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Well, three more games late this afternoon.

I had a blast.

7th grade boys, 6th grade boys, and 8th grade girls, all in the same church league as yesterday.

I was fortunate enough to be partnered for all three games with a super nice experienced ref. He could not possibly have been cooler about my lack of experience - really helped me out with just a nod and a point and answering questions at every time out and quarter break.

After the second game (which was a barnburner) he told me I had an "excellent" game and said "nice job" when it was all over.

Fun, fun stuff.

Yesterday I felt like the seventh caller, some guy who won a radio contest and got to ref for a day. Today I actually felt like an official.

I punted a couple, and I still have to work on doing A, then B, then C, instead of right now when I find myself trying to do ABCD all at once.

But I felt 100% better today than yesterday. Thanks for all the encouragement. Can't wait to get out there again.