sometimes...

Sometimes I feel like writing when I really don't have anything to say. In this case... I revert to an update. The methu is back to chaos with students returning and classes starting tomorrow. I'm so glad the energy has returned to the campus, but it also means my life just returned to non-stop work. I want to be better at balancing work and pleasure... things should at least be easier than last year with a year of experience.

My job requires I serve as the public relations guru for all 19 sports at methodist. I try to do it fairly without showing favoritism. Sometimes there are more successful teams than others, or perhaps more successful individuals and that can make it more difficult to cover everyone equally. I also have to keep in mind there's a certain expectation in society that prioritizes sports. The media at-large usually thinks of the "big three" as football, men's basketball, and baseball. I know the reality of the situation... they draw more interest and more revenue than other sports (not as exaggerated in a DIII scenario). Then you come to methodist where golf could be considered both king and queen with 29 national championships between them and things could be re-sorted a bit... but that still leaves 14 other sports in the dark.

I have my own personal dilemma when my heart lies with soccer. I first fell in love with it at six and despite any team or player/coach drama over the past 19 years I can't remember a time when I didn't love the game. I wasn't sure if I wanted to play in college knowing it would limit my college options, but I eventually realized I wasn't ready to let it go yet. Some might say I let it go when I didn't pursue my fourth year of eligibility but there's still something that gets me around soccer season. I ran the beep test twice this summer... voluntarily. I spent my day off yesterday running balls and filling up water bottles at a scrimmage in a hundred degree heat. They made fun of me... but some day they'll understand. You take what you can get when it's gone.

So I'm routing them on this fall. I can't favor them on the website and when there's a football game and a soccer game at the same time, I have to go to football... but my heart... my heart might want success for the women's soccer team more than they do. good luck.