The Hardest Thing...
It's no secret that its a huge chore for me to try and keep my mouth shut. Both from eating and talking. But when it really counts, I do try. Last summer when we were waiting on Ryan to make up her mind about where she wanted to go to college, I wanted her to choose UNT sooooooooooo bad. But I didn't say anything because I figured that this would be the time she'd do exactly the oposite. I'm having the same problem again.
Although last week Ryan announced to us (and the newspaper) that she'd be honoring her NLI (National Letter of Intent) I'm starting to see signs of wavering. All because of that new damned record!!!! As word has spread about the jump we have since found out that she is tied for 1st (with one other girl) in the state as well as tied for 1st (with 4 girls) in the nation. You'd think that would be fantastic, right? Well, here is why it isn't.
All of a sudden everyone wants her. OU, Tx A&M, KU, TCU, OSU are among the heavy hitters. But none of them are willing to let her do both sports. The news paper called on Tuesday and she confirmed that she'd be honoring her NLI but now she's talking about wanting to go on the official visits... just because. I think that sends a really ugly message and she seemed to understand when I asked her how she'd feel if the tables were turned.
Don't get me wrong, the Big XII schools are great but she expressly cut those from her list of basketball offers because she said she didn't want that kind of pressure. Jesus... here we go again.
In other news- Craig and I had the baby this weekend and spoiled her rotten. Yesterday we went to Build-A-Bear and she built her easter bunny, nearly choked to death at PF Changs, and then we went looking at new houses. She was so good!! We stopped in the Di$ney store and go the girls some stuff. They had beach towels out and Craig spotted a Little Merm@id one for Ryan (plus some socks) and Kyra got Minnie Mouse. She wouldn't have cared which one she got but Ryan has to have LM stuff for EVERYTHING (including her dorm room stuff) so we always pick that crap up when we see it.
I'm meeting my sister this morning before church to hand her back over. I hate to do it so early but I've just got too much stuff to get done and it'll never happen if I keep her here all afternoon. Only 5 weeks left til Tahoe!