A couple of weeks ago I invited a bunch of my students, both current and former ones, to a game of Ultimate Frisbee, the game traditional for band geeks, orch dorks, and choir goobers alike. I set up a event on Facebook and got about 16 of us together. After much debate, we decided to play at a place called the Experiment Station, which an agriculture museum and laboratory. A lot of events are held there, and there was a nice, open grassy area on which we could play. It was great to see some of my former students, one who just graduated from college. That little fact is making me feel old! The only problem was...mosquitoes!!! LOTS of them.
We've had a wetter than normal summer and the bugs are loving it. The moment I stepped out of my car I had at least 8 of them on my legs. Of course these are the type of mosquitoes that laugh in the face of repellent and merely point and snigger at Skin-So-Soft.
They're all like, "Hmm what's that wonderful smell? I know!! Human meat with a slightly tangy sauce of OFF!!"
"Watch out though," said Zippy the mosquito, "humans can pack a huge punch once in a while!"
"Naw, no worries," said Bob. "There's only a few of them and oh, 16,000,000,000 of us. HAHAHAHA!!!"
The game was a ton of fun, though, and I was able to keep up for the most part. We play a non-competitive version, so we don't keep score. Anytime one of the teams scored, we simply change sides and kept playing. It's a great game for getting exercise because you run, and run, and run some more. I played it a lot in college and H.S. and we introduced it to the Huntley Project kids.
Three years into my teaching career I took over the band program at my school. We are part of an organization called the Tri-County Honor Band. This group is basically an honors band made up of the best players from all of the small schools in the area. It rehearses for three months and then goes on a week long tour. The first tour we went on I found out that other students really enjoyed playing Ultimate. This was also when I discovered how completely out of shape I was! I played with them for an hour. The next morning I could barely get out of bed, and my legs hurt for a week afterward. This was when I realized I needed to change my lifestyle. Granted, it took me another three years before I actually did anything about it, but that was the moment I knew I didn't want to be fat and out of shape the rest of my life.
I started working out regularly on June 8th, 2010. My starting weight at that point was 230 pounds. YIKES!! As of this morning I'm down to 208. My eventual goal is 195-190. Things are going well. I feel great! Except for the bug bites!
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