Yeah, another busy day, can you tell? I did get to sleep in all the way to 6 this
morning - took the day off from the gym as I'm doing another erg test tomorrow. I
needed to do another one anyway, since I was unhappy with my time during the last
one, and since Yosemite Sam is making his rowers do another one on the day I'd
normally be coxing them, I'll use the opportunity to make myself do it. Given the
charlie-fox the last one ended up being for me, this time I'm getting on one of
the ergs first, so I don't start out pissed off.
I just
checked and I never did tell that story. YSam told me he wanted me to do an erg
piece too. Makes sense, you don't really care how fast a cox can row but there's
something to be said for being part of the team and suffering with them. So I show
up, but I stand back and let the rowers trying out for the top priority boat on
first, there being many more people as rowing machines. YSam wanted one person to
"cox " (mostly cheer on) each person doing a piece so I did that. Next round, I go
to the truck to get extra socks (to avoid blisters, since I hadn't remembered to
bring sneakers) and so end up not getting on the ergs for that round. I cox
someone again. Next thing I know, YSam has them putting the ergs away and I
hadn't done my piece! I decided to do one anyway, out there in the parking lot all
by myself, and even though it was still well earlier than we normally get off the
water, no one from that crew stayed to watch me or anything, after I had
coxed two sets of them through their pieces. So much for team spirit.
Pissed off is not a good way to do an erg trial; I ended up forty
seconds slower than my best. That's a lot, over 24 minutes. So this time, to heck
with them. I am getting on *first*, and doing it mostly only because I'm not
satisfied with my previous time. This time I will have proper shoes and a better
mood for it.
Anyway, I tend to think most of that crew can be
descibed in one word: ma-a-a-a-hhh. (As in sheep.) But I will cox someone in the
next round. I may have no team spirit myself, but that doesn't mean I have to act
as if I don't. Someone's got to set an example.
In other words, yes, I'm a
grudge-holder and a bitch. But don't worry, I don't plan to act that way.