[BillyMac]

Had three Catholic school "varsity" (eighth grade) games starting at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning, part of a three day Martin Luther King weekend tournament. Showered, changed, and hit the road to observe a junior varsity prep school game before working my 1:00 p.m. varsity prep school game. Showered, changed, and made 5:00 p.m. mass.

I normally don't work the little kids Catholic school games on the same day that I do high school varsity games, but my Catholic school assigner was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He had to schedule officials for both the "varsity" tournament, as well as the regular weekend Catholic school "junior varsity" games. One of his regular officials, who works a ton of games for him, was unavailable due to a death in the family. My assigner was also up against a larger than normal high school schedule due to Saturday makeup games that were postponed due to the blizzard we had in midweek. So I felt obligated to help him out. Busy day, hectic schedule, but I came home with $188.28.

I know that this is nothing compared to what some of you guys work, but it was a busy day for me. Many of you could have done this blindfolded, with your hands tied behind your back.