Cabin fever.

Now it may sound kind of funny to most people, but I am tired of not working. I miss my students, and all of the other students at my school. I am tired of being at home, and I am ready to work.
The snow didn't keep me from enjoying some good wrestling though. I was disappointed, and relieved at the same time with the cancellation of the State Dual Tournament. Although I had plenty of great volunteers stepping forward to help with the online scoring system, I still was a little anxious about how it would go. I have a little more time to wrap my head around the project before the Traditional tournament arrives.
I had to go to school across some icy roads on Thursday ,and Friday. The students were not allowed to come so I was thoroughly bored. Fortunately Cliff Fretwell sent me a text and asked if I would come down to the Compound, and call some matches. I was more than happy to go. They split guys into groups, and we wrestled matches for about 4 hours. It was a nice break from calling a tournament, or other event. I could step a little outside the realm of strict officiating, and give a little extra instruction, and explanations. At the end of the day, I called a handicap match. I used every rule to my advantage to make the match even. The hardcore fans that were still there got a kick out of it. Fretwell officiated a match right next to me, and was trying to emulate officials from the NCAA finals. It was some good comedy.
On Sunday I got up, and headed to Kell for the youth Open Tournament. I was strictly watching and enjoying. In the morning, I got the pleasure of cornering one of my favorite 8 year olds. He dominated two weight classes, and listened very well. I got a chance to watch some respected officials do their work, and enjoyed the tournament. In the afternoon session I got the chance to hang out with skinnypost, and discuss old times, new talent, and this years High School division. Saw some talented wrestlers wrestling tough matches, and still had good family time once I got home.
Monday came, and I worked my debut TGWOA event. For those of you who are not aware, TGWOA is a group of officials specifically designated for Team Georgia events. We charge lower rates, and emphasis training for upcoming officials. We worked the Walton Middle School duals, and I really liked the way it worked out. Bob Lax did a great job of turning lemons into lemonade. He had several teams bail on the tournament, picked up one team and turned it into a 6 team round robin. I spent the day splitting my mat with a rookie High School Junior who did a great job. I helped him out of a couple of hard situations, but we had no big conferences at the table, and our mat ran very smoothly. The competition was great as well with Milton edging out Jefferson for the first place trophy. Gordon Lee had a great showing as well.
I will be at Grayson Wednesday night, pop in on the Prep Slam Friday, call the Gwinnett County Freshman tournament, and a Youth Tournament on Sunday. See you next week.