So what is it like to be a collegiate coach? It is pretty great. Right now the kids are not present so everything I am working on right now is recruiting. My head coach has a very pregnant wife so my biggest fear is running the team on my own if the baby comes in the next few days.
I live in the on campus apartments and have the title of Associate Resident. Don't be fooled, I really don't do anything at all. It pretty much enables me to be able to live in the apartment for free. So as an RA, I had to participate in a party for resident life staff training that they do every year on a party barge on lake travis. Me and the other assistant coaches parked ourselves about 25 feet away from the boat once it was anchored and vegetated for a while. It was quite nice until we saw some ominous looking clouds in the distance. Lighting followed as the clouds got closer, but we were not worried because it was still seemingly far off and the sun was still out. About 15 minutes later I notice that the storm all of the sudden takes a sharp turn and starts heading right for us. The boat captains notice the same thing and so we start to head back to the dock. What we didn't realize was that we were surrounded by this storm so we ended up having to drive right into it. The temperature dropped dramatically, the waves started getting rather large and coming up on the boat, the lighting was striking every 30 seconds, the rain and wind were crazy, and we definitely thought we were going to die. The captains decided that it was too dangerous to try and drive against the wind and waves so they shut off the engines and just let us get tossed around for 45 minutes. It was definitely a bonding experience for me and the other assistant coaches. Some how we survived the hurricane and made it back to shore.
The next morning I had to sit through a 4 hour orientation meeting. I love how dramatically different days end up being in the coaching world. I am just so glad I am alive and I have such a great job! Morning practices don't start until late September so I am considering this my vacation.
I took pictures of the incident, but they are all on my phone and I don't know how to get them off...once I do I will post them.
