GOOD MORNING!
It is almost 7:00 in the morning on a Sunday and I have been awake for about an hour, but just now gave up on the hope of falling back to sleep. I feel like a kid who knows they are going to Disney today. Ok, strike that, I feel like how I would feel if I was going to Disney today. I am just excited and slightly nervous. Today is the start of our fifth dragon boat season. This year is going to be different. I can tell, and I am excited about it.
I am one of the administrative captains, the team manager if you will. I have been awake preparing my opening team speech. It is somewhat ridiculous, when I told J that I have given a speech for the last few years he couldn't remember that I had, so obviously my speeches don't make an impact. That's ok though, at least when someone points out something I can say oh, well I said it in my speech.
I totally feel like Michael Scott when I give these speeches. I feel like they are the most important thing ever, and I know that there is someone in the back doing a crossword puzzle. Seriously, I just realized that in my introductions I either state their nickname or give them one, why? BECAUSE IT HELPS TO REMEMBER THEIR NAME! I am guilty of the Michael Scott nickname memory tactic! In my defense I am not mean about it, at all. Ok, it is confirmed. I just woke J up to ask him if I was Michael Scott, and his response was, 'well, thats the thing about the office, everyone is supposed to be able to relate to it a little bit'. Great.
The sad thing is that this is not going to discourage me one bit. I love giving the opening season speech along with speeches in the middle and on race day. There is however a reason that I am not 'on the water' captain. I am not very good at dragon boat, and while I feel like I don't believe that I have a voice that carries, maybe I just have a voice that no one wants to listen to.
We will see.
Anyway, I love Dragon Boat Season. I love the people that paddle. I love that we make it a point to be friends to the end, as corny as that is... when you have 22 people on a boat and are all competing together, you HAVE to be friends to the end, otherwise it doesn't work. I love hanging out with these people, I love vacationing with these people, I love working with these people so much. I am totally Michael Scott.
'Do I want to be feared or loved? Um... easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.' - Michael Scott
Happy paddling.
~smb
(oh, I also usually don't give myself a nickname, but um... usually no one gives me one either)
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