~:[CH13 - Day 274]:~ Almost Perfect

 
~:[CH13 - Day 274]:~ Almost Perfect

Everyone already knows my feelings on picture day. It's a necessary day, however, can be quite the hassle trying to get everyone in uniform and also to listen and follow directions. It's a great day in the sense that they get to enjoy the time to take photos together. In all my years, someone always forgets their jersey and then proceeds to ask, "can I borrow a jersey?" The week before, the days before, the day before, and even the day of, I always say, if you forgot your jersey (or shirt), you're not in the photo. This year, we were almost perfect. We had a single athlete forget to bring her jersey, but had his shirt. In some ways, it was satisfying we were that close, but also in some ways upsetting that we were so close. However, I guess life is like that. Sometimes we are so close to getting things perfect, but there is always is something that is a little off. As much as you want to be perfect, perfection is quite rare. Something always needs to be adjusted or fixed and as much as we could obsess over that one thing that kept us from perfection, we can instead focus on the fact that most of what we had hoped to accomplish was done. In the end, the day itself ended up being a solid one. I wrapped up the course markings, watched the volleyball game, packed my car and then quickly prepped for the meet. I completed my checklist early and almost had the perfect day. As much as I could complain about that one or two things that were off, I instead will focus on celebrating the hundred other things that were on point. Let's start celebrating more and criticizing (ourselves and others) less as almost perfect is perfectly acceptable.