What a Morning

So today might have been the longest morning I've had in a while. I could have slept in, but couldn't, my body just hasn't figured out my schedule yet. So I got up piddled around, finished packing, checked in for my flight (gotta have A boarding), and I thought it was going to be a good morning despite the fact it was very steadily raining outside because Tara called and said there were 3 parking spots by the back door at work. So I hurry up and get everything together and head out the door. I get to the bottom of the steps will all my bags, unlock the door before walking out to the car in the rain, throw my raincoat over my backpack, head to the car, load my bag in the back, go to the front seat, put everything else in the passenger seat, reach over to get my car keys...and they are GONE. I can't find them in anywhere, I empty my purse, look through my raincoat pockets, look all over the front seats, under the seats, in the console, between the seats and console, in the backseat, get out unload everything out of the back, look in the parking lot, go back to the stairs (remember it's raining very steadily this whole time), back to the car, searching, searching, searching. I know that they have to be IN the car because I locked my apartment door, used the keys at the bottom of the stairs then got in the car. Seriously, who loses their car keys IN their car? Finally I get mad and leave for work (my extra set of keys just happens to be in my car) thinking that I will look for them later because they have to be somewhere in the car and I need to get treatment sheets done before the girls come in. So now about 20 minutes has passed, I get to work and of course not a single parking spot in the lot by our building. Cars are parked illegally EVERYWHERE, which is not surprising. The dorms opened 2 days ago so of course the lots across the street are packed as well. So I cross the street, unload everything out of my car, look again for the keys, finally give up, cross the bridge, get into work and realize I have left my cell phone in my car. Needless to say I am NOT happy at this point in time and beyond frustrated. So I decide I don't care, I really don't want to talk to anyone anyway. So I sit down and write treatment sheets & Kara reminds me that we are doing CPR/AED certification at lunch. Good grief, I studied that last week and haven't looked at it since, just add to my stress. I finish treatment sheets and decide I should go get my phone in case an athlete calls or texts me, so out the door into the rain I head again. I get to my car and lo and behold I have a text from our SID, asking about the girls' heights and saying "no medical waiver for Jules yet, correct?" Not what I wanted to read, so I begin freaking out thinking Jules' hasn't gotten her medical redshirt yet and I'm not happy, so I decide I have the treatments written, I have about 15 minutes before they start and my student is on her way so I am going back home to look for my keys. I call my mom in the middle of all this and she is laughing at me, sympathetic, but still laughing. This didn't help my mood at all--it's not a funny situation at all. Call Laura (my student) and tell her what I am doing and that I will be back shorty. So there I am walking through the parking lot a hundred different times, back sticking my head in places I never thought it would fit in my car, emptying every space possible, when Tara calls asking where I am because I have athletes in the training room and she can't find me. Finally while talking to her I see a single key reflecting in whatever light could possibly get under my seat in the overcast weather. I guess in the process of me moving EVERYTHING possible in my car it got knocked loose. They were stuck in the track that moves my seat between the seat & console. I was beyond happy to find them and didn't even care that I was nearly soaked and looked a wet dog that had been running aroudn in the rain. Finally I got back to work, did treatments, got the whole medical redshirt checked on---no worries there, it was approved several weeks ago, heights taken care of, CPR/AED passed, things squared away in the training room for me to leave town and off to practice. My afternoon was MUCH better and I was very excited to arrive at my sister's house in Illinois with no problems. Of course about an hour after getting here an athlete calls with a problem so I have to get ahold of Eric to take care of it in the morning.

I am SOOOOO excited to go to Texas tomorrow. Most of my good friends will be at Jenny's wedding and I am so excited to see them as well as see Jenny marry her true love. I am so happy for her and Mark both and excited to be a part of their special day. More on this later. I gotta try to get some sleep before the morning.