STATMAN

I am a statistician for my alma mata's high school girls basketball team. I agreed to do this when I was an employee there. My sister was playing and the guy that did it the year before got promoted to college track coach at kansas state or somewhere like that. My sister has since graduated, and I find myself still doing the job. I would like to complain, but I really do enjoy it. I get to leave the house at least twice a week to do it. I get to go to games and have something to do besides sit by myself and not talk to anyone. My dad helps me and most of the parents appreciate my effort. For some reason, the head coach has money to give for my work and I even get paid twenty dollars a game. I now have all the career stats of every varsity player he has coached on my laptop. I will probably keep doing this for some time now. I am almost good enough tot keep up with the whole game myself, but do need good 'ole dad there to be a second pair of eyes sometimes.

I also feel the need to talk about something else that I need to get on virtual paper. I feel very uncomfortable around the guy who replaced me at this school. I think it might be animosity, but that is wrong and I try to avoid such thinking. Its not his fault that I wasn't going to get renewed and have to find another job. I have never told anyone this or really realized this until some time after I wasn't working there. One day in class, the teachers aide came in for some of the slower learners for my lack of a better word. I only had such an aide one period of the day. At any rate, she sat down in her seat at the back and then quickly came up and asked me a question. I told her that "kid1" sat there and she said she needed to go to the office for something. Soon later "kid1" was called to the office and my aide was back in the classroom. I thought nothing of it at the time. I don't know if what happened next was the same day or not. I do remember my principal coming in during my 7th period planning and pointing out to me a burn spot on one of the tables. I also remember "kid1" not being in my class again. It is now obvious to me that "kid1" burnt the table, the spot was found by the aide next period, reported to the principal, investigated by the principal, and "kid1" might have been expelled. Now wonder I didn't get renewed, I was a bit of a liability if such a thing could happen in a chemistry lab room. So while I can't really fault them for not hiring me back, I just have to wonder what kind of things they told the new hire during his interview. I had an interview once there for the ag job, and some not nice things were said about the guy I might be replacing.

I also found some interesting stats on my wii fit channel today. I now have my BMI down to 26.21. At one point it was over 29. A BMI of 30 would have made me obese. I am making some progress. I have lost about 20 pounds in the last 11 months. I did get my wii fit age down to 25, but managed to be 38 after todays test. If I lose 12 more pounds, I will be in the normal catergory. I just wish I could thank a certain blogger for giving me a good reason to cut back my drinking so I thought I could have a chance with a decent woman. It was only about a month after I read those wants in a man that my mom and grandma noticed that I was starting to lose weight. I wasn't even exercising then, just not drinking at all. Of course, now I have increased my fitness level, but I am doing that more for myself. I was really a slob and not enjoying much of anything I found to do. I do like running and the challenge it gives me.

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