Surreal Week

I have had a completely unbelievable week.  It didn't start out good, but it ended great! 

Monday we were supposed to go to the lake with a friend of mine from Greeley.  She is 9 months pregnant but her oldest has been begging her to ask us if they can come and she can ride on the tube.  So we made the plan on Saturday and then we woke up Monday and it was completely cloudy.  I called her to tell her we would wait for a bit and she said that was fine but they were ready whenever. "My kids are in their suits eating breakfast talking about all the possibilities of your boat. Things like, 'I wonder if Anthony has a pirate flag.  Maybe his boat is like a pirate ship!'"  But she also said that they both know that God makes the weather, not Mommy or Britany and it might not work out.  Well, it didn't work out.  So I was bummed.  The good thing about Monday was that Stony and I busted our butts and deep cleaned the house--even scrubbing walls.  Then we rewarded ourselves by going out to dinner.

Tuesday we had a very difficult department meeting.  I do not do well at all with confrontation even if it is not directed toward me.  I don't react well when others are in a disagreement or when they have hurt feelings from or toward each other.  I don't handle it well when hard things are said and I know people are hurting.    I hate conflict and I don't know how to handle it so that my heart doesn't hurt for the entire day.  Tuesday was a very difficult day for me...even if everyone else got over it quick.

Then Wednesday came and it felt pretty normal.  Then something really awesome happened!  About noon a guy I used to work with, Jeff, came into the church.  And he said to me, "I have a question for you." 
"Okay," I said.
"Do you still like volleyball?"
"Yes I do."
"Then I have another question for you.  Would you want to coach volleyball?"  At that, all my insides jumped.
"Yes I would."  And he went onto explain this long story about all of a sudden having a C-team at the high school where he is the head coach and needing a C-team coach immediately.  He explained that he knew he didn't have a lot of details (schedule, games, etc.) and that it was very short notice (they needed to know in the next 24 hours) but if I was interested, he wanted me to be the coach of that team.

I cannot tell you how utterly excited I was.  The rest of Wednesday went by in a blur because I was praying and calling Stony and texting my mom and my sister to pray with me and I was completely antsy.  By about 8:00 I knew that coaching the C-team was not only something I wanted to do, but something I could do.  So I called Jeff and said yes.

Then Thursday I had to go meet the athletic director to be interviewed.  As he put it, "Even with a great recommendation, I can't hire someone I have not met."  I totally agree!  So I called him at 2:20 to see when we could set up an appointment.  He said he was free all day.  So at 2:45 I headed over to the school.  I met with him from 3 to 3:45.  He suggested that if I had time I stay for practice since it started at 4...so I did.  Then I stayed for the coaches/parents meeting.  And at the beginning of the meeting, the athletic director came in and said to me, "Well, I talked to your references.  If you haven't been scared off, welcome to the team."  Yeesh!

We haven't talked about schedules or games or anything...but I'm coaching a high school volleyball team.  I always thought that would be such an awesome thing but I never felt qualified.  I am SO excited!  If you think about it, you can pray for the time it is going to keep me away from my family and from Stony.  I'm struggling a little with that tonight.

Then tonight just topped off the whole week.  (Which as much as I was gone from the church, was surprisingly productive.  That's always wonderful.)  We had our staff picnic and my sister came with me.  We celebrated Pastor Alan's 20 years at Christ Community.  And we played silly "minute to win it" games.  It was so much fun.  I loved having my sister there!  And I was reminded, yet again, of how blessed I am to not only have a job, but to work in a place where the staff (and their families) are an incredible bunch of loving, encouraging, brothers and sisters in Christ.