cheerleading
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December 9
The basketball games tonight showed improvement. The girls still only scored one basket, but that’s one basket more than their last game! And the boys only lost by 15. The sportsmanship of the other teams was much better than the first night, and I appreciated that. It’s a little unfair really, because our school is…
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December 2
I am so frustrated with this one medication I take that is always a week delayed every month when I need to refill it. It literally lays me on my ass for days while I wait for it. Right now it’s been five days since I ordered it and it’s still out of stock. I…
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May 3
Today’s competition did not go much better than yesterday’s. The coach was nicer to the team after their crappy performance, but what she didn’t say, the kids did, and they all took it out on Robin. I wish I knew why it makes some people feel good to make someone else feel bad. It takes…
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May 2
Today’s Summit competition was one of those days that I think everyone probably wants back. The team did horrendous. Hands down the worst performance of the season, not just at competitions, but in practices too. To add insult to injury, the coach tore the team to shreds afterwards, throwing out hurtful insults and f-bombs, taking…
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March 5
Robin has a virtual cheer competition tonight. I can’t quite wrap my head around how that works. Apparently they record the performance and submit it online and then… get an email with their score? The gym has to be silent during the recording, which also goes against everything I know about cheer competitions. We’ll see…
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March 1
Rose Gold finished 4th out of 6, so not the showing we’d wanted. They apparently had a deduction due to a legality issue, so to still place 4th despite that is pretty good. This smile makes me happy, no matter how they finish.
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December 7
It wasn’t the best first outing, but they held up their pyramid and I’m proud of them. I hope this is the kick they need to bump it up a notch for the next one. They’ve got this!
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December 5
Robin’s first cheer competition is on Saturday, so we made some pins. We have eight hours between her performance and awards in which to give them out, which might just be enough. We learned a few things from last year and these were much simpler to make and probably cooler, too. We may need to…
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November 17
It was a perfect day for Robin’s Tampa showcase. I forgot how chaotic it is, though. She had a couple drops that left her feeling upset, but Billy reminded her that it’s how you recover from it that matters. That perked her up. I appreciate that he was also in a competitive sport and is…
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November 9
We saw Robin’s first cheer performance of the season this morning. The team looks pretty good! We all left in a good mood, but for some reason I don’t know, by the time we got home, we were all grouchy. Believe it or not, I turned my mood around by going food shopping. And then…
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June 10
The girls spent most of practice inside today because it was 99 degrees outside and the gym isn’t air conditioned. I wasn’t invited.
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May 9
I don’t know if a screen shot of a video counts as a photo, but since this is my project, I say… it does! Robin got her standing back handspring today and it was so exciting. I actually cried a little. I am so proud of her!
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April 22
I am hopeful that Billy and I turned a corner in counseling today. What a topsy turvy session we had. But we did establish our favorite woodwind instruments. So there’s that.
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April 19
Robin’s team came in 21st place, which I think is pretty incredible. Hers was one of only 68 teams nominated worldwide to even compete in this tournament, and only 34 of those teams made it to finals. And then in finals, she was ranked in the top 25 IN THE WORLD. It was a long…
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April 18
As seems to be the case at these things, we went from facing the end of the road to world championships finals in a matter of hours. The girls had a bobble in their performance, but somehow the judges missed it and they ended up hitting zero and moving on to Day 2. Big deal!!…
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