Mid-season Crisis

There comes a time in the season when you begin to fade. You’re tired constantly, school work increases and you feel like you’re so weighed down with stress you might actually be crushed. This usually happens a little more than half way through the season. I’m unlucky enough to be going through that now… Midterms have come and gone (the stressful part is getting my grade back), final projects are beginning, and finals are just around the corner. As far as softball goes, we’ve just began conference and already there are only 3 weeks till the tournament, which Flagler is hosting this year. It’s beginning to feel like I’m overdosing on everything softball; practices, games, bus rides, eating on the road, my teammates, everything.

The only thing that keeps me going is the idea that it will end soon and I’ll be bored. It seems contradictory but it’s true. During the year I never stop moving, going from class to practices to games. Then when it’s over I find myself sitting down, relaxing for a while but eventually itching for something to do. There is a good part about this midseason craziness. I might feel like I’m deflating but that means only one thing. I, as well as most of my teammates, find their second wind.  We get past the being exhausted, the overload of school work and quite frankly, the crap that we all deal with from being sick of each other. We remember why we started playing, we come together to win. It happens every year and I must say that this year I’m especially looking forward to it.  It’s my favorite part of the season.