I Didn't Expect This...
I guess we forgot about the "open period" for colleges that started today. I'm not sure how, but we did. The phone ringing off the wall was a dead giveaway.
See, today is the first day of the year that college coaches can call you. Any other time they just text, email or ask us to call them. But today is THE day. This is the day that they all start letting you know that their offer of a scholarship is on the table and yours to take... if you want it.
We thought there was pressure before, but now it is FOR REAL. Very exciting and very stressful. I love it!
So far, four college head coaches and one assistant coach have called. (Boston College, Kansas State, SMU, UNT, and University of New Mexico). Ryan has been caught completely off guard by this and she looks like her smile goes from ear to ear. WE were caught off guard by Kansas State calling. We thought they had sort of lost interest in Ryan even though they were still sending letters.
At this rate, I think she'll commit to one of the colleges much sooner than we expected her to! YAY!!
We are headed to Austin tomorrow to watch her high jump in Texas Relays. She qualified for this event for the first time EVER. This is a massive track meet where the qualfiers for each event are the top fifteen in the state regardless of the size of their school (i.e. 2A, 3A, 4A or 5A) Ryan is tied for the top jump in the State of Texas. She says she doesn't think she'll do well in this event, which will obviously mean she won't since that's what she's planning. Oh well.
She has to come home with us instead of staying down there with the team because she's got a photo session Saturday morning. A photographer has asked for Ryan to pose for him because he's opening up his own studio and needs pictures. In return, he's doing Ryan's senior pictures. Can't beat that! Austin's senior pics cost us more than $400 for very few pictures, so we're VERY happy!
In celebration of the calls we're getting I've decided to post this. This picture was in the Star Telegram. We always make fun of the faces she makes while shooting because they are so outrageous. Oh well, it's working!
