Basketball Commitments

This week we will fulfill all of our basketball commitments as parents until senior night in January.  Tonight we had to take snack and drink for the middle school boys team.  Tomorrow we will provide a meal for the girls team and Doug will also take tickets at the varsity game.  Thursday night I will keep the scorebook for the boys and we will officially be done helping.

It has been a strange phenomenon for me as a parent having to provide food for teams.  None of Cal's teams requested meals or sack lunches when he was in high school.  There were times that we could order Subway, but for the most part Cal just made sure that he had something to eat after school.  Brett was busy enough with the plays, academic super bowl and band, but once again he just packed extra food or bought something.  Mrs. Dixon would also make them meals, but that was because she wanted to do so.  It gave her a chance to worry about Brett being a picky eater.  Cal's tennis team would have us bring pizza or something once a year, but that was it for our commitments.

Since Cam does not eat before games and Meg only likes to have a sub or something small, I have to say it has been an adjustment for our family.  The expense and the time to make sure that we have food for 25+ people, keeping track of allergies and individually wrapping snacks has been challenging.  Thankfully, my Mom and Doug have been available to help, so it has not been as overwhelming as it could be.

At Wawasee we also did not have to work the games.  Ticket takers and those keeping the book or running the scoreboard were paid as that was how a lot of hourly employees made a little extra money.  I appreciate that Doug has offered to be a ticket taker this year.  Being an introvert, talking with countless people that I do not know can be overwhelming.  In saying that the one part of our commitments that I will enjoy this week will be keeping the book on Thursday.  Bethany plays Milford and I will know all of their players.  I will root for the Bruins, but it will be nice to see some of my former students.