Great Start

District has started off great! Volleyball has beat Fritch, River Road & Highland Park to start off district 3-0. We fully expect to be district champs, as well as going undefeated. The girls are doing really well and I am so proud of them.

Football opened up district with Slaton last week. We stomped them 49-0. It was so much fun to be back on the winning side. It rained an inch before we got to town and then some more before the game. It was a little misty but nothing major throughout the game. Their field is grass, so it was disgusting to say the least. We made it through with no major injuries (just a few tweaks) so that was definitely a plus. I was so excited last Monday because the varsity was at 100%, for the first time all year. Well Tuesday was a different story. I had one senior boy break his 4th metatarsal (thankfully this one didn't require surgery and he is back playing) and also a different senior have an avulsion fracture of one of the flexor tendons in his middle finger. He is going to have to have surgery, just not sure when yet. I think we are single-handedly keeping the hand specialist (there's only one) in Amarillo in business. He's a wondeful doctor though and I would recommend him to anyone. Our team physician (who is AMAZING!) works in the same office as him and they have really treated us well. It is so nice to have someone who I can call and will take care of whatever I need almost immediately. I'm very spoiled! Anyways, this week is a HUGE week for Bushland football. Could be another first for BHS. We host Muleshoe for our 2nd district match up. The Falcons have never beat Muleshoe, so hopefully it will be the first time in history for us to do so and help us to win the district championship! So excited.

Well that's about all right now. Until next time...

HELLLLOOOOOOO.....

I can't believe it's been a month and a half since I have blogged. Needless to say I've been a tad bit busy.

School is in full swing. I LOVE my new job. Bushland is a great place to work. I am only teaching 3 periods a day, which I love. I have a TAKS Math class with 4 seniors & 3 juniors. The Srs take their TAKS test in October so we are covering as much as possible in a small amount of time. They are all VERY close to passing so my goal is to get them over that hump in October. The juniors don't take their test til April, so I have plenty of time to work with them. I also teach 2 sports medicine classes. I've got 14 in one class and 15 in the other. I enjoy teaching this class so much. There's no TEKS (state standards) so I can basically teach what I want. The kids seem to be very interested in the class and ask tons of questions. My students are mainly juniors & seniors with a few sophomores. Upperclassmen are my favorite to teach. Most are athletes or involved in athletics in some way so they are full of questions.

Football is currently 1-2. Not exactly the start we expected but have played some great teams. We opened the season with a win over Stratford, then fell to Perryton & Borger. We are open this week and start district next week. The off week is nice to get some minor bumps and bruises healed. I currently feel like a hand expert. The first night of pads ("Midnight Madness") I had a senior tear a tendon in his pinkie and a freshman break his finger. Thankfully the senior is just in a splint, unfortunately the 9th grader had to have surgery and still can't play. Then I had a freshman break his wrist in the first scrimmage. Then a junior boy broke a bone in his hand in practice and had to have a plate and 6 screws put in. He's back playing now. Then I had a senior tear a ligament in his thumb. He missed the game last Friday and goes to the hand specialist this week to find out more. Thankfully nothing too major. I have already spine boarded a kid this year, which I never wish on anyone. He was knocked out on kickoff, but ended up just having a concussion. He's back practicing and doing well. A few other concussions, but nothing serious. I also had a senior that they discovered had an enlarged spleen. He wanted to play so bad, but I explained to him how dangerous it could be. (After nearly losing an athlete to a ruptured spleen last year, I have personal experience to basically scare the crap out of my athletes.) He was cleared last week as his spleen is back to normal size. So I've been a little busy, but not terribly busy which is nice.

Volleyball is huge at Bushland, and I hate to admit I have no idea what their record is. The girls haven't played at home much at all, so I rarely get to see them play. They've overcome some adversity, but seem to be pushing on. District starts this weekend, so we are hoping for our first district championship. The cross country teams are doing great as well. They are looking to be district champs on the boys side and hope to contend with Spearman girls (they were the state champs last year) for the title. I love how district championships are expected at Bushland.

There's my life in a nutshell right now!