Date: 11/13/2023
PAX: Kill Switch, Wait Time, Mr. Rogers, FDIC, Haboob, Starlord, Billboard, Farva, Bernie, Pantyhose, Sparty, Bouncer, Flat Stick, Papa Smurph, Retweet, Armando, Sandworm, Slow Clap, Juke Box, Summer Catch, Butta, Cadbury, Stripes
FNGs: None
AO: Redwings
Q: Stripes
Weather: Low 30s, light wind
After searching my home for my misplaced keys for about 7 minutes, YHC arrived at the AO at 0502 and consequently missed the prerun group. I did a modified solo prerun and got back around 0525 as the PAX were gathering. I welcomed the PAX to Redwings at 0530 and recited the 5 core principles, mission statement, credo, and disclaimer.
Thang: MURPH
Mary: 30ish American Hammers
Announcements: This Saturday Heartland Hope – check slack
Impact Retreat – check slack
Scholarship event at MCL – contact Sparty for details or check slack
Thankful Trot – Bouncer or check slack
Prayers: If you were there, you know. YHC was asked to keep it private.
COT: November is the season of gratitude, and with Thanksgiving a week and a half away and after being overwhelmed with messages of thanks and gratitude for my service on Veterans Day, I thought about talking about gratitude. But since I know many other PAX will give better COTs on the subject over the next couple weeks, I decided to go a different route. My COT was about priorities and more specifically, prioritizing the important things in our lives. I’m about to begin a very busy season of my life with basketball officiating and having three kids playing on five different basketball teams, one of which I am the head coach. During basketball season from late November to early March, I generally officiate 3-5 nights a week totaling 60-70 high school basketball games. Over the last couple weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time finding subs in order to get out of games for one reason or another. This has been difficult for me as officiating basketball is a passion of mine. But as I’ve reflected, I’ve thought about what will really matter 5, 10, 20 years from now. Is it a high school basketball game I officiated on a Tuesday night that not even half the players will remember, or is it being at practice coaching my oldest daughter, or being home reading books in bed with my 6-year old son, or is it seeing my M more than just in passing as we’re both coming and going? While this time in my life seems like a rat race, I know it will go by in the blink of an eye and before I know it, my M and I will be empty nesters wondering where the time went and wishing we still had kiddos we read books to in bed. So I encouraged the PAX to think about what really matters in their lives and make them priorities. I suggested incorporating the 5/10/20 year rule…what will really matter in 5/10/20 years? Whatever those things are, make them the priorities now.
OORAH
Stripes
