The Month Last

Wow. In January, I didn't do much...In February, I did.

I skied every day except for 5 in the month of February. But before you wonder what is wrong with that, know that only ONE of those days was just for fun. All the others were either working or training. I am trying to get my PSIA level 2 certification which consists of written, skiing, and teaching exams with required clinics and what not. So I have been going to training sessions, clinics, assessments, and workshops every day I wasn't teaching. And teach I did...Over Presidents day I worked 13 days in a row. That's a lot of straight days to ski, and remember I'm skiing with up to 8 little rippers for 7 hours. It's a lot of work. Of course I love doing it, but it can get tiring. So I was pretty busy with all that.

Also in February I earned my UYSA D certificate. Those are my fancy words for a coaching license. The plan is to now get paid to be a soccer coach. So that was a two week course involving full on soccer practices, classroom sessions, homework, written and practical exams. So every night after work at the ski resort I went straight to coaching clinic and ran around for three hours in the frozen winter nights.

If I wasn't at a coaching clinic at night I was at my other job at the Soccer gym. Reffing games, babysitting adults, trying to...well, just read an earlier post, you'll get the idea. The last game every night starts at 11:15pm so I get home about 1am. Then I do it all over again.

Between all that I studied for the soccer and skiing certification written exams. It was a lot like being in college again. It's almost over now, I'm still super busy, but It feels good to have got it done. My bank account is full, I'm certified to coach premier soccer and get paid for it, and I'm about half way to being certified PSIA level 2 which comes with a hefty pay raise and a potential sponsorship to New Zealand. It's all good! But it's 8:30 and I'm going to bed!