Before I get into family news, can I just vent for a second about all the messages out "there" saying how happy everyone is that 2020 is almost over because it's been such a train-wreck of a year? I hate these messages. They irritate me for lots of reasons. One - do NOT fall into the trap of thinking that 2020 was only bad. It wasn't. Even if you have suffered hugely - and I know lots of people have - there are undoubtedly things that happened in 2020 that weren't all bad. If you happen to be reading this, the fact that you woke up today is one of them. Two - there is no magic that will happen at midnight on 12/31/2020 that will cause all the pain and suffering in the world to go away. Covid will still be here on 1/1/2021. So it's non-sense to think that all the sudden the bad crap can be thrown out with the old calendar.
Am I in favor of looking forward to the future and hoping for the best - heck yeah! Do I think people tend to want to climb into/onto the "whoa is me train" far too often - also yes.
2020 has been a hard year. I anticipate that 2021 will also be a hard year. 2019 was a hard year. 2022 will be hard. Get it?
OK - rant over. (PS - I could also go on and on about people who wait for New Years day to make a resolution to make themselves better, but I'll let you imagine how that would go...)
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All is well here. The high schools all went virtual for the remainder of the year, so that's "fun", but the elementary schools are still face-to-face.
We also have some additional limitations on sporting events, but so far nothing cancelled. Spectators are limited to "family only", but at least they are still wrestling. And I pray every day that they will get this season in. The West team looks amazing. They have a legitimate shot at winning a state title this year. They are solid and the bench is deep. The bench is so deep that Quinn, who has had a varsity spot for the last 2 years, is having a hard time cracking the line-up. This is a great "problem" for the coach to have. Maybe not so great for Quinn. He's got another wrestle-off today. This is essentially an intra-squad match to set the depth chart at his weight class. It will determine whether he gets to wrestle in this weekend's Dual tournament or not.
Spencer has not had trouble keeping his spot and is wrestling better than he ever has before. He's lean, fast, strong, and motivated. He's one of a number of guys on the team good enough to make a run at individual state titles. If we get through this season without covid messing things up, it's going to be a really fun first 6 weeks of 2021!
Spencer went to the Takedown Sportswear Invitational last weekend and made his big debut at 195 pounds. He won first place and did so leaving no questions on the mat. He won his match last night at our Senior celebration Dual as well. He looks great - feels great. Attached is a picture from last night and a link to his highlights from last weekend.
It's fun to watch this team. It's fun to watch Spencer having so much success. It's 2020 and it doesn't suck.
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