Boy! Juulie and I had such a good time last night that I can hardly walk - and, I lost seven pounds! In fact, it was so much fun, we did it
three times!!!
Get your minds out of the gutter - I'm talking about reffing.
Our local girls HS summer league started last night and Juulie is the assignor. In her infinite wisdom, she chose me as a partner for the first three games. We had a lot of fun, possibly because each game was a blowout.
During the final game, Juulie called a foul and just as she did, some five year old girl on the sideline yelled "TRAVELING". I told Juulie what she said and she went over to talk with her. Juulie told her she had an extra referee jersey and would let the girl wear it if she wanted to come out on the floor and ref. The girl and her mom had a good laugh, but she didn't come out.
I wonder what it would have been like working three-person with the two of them.
The games were very intense for summer league (one JV and two V games). We were calling it a little loose but we still called well over 100 fouls in the three games, not because it was "sloppy" but because the girls were playing really hard and created a lot of body contact - not slapping.
Oh - did I mention it was over 90 degrees in the gym?
BTW - the coach who runs the league started getting on Juulie a little in the 3rd game. I told him to back off. We're old friends and he just smiled.