Summer is winding down!

Can the summer really be winding down already? School starts at Bethany next week and tennis starts at Goshen College the following week. Life is about to get busy again. I don't know if Seth is ready for me to do another season. It feels like I just finished at Bethany! Have three months already gone by?!

I think I am beginning to feel ready for another season. I am getting the nervous feelings again. I had them last year, but I thought it was first time coaching jitters. Maybe these will be feelings I get every year? It is just the unknowns of what team dynamics will be like. Last year was so wonderful. I couldn't have asked for a more willing group in my first season. This year there will be more expectations and we will have a bigger team. I struggled to get 7 players last year and it looks like we will easily have 9, maybe more this fall. The good news is I am confident we will have a more successful season this year. I have a couple strong recruits joining us this year! Oh the unknowns!

This summer I have been competing on a USTA 4.0 tennis team. We played 8 regular season matches, won our local, won our district, and are competing at the state level this weekend in Indy. It has been fun to be a part of a team again, as only a player. If we win this weekend we will move onto nationals! It is all very exciting.

I am beginning to look forward and question what my future career options may be. I am considering working towards getting my teaching license. I am already 3/4 of the way to having everything I need to teach high school social studies. I have found myself feeling jealous of the teachers at Bethany. They are preparing their classrooms for another year and a new group of students. I envy their relationship with the students and I love the school schedule. Still a part of me has always wanted to have my own business, a restaurant or retail shop. I may enroll for an online course and see how that goes. I guess I don't have to have everything figured out yet. I would appreciate a little direction though!