• Soccer season just flew by. Can't believe the season will be over next weekend! Bring on the holidays. #

• I'm so not ready for winter! Summer just flew by. And being NC we had like one week of fall. #

Along with a number of other teams, I currently coach my youngest son's U5 Rec team. Sponsored by Sheetz, their name is the Lil' Sheetz you gotta love it. Anyway we're playing a match that is pretty even this past weekend and both teams are scoring plenty of goals and having fun. I think I had three kids total (it was a cold morning and I had a few sick).

• Trying to figure out why league admin this year seemed so much harder than usual. We grew 10%. Bout normal. But we barely kept up #
• Plan to enjoy a rare night @ home since it's cold and raining. Have had very few practices canceled this season. #

• What a gorgeous day for some soccer! Perfect weather. #
• Good stuff. I love my kids but am happy NOT to coach them beyond age 8 RT @trelawrence: Letting go... http://bit.ly/3XTVN8 #
• So ready for a sunny weekend of soccer! Temps in the mid 70's all weekend with no rain. Take it!

• No doubt! RT @BrianBaute: I hate being in a group and thinking, "man, these people are old" then realizing they're my age. #
• Back from our team's 'beach trip' 2 play 2 coastal teams. Had fun everywhere BUT the field. Team suffering from extreme lack of confidence. #

Raise your hand if you've worried about how much your kids do in a given year and if you are ruining their lives. Come on you over there. As soccer season kicks off and schedules get busier, it's a common concern. Joel Maners passed on a recent article in the Wall Street Journal that debunks the common belief that our kids are over scheduled:

we have some data about how kids spend their hours.

Pretty scary how fast the summer can fly by! The fall season is already underway for our Rec teams and most of our travel teams have been in pre-season tournaments before the start of their season after Labor Day. I've missed writing, but certainly haven't been sitting idly by in Margaritaville. Besides opening a new business here in town (that finally is close to being 'ready' took much longer than I expected), I'm president of our local league again and am coaching a number of Rec teams in addition to my 96 Girls travel team, the Lunachicks.

• I worried that back to back practices (Tue/Wed) might be too much for the girls. I should have worried about my fat old self instead! Pain! #
• Been so long I almost forgot my PW! New biz is open, Fall soccer is just about 2 start, & I might actually have time 2 tweet & blog again! #

• Today I got to act like a six year old soccer player in the NYL course. Hmmmm how many of you think THAT was a stretch? #
• Working to get my national youth license for soccer coaching the next two weekends. Should be fun! #

• And now I'm going back into hiding until tryouts are over and new biz is off the ground. Will try to get through followbacks soon! #
• Deep Thought - never try to start a business during end of season tournaments and travel team tryouts! So much to type, so little time. #

Sorry for disappearing! The end of the season is always crazy hectic. I've been dealing with a ton of makeups due to all the rain, end of season tournaments (Going to Wilmington NC this weekend - fun!), helping organize tryouts, setting up registration for the Fall, and more. Hope to get back onto the blog and Twitter in a week or two.

• Coolest part of this wknd's tourny? Girls came up w/their 'good luck' thing. Blue athletic tape on their left wrist. ala UNC's pinkie tape. #
• Morning tweeps! Hope everyone had a fun wknd - ours was fantastic. Sunny warm weather - lots of soccer. Girls played their best match ev ... #

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• RT @kettlebellcoach: Great practice w/gu10 soccer team. Everybody should coach youth sports. keeps u young & working w/kids is lots of fun #
• My girls soccer team has a tourny this wknd & weather forecast calls for clear skies & temps in the 80's. That's just... not... normal... #
• Pouring cats and dogs two minutes ago, now it's sunny.