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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Officiating for me is a "get away." Especially when I am talking about basketball officiating. There is so much to do and so much to get right; I do not have time to think about other things.
The best example I can give is I had an aunt that had Brest Cancer. I went to see her in November for about a week and saw how bad she was and it was clear she was dying. I came back and worked a high schools scrimmage (by myself at that) and it totally took my mind off the personal events for just a few hours.
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In general, this works for me too, but there have been a couple of times when I tried to work and shouldn't have. I simply COULDN"T let go of the outside stuff. One game in particular, the biggest game I ever had in my life, it was even in the paper that morning because it was so important. I didn't do well. Even my partner noticed. I was too distracted by the fact that my 5 year old was in the hospital with something wrong and the docs couldn't figure it out. He went in on Sunday afternoon, monday evening game and they were still scratching their heads. I should have called early Monday afternoon and turned it back, but it was SO BIG. and I wanted it SO BAD!
Oh well, live and learn. I won't do that again!