WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

Right over here, hiding (and busy!) in western Maryland, still not great at the whole blog routine thing. Moving on. 


September began with signing up to coach soccer at the YMCA. Not a new venture for me overall, but this time I was coaching a U6 team, meaning they were mostly 5-year-olds.

OH THE HILARITY.

Kiddos stuck in the net, countless untied shoes, teaching them how to do headers (they loved it!), refusing to play “sharks-and-minnows” because it’s “too scary”, pretending to be airplanes during a game, the best high-fives ever and the cutest little tug on the corner of my shirt with a little one whispering “Coach Amanda, I scored a goal”.  Coaching this age is one of my favorites. We may only be learning the very basics and have no idea what defense is or even which goal we are supposed to score in, but these kids were awesome and it was a privilege to be their coach for the last eight weeks.

Other happenings from September/October:

• Weekends in DC/NOVA
• 90’s throwback concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion, featuring Third Eye Blind, Billy Idol, The Presidents, Lit and Fuel
• Survived some major hectic work things
• Pub crawl on H-Street
• Jukebox the Ghost concert at the Black Cat
• Explored new areas of the Canal
• Baked yummy treats for work
• My first visitor from Texas!
• Bought my first couch (unfortunately it arrived AFTER Jenn visited)
• Spent many hours studying for the GRE and working on grad school apps (WHY WONT YOU JUST TAKE MY LSAT SCORES?! Standardized tests are evil.)
• Death cough+strep throat+ear infection=no fun for Halloween

It has been an exciting albeit tough two months and now the leaves have turned the best shades of warm autumn colors and are beginning their fall into the long days of winter. The air was chilly today, but the sun was shining, the air crisp and although I was stuck at home sick, it was a great first of November.

Fall Leaves on the Billy Goat Trail