Big Mistake?

I think I had made my biggest mistake ever, today. I went to Wal-Mart after work to get some things, and as I was walking out, a girl scout stopped me and asked if I wanted to buy any cookies from her. Because I'm trying not to spend any money I don't need to, and cookies are not a need, I turned her down. Then, things turned bad. She didn't say she hated me, or start crying or say she wasn't going to receive a girl scout badge all because of me. However, I was wearing a Rattlers shirt since I had just come from work, and she pointed at my shirt and said "I LOVE the Arizona Rattlers!" Let me tell you, it took everything I had to not whip out my wallet and hand her all the cash inside and ask how many boxes that will buy. It's similar to when one of your parents said to you "I'm not mad at you, I'm just disappointed in you." You might as well just toss a dagger straight to the heart, because that's how it feels. I got out of there so fast, I thought I was the one getting the conditioning test today, not the players.

Anyways, besides being completely out-classed by an 8 year old outside of Wal-Mart, I've had a pretty busy, but good, week. All of the players arrived on Friday, and yesterday was their first time (of the season) to the fieldhouse. When the players were arriving to the hotel to report for training camp, I was to make sure they got the correct paperwork done. There were about 5 of us helping, when one of the other workers said he thinks he sees our kicker at the check-in desk because he notices a Chicago Bears hat. And just to let you know, our kicker is the brother of the Chicago Bears kicker, which is why the inference was made. I went to go get my water bottle when I looked over to see our kicker, who was facing away from us towards the desk. I thought to myself that he didn't have the body type of a kicker, especially coming from a family of kickers. Matt, who was bringing the players over to us started walking towards him as the person in the Bears cap turned away from the desk. Just then, I realized that this was some 45-50 year old guy. Matt realized this at the last second and managed to not say anything, although he wasn't able to refrain from making it seem awkward for everybody.

Yesterday, when the players were arriving at the fieldhouse, I had to get their height, weight, arm and hand length. And just like typical athletes, these guys had to find out what their friends measured in at and gloat about it. The QB (last year's league MVP) had the biggest hands, and I kept hearing him talk about it in the locker room. About every other person that got measured, he would come ask me if he still had the biggest hands.

Today, I had to operate the film study for the defensive line coach. I enjoyed this because not only is it the position I played, but I am using a software that a majority of the NFL teams use, which would give me a huge advantage in the future. After the positional meetings, everybody went outside for the conditioning tests. They didn't even have pads on, and this really made me miss football. I've been to plenty of games since I played, but I think this was the closest thing to a practice I've been to since I played in high school.

Well, I woke up this morning at 5:20 and have to wake up tomorrow at 6, so I can work 7am to 8pm, so goodnight, and have a great week.

Adam