Life & Basketball

     Obviously, my title is a spin off the movie, "Love and Basketball" that some of you (my imaginary readers) may have seen. However, I'm pretty sure this will not have a similar story line at all.
     Senior year has been going really well so far. Every day is just like the last and I am okay with that. I get my 4 classes in and then I get to hang out with my basketball coach the last two periods of school. In senior thesis class a few minutes ago I was asked if I did my math homework and I said that I attempted it. And then one of my classmates said, "Oh!...well if she tried then we should be fine." Ow. Thanks. But oh well, I really don't care too much to let it ruin my day.
     But Basketball! It is insanely different and GREAT. We got a new coach this year and she could not have come at a better time. She has coached for years and summer ball and fall ball and is just an all around great person. She really wants to get to know us and encourages us in Christ and to push ourselves beyond what we think our limits are. She and I and her girls have bonded really quickly. I've been a student map for her as she experiences her first year at PCA and I'm thankful for the time we get to spend together. My team is going to be strong and unified this year. We could run with teams and beat them before...but now we are going to run over teams. That's just the way I feel like it's going to be. The other day, one of Coach T's old players had lunch with her and conditioned with us. She and her old player are super close. They're great friends and have memories to spare. I hope coach and I have that kind of relationship after I graduate. But anyway, Lana, her old player, came and pushed us and pushed me to be better than myself and it was really encouraging. I apparently remind Coach T a lot of Lana. And she was described to me as "My first Alex May." Obviously, I have a lot of respect for my new coach and cannot wait for season. Basketball is my favorite.
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