Kill myself, or die trying

No, I'm not suicidal, though some of you may beg to differ once you read this post. I have agreed to help coach the track team at KiJH. Ok, you can stop laughing now. No really, if you don't stop laughing you won't hear the reasoning. Ok, that's better.

One of the other science teachers is the head coach, and he kinda' coerced me into it. I told him very clearly that I know absolutly nothing about track, but that didn't seem to bother him, especially since it's just the two of us coaching as of right now. The practices begin Monday, I think, though he was talking about maybe them not starting until Thursday. I should find that out...

I decided to go ahead w/ this for several reasons. First, there's a stipend that goes along with it that is almost as big as my monthly check, so that's a big motivator. Second, as a 1st year teacher, I'm expected to "get involved" with the school community, which up to this point I haven't. Third, I've been looking for something other than teaching to do as a sort of hobby that would give me something other than teaching to think about 24/7. Coaching would get me out of my classroom for an hour and a half in the afternoon, get me outside, and get me more active. I'm sure it'd be good for me. Coaching is also an opportunity to interract w/ students on a different level, one that more closely resembles what I'm used to w/ JH ministry at church.

All that being said, I know I'm going to kill my self in trying to manage that on top of all the teaching responsibilities I have. Oh well, that's the life of a 1st year. Yet one more reason I'll need to rely on God to pull me thru...