Preparation and Success

 

I was a little nervous on 1/20/2022 when we got called to be told that the basketball game would be starting 15 mins early.  Now, that might not sound like a big deal, but I have a bunch of announcements and lineups I have to read at each game and the Girls' team has been playing varsity first so I have to get there early enough to prepare.  Now, I arrived at the gym and hustled to the scorer's table, ready to get prepared in a frenzy and.... guess what?  On the 20th day of 2022, Collingswood played Lindenwold and the Lindenwold coach had a roster of players for me (I write them all in number order so I can announce them scoring and entering/leaving the game) and he even had the lineups with positions and year in school AND he had a list of his name and his assistants.  His preparation, for a game in which my prep time was curtailed, greatly contributed to my success in being ready at Game Time.  And I thanked him.  Twice.  So my Two For 2022 are Preparation and Success.  I guess I channel the Boy Scouts (even though I never advanced above Weeblo) and try to Be Prepared!  And, today, I benefitted from someone else's attention to preparation and I am greatly thankful for it!