Never Ever Dull
With every conversation, I always seem to end with "Never a dull moment"....our lives are rich, complex, and beautiful stories. Join me in laughing about everyday things and appreciating life-bumpy roads and all.
"You're going to do what???"...Ok....it wasn't the jumping-up-and-down-with-glee response I desired. It appeared to be more shocked, stunned, totally disbelieving. I just kept blabbering with excitement. "Yep! He said I could do it. Not only that...he wants me to arrive early and do it for both games on Thursday!" I shared with one of my favorite dads at the football game. He just looked at me and then started smiling...then, laughing. Really?! He's letting you do this?" I sat on my metal bleacher and stared right at him. I know that I can do this job: sports announcer for the football games. It's more than knowing that I'm up in the sports box staying dry and warm during those cold nights....I've wanted this for a long time. You see, I've always wanted to be a sports announcer. I grew up watching sports all the time. My mom and dad would tape the NCAA brackets from the newspaper on the back of our family room door and fill it out diligently all through the month of March (this was long before we had all the handy apps), the Atlanta Braves were on WTBS every day in the summer, and I attended every high school and college football and basketball game. I learned it by osmosis. It was all around me all the time. Then, I had my own kiddos. We tried all sports. But I've been doing this football gig for awhile with one of my sons. I remember tucking him into bed and laying there beside him with a spiral notebook drawing X's and O's, labeling the different positions and using arrows to show the few plays I understood at the time. So...Thursday will be my debut as the first female sports announcer for Sanderson High School. I've googled Best Pumping Songs for Football to create my playlists (pregame & halftime) and listening to football commentators to get some sports lingo ("barreled down the middle for a gain of 7 yards", "almost picked by #6 for the Spartans",etc.). I think I'm ready for Thursday...Just haven't told my son who the announcer will be while he's down on the field! =)
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9/12/2015 06:01:32 pm
As Amy's sister, I can attest that she did inherit her love of sports. Sanderson fans are in for a treat on Thursday.
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