Day 8: Stealing Home.

One of my favorite pastimes is watching sports with my Dad.

I grew up watching him play ball in the city, and he was (and still is) an amazing athlete. Not the type to roll out a bunch of stats about a famed player; he actually knows the game. He can tell you the next pitch, the next play and when someone is about to mess things up. I've learned from him the importance of being and staying in the moment: that's what sports are all about.

I remember watching a Yankee game with him when I was a kid, and he made the call on the play: a suicide squeeze. Of course, I didn't have the slightest clue what that meant. I do now, it's stealing home plate. But the way my father explained it still resonates, of course this isn't verbatim - but it's close enough:

Me: What's a suicide squeeze?
Dad: It's when the batter's going to sac bunt, and the guy on third just starts to run home when the pitcher starts to pitch.
Me: But what if...
Dad: You can't think about that, you just put your head down and run.

I've grown up on a steady diet of pro-ball, but at no point have any of the players slid head first to steal home plate on concrete. My father always did. Because that's what you have to do to make things happen: forget about the outcome, just put your head down and run.

Thanks Dad.

YESTERDAY'S CHALLENGE:

Well, I did yesterday's challenge before I even wrote about it, and it has me thinking: what else do I think I am afraid of? It's opening up a new realm of risks I had not considered...which hopefully will make finding challenges less challenging...

TODAY'S RISK: Prepare photos to be printed.

I have been saying I will do this for about two years...truth is, I have NO IDEA how to set about getting those prints off the computer and into reality. But I am going to figure it out, well along with Wonderfully Supportive Boyfriend's help, I hope!

Another reason I have done nothing with them: I'm too cheap. Mind you, I have no problem paying a ridiculous sum of money for a tank top, but investing in myself - well, just didn't want to. But with those prints in my hand, there is more I can do. So, that's precisely what I am going to do.

Guess who just figured out how to put links in a post? And it only took eight days...

Happy Friday!