Can the positive vibe stay around for 4 months?

The year at FSC is now underway. The freshmen have been moved in, the orientation events have been completed, and the athletic meetings are almost complete. For the tennis programs the pain, I mean the conditioning, begins in earnest on Tuesday. It is weird to see the attitude of the players as they embark on this new season. I am so impressed with the beginning desire of the guys and it is my wish and my goal that the attitude that is presently being displayed continues through these next tough months. There will be great moments and there will be tough moments but in the end the effort will produce the results they are worthy of with the effort they put in. Since the race on Sunday I have finally stopped feeling sore but man, Monday and Tuesday were a little tough on my 40 year old body. I will not use that as an excuse but it sure seems like a reasonable explanation to the soreness I was feeling for an afternoon trail ride. The actual first race of the harescramble season isn’t until September 23 so I have plenty of time to toughen up a little before the real battle begins. On the tennis front, I had a chance to talk with Tony today and he is all in for being my personal coach during my comeback training in pursuit of the national 40’s ranking. On a completely random thought for the day, I haven’t had a haircut since the beginning of April. I usually get my hair cut every three to four weeks but since this summer really wasn’t normal I just stopped going. Well one thing has led to another and I have decided to attach my next haircut to a personal goal. I have had a goal to get to 180 pounds and was heading that direction at the beginning of the summer but do to a new direction, the barn; I actually gained about 15 pounds. I weighed at the team physicals last night and came in at 199.6. Tomorrow I am going to make a bet with my team and if I get down to 180 pounds I may let them shave my head or maybe we will all shave our heads. It’s kind of funny because my hair really isn’t that long but I have received more compliments for having my hair “long”. Lastly, I have determined that the only important thing to watch on the news is the weather forecast. The rest is just a well scripted negative spin on everything possible. Why do we enjoy being scared? Why do we like being told how bad things are? Why don’t we enjoy positive stories? Obviously we must enjoy the negative because if we didn’t they wouldn’t broadcast all the negative stories. Just my opinion but hey, it’s my story.