from Iron & Wine at 7:07am and I proceeded to press snooze until 8:57am. I knew I needed to get some exercise in this morning, but something besides running, so I decided to go for bike ride. I haven't seriously ridden by bike since high school, so I put on my biking shorts with the padded butt, grabbed a biking jersey, threw on my helmet, got a water bottle, strapped on my biking shoes, and headed out of the neighborhood. I decided a good goal for me was to ride my bike the back way through the ranch to Lomas Santa Fe Country Club where my mom was playing tennis at the time, which is about 10 miles away. This was a terrible decision and I am going to hate myself in the morning now. I guess I didn't really think through that this entire ride is mostly up hill and really windy with tiny bike lanes. Go me! I'm sure I got laughed at by cars passing by because I was going so. stinkin. slow. up the hills! However, after 2 stops on a steep hill to get water, I eventually made it to the Club drenched in beaded sweat. Then mom took me home. haha.

The rest of the day was full of errands, lunch, and hangin with the mama. What's exciting is my night. I went in to San Diego Sol Basketball Club to work for the first time tonight. I played for Sol when I was in High School and it is truly an honor to be back working for the club now. The management and coaches are absolutely phenomenal and truly make me be a better person. I learn so much from them! I helped work drills and scrimmaged and was able to even put my two cents in a times and teach some things. And let me tell you...it never felt more right. God has given me this desire to work with high schoolers, teach them, coach them, and inspire them hopefully. Sure, I'm teaching basketball, but I hope more than anything that I can teach more than that. I hope that these girls see that it's not about basketball, but it's about becoming a better person through this amazing game. And once you get the meaning behind why you play, you're going to be successful. You don't have the be the biggest, the fastest, the best shot...but be the hardest worker and the rest will fall in your hands. I cannot wait to get to know these girls and hopefully teach them something valuable. This experience is going to be incredible and hopefully beneficial to my future as a teacher and coach. I am looking forward to learning from the other coaches that I am under and I would bet that I learn a ton from the girls as well. Because that's how it always works. God is good and He's got an incredible plan. For the first time since I've been back in San Diego, I feel like I have a distinct purpose and I am doing what I am supposed to be doing. It feels good. I don't want to lose that fire. It's amazing how things happen and also don't work out for a reason. I don't know what I'm doing each day and I like it that way. Living life this way forces me to look beyond myself and live each second to the fullest. Here I am trusting. Here I am learning. Here I am frustrated. Here I am thrilled. Here I am confused. Here I am joyful. Here I am in purpose. Here I am feeling a million things at once. But in the end, Here I am.