Update 2/16/10

So I know it's been a while since I've posted. A lot has happened the last couple of months. We had a 6 week break Dec-Jan and now we are back on the grind.

I don't think any of us thought we would come so far so fast. And I'm sure that none of us realized how much work this would be to start a team from scratch. Every person on the team is an owner. We have a board with our coach acting as general manager.

I'm pretty damn proud of what we have done so far. It's amazing that we have so many intelligent and smart people on our teams that can use their other talents to help our team realize its potential.

We have achieved:

Business cards
News contacts
Ran a free camp for girls
Have two photographers following us
Successfully raised enough money to purchase our equipment


And coming up we have:

A fundraiser with the Winterhawks
A fundraiser with a local famous musician
A dance fundraiser at the Egytian Room
And much more

Last Saturday was our Camp that we put on at PCC. It was free to all girls 8-18. I have to tell you I got a little teary eyed at one point because this is exactly what we fight for. This is why I work out. This is why I keep going. Because of the smiles on those girls faces when they realized they could play too. And that is exactly where we should be putting energy into. The sport will live or die depending on our ability to reach our youth.

Although I have to also tell you that it's very difficult to keep the attention of a group of 8 year olds. lol They get a little bored after you explain a couple of routes.

On the personal front I feel like I have two separate lives. I have my Monday through Friday life where I wake up and go to work. I'm very proud of how far my office has come and how we continue to grow. It's sometimes stressful and hard to keep up but I feel like I have grown as a person at the same time the business has grown. I feel like it has given me my voice back after my world was upside down. What I say matters to someone. It's a nice feeling.

Then I have my Saturday-Sunday life. This consists of staying at various friends and teammates places in Salem, Beaverton, Portland, Vancouver. This includes living out of a bag and out of my car. I seriously have the set bunch of clothes that I take and after I get home and wash them...they go right back in my back ready to go the next weekend.

I don't really think the practices themselves are really that hard on me but the traveling is. The worst is when I drive the hour and half back Sunday, exhausted, and realizing I have to get up and go to work. Monday mornings are the hardest. But I get through it and I'm usually fine after I have lunch Monday. Well to be honest I've never been a morning person so that might be part of it too. lol

Football itself is going well. We have a bunch of shoulder pads and equipment that we are borrowing until our new stuff gets here. We have been hitting and I love it. I don't know what it is but it seems like the harder my real life is, the better I play on the field. I'm able to channel it into football and it's awesome.

My teammates have quickly become my new family. They have rallied around me and I feel like when I speak on this team that they listen.

Things aren't ever going to perfect considering we are humans and that this is a first year business but I really feel like this team will go very far.

Something that does kinda bother me is that I can't get up for the workouts they have in Portland on Tuesday and Thursdays. I just can't physically do it. But I've been pretty diligent in working out at my own gym. I feel stronger and more powerful than I have in a while.

Now that we are hitting...the bruising has begun. Ok, normally I'm quite proud of my bruises but umm I'm in HR and I hire people. lol So I try to offset them with arnica gel and tanning.

Alright back to the game. Catch ya later.