The more things change

The more they stay the same. After working with a kid all week trying to prep him for state, he still needed to take breaks. Not truly expressing the determination that you really need during that last week before state. I could not watch his first match but it didn't go well. His second match was only a little better. But he was hemorrhaging points which at that level you cannot do if you expect to be successful.

As I walked around looking for my team I ran into half of the guys that I wrestled with in college. For the most part they are all wrestling coaches at some high school or another. Almost all of them are teaching PE at that school as well. That right there is one of the big reasons why I wanted to go into math. It was almost a stereotype for anyone on the wrestling team to either be in construction management or physical education/training. It seemed like the only other one that stayed out of that field was Kenny. Kenny was majoring in Electrical Engineering. He was also my weight. And two years older. And he had some serous funk. Meaning in a scramble situation he could just roll around and all of the sudden he is in control. Basically for the first two years of college I got pounded every day for three hours by this guy. He essentially was my Tyler Durden. He did almost everything like I wanted to do it. I idolized him, I still remember him telling me that it was alright for him to forget my name in the beginning of my freshman year because freshmen come and go and he didn't want to waste his time learning their names. A year after college he had a skiing accident. He is a quadriplegic. He is writing now, when I heard this I could not believe it. I could not go to the hospital because this was the real superman to me. I could not see him like that. Recently I had been looking for him. Trying to get in contact with him. Imagine this, he was at the state tournament. He might not be able to move below his shoulders but he still has the same glow. Still infected people with his good humor. It was good to see him. He really influenced me during college. He might even be the reason why it is that I am chasing this Vegas dream. Or it could be Brooke, that old sibling rivalry.

I guess though the more things change the more they stay the same.