Long lapse in blogging, but not judgement...

It's been a good while since I blogged last. I wholeheartedly apologize for that. There's no excuse, really. And between practices for my 12s and 16s, games for my 12s, watching the high school games for my 16s and games for my adult league, I've had very little time to think about anything besides softball. I just haven't, oddly enough, had time to blog about softball.

To be honest, A LOT has happened. I've got problems and success stories on both teams that I would really love to blog about and, while I spend every other waking minute thinking about them, I'm still not ready to blog about it fully. Below, as you'll notice, I'll cover the major problems...because, at this point, it's all I can think about. Negativity has hit me like a water balloon to the face--no literal pun meant about anyone who may have thrown a water balloon straight at my face at a certain 16s practice recently...

On my 12U softball team, I've got a serious confidence problem. No one's swinging because they're scared. And no plays are being made becuase they're not sure what to do. We've got a lot to work on as far as giving softball 115% and knowing what to do. We're having an extra practice tomorrow to go over all these things. I'll be doing a one-on-one with one of my 16s for most of the time, but I'll at least be close to by to keep a close eye out.

On my 16U softball team, we've got a serious "tude" problem, which is the least of our problems, I think. Some of my girls feel "left out" -- because travel ball is more like a family than "just a team" -- and some of my girls feel like they're being bossed around by the others. We've also got one F in school (there is no sarcastic joke here because I'm so disappointed, and I won't even go into the punishments involved), a slew of Cs and Ds, two suspensions and more injuries than I care to admit (meaning nearly every girl).

In other words, I have a lot to think about and plan out. And between the one-one-one I have tomorrow with one of my 16s, plus the 12U practice, plus high school games on Wednesday and Thursday, then Mother's Day weekend, I'm really not sure when I'll get a chance to think about it all. I mean, I'll definitely think about it all every spare second I get from work and just before I fall asleep at night, but I'm not sure I'll get a productive minute to think about it.

To be honest, I feel so frustrated beyond belief right now that I shouldn't even be blogging. I've got so much to write in my diary, but now I'm way too tired to do that and it's nearly 2am so I should definitely go go bed. Who has the time to deal with this stuff? I have no idea how parents do it...