So Close...

I'm getting really excited. Less than two days until the qualifier. My nerves are settling and now I am just excited. I am ready to get out there and compete. It has been so long since I have really competed. It's fun to feel that "feeling"again. It reminds me of sitting in the bleachers before swim meets listening to my disc man...oh yeah, no iPods back then...so old school. Speaking of music, I'm trying to make a "pump up" CD for the car ride to Fort Worth. So far I have some Britney (of course), Flo Rida, Scorpions (Rock me like a hurricane!) and something else that says "dance, dance dance". Kody refuses to listen to it in the car. My Cd's remind him of scenes from movies with a bunch of girls dancing around at a slumber party. Well, he really shouldn't be surprised because I am that girl. hehe

I've always had my rituals before competition. I warmed up the same exact way before each softball game. I threw with the same throwing partner every season, we stood in the same spot, we took fly balls in the same order...we were quite superstitious. I went through the same process before each at bat also. I could still do it without thinking. I would hold the bat in my left hand, swipe dirt out of the box with my right foot, dig my spikes in the dirt and look at the pitcher, take a deep breath, set my other foot, swing the bat near the ground with my left arm and be set. I sound intimidating don't I? Don't worry...I didn't ever point to the fence or growl and spit. Anyway, I'm not sure why I went into that rant, but to say that I've always had my "thing" I do before I compete. I don't know what I'm going to do this weekend. This is the first time I have done this. Maybe I'll just take my bat and I'll feel right at home....

By the way, I have to be at work tomorrow at 5:30AM. We are having a live radio broadcast from the casino and I will be making sure everything goes smoothly...I hope I stay awake. Thankfully, Kody is driving to Fort Worth so I can rest. He's so sweet. Yes, I normally drive. We get there much faster when I am at the wheel. :)