Ho hum [status, rowing]
Jul. 15th, 2025 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterIt's both good and bad to reach a point in the summer with a bit more breathing room. On the one hand, ahhhhhh, finally a chance to THINK and get organized and whatnot! I can tackle more of the miscellaneous rowing projects I've been wanting to tackle!
On the other hand, those darned manuscripts and reports still don't write themselves, argh.
Focus, brain, focus!
It was beautiful out on the water this morning. The rowing club is reaching one of those stages where we're having the opposite problem compared to what we had at the start of the pandemic: too many people! I mean, not really too many, just...we aren't accustomed to having to manage this many rowers and boats at every practice. It's a lot. I'm talking, 27 people signed up for practice this morning, 9 boats planned to go out. That means getting out extra safety launches, and managing ourselves effectively when launching and landing from our dock so we get actual rowing time.
Anyway, given the numbers, I volunteered to be the second coach for the morning, and I think overall that made things better for everyone. On the other hand, sitting in my office now, I can tell you that mornings in the coaching launch are still not equivalent to mornings in a rowing shell, doing the actual rowing.
But I'll get back to the actual rowing again on Thursday.
In the meantime, back to writing an assessment report, whee.
On the other hand, those darned manuscripts and reports still don't write themselves, argh.
Focus, brain, focus!
It was beautiful out on the water this morning. The rowing club is reaching one of those stages where we're having the opposite problem compared to what we had at the start of the pandemic: too many people! I mean, not really too many, just...we aren't accustomed to having to manage this many rowers and boats at every practice. It's a lot. I'm talking, 27 people signed up for practice this morning, 9 boats planned to go out. That means getting out extra safety launches, and managing ourselves effectively when launching and landing from our dock so we get actual rowing time.
Anyway, given the numbers, I volunteered to be the second coach for the morning, and I think overall that made things better for everyone. On the other hand, sitting in my office now, I can tell you that mornings in the coaching launch are still not equivalent to mornings in a rowing shell, doing the actual rowing.
But I'll get back to the actual rowing again on Thursday.
In the meantime, back to writing an assessment report, whee.
