I have been so tied up in Wimbledon the last few days I suspect I have missed lots of people so I am just going to offer, one enormous joint, not that kind CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
I now have a second crush too on a certain young Spanish tennis player, and it is nothing much to do with his looks, it is his extraordinary talent and one of the cutest smiles ever,second only to the man himself.
Unfortunately or fortunately depending on which way you look at it, the past 2 weeks have inspired my son Matt. to take his international tournament which is comming in November very seriously now.
That means mum is up at a stupid hour to bike alongside him while he runs. Back for 2 hours of clinic. Another run in the heat so he gets completely conditioned.(He has in the past played over 2.5 hours in 95% plus and it is pretty wearing.)Mum has to keep shouting encouragement.We are getting quite well known round te neighbourhood now !!!!!
Back for lesson and finally bike ride in the evening, for me while he runs again.
His coach is really taking things up a few more notches.My face fell when he was speaking to me about it.I am really struggling tp pay for waht he already does, in this recession,however he assures me he is not going to be charging for the extra. That is of course exceptionally generous of him, but so embarrassing for me.
I will have to keep a log of what we have had free and then hopefully when the recession ends, pay him for al the extras. I tried to pay him by giving him his weeks food shopping, but he was having none of that.
I do not know if it means he really thinks Matt has some real talent.I know at 11 he can beat the 14and 15 year old boys at the clinic he goes to.It is just when he does a tournament he loses as often as he wins against his own age group.This is apparantly because he has a habit of playing down.The 2 really big IMG tornaments he played in he got to the finals.
Not that I ever get to see him play now.I give off bad vibes apparantly by being too emotional.!!!!!!!!
It is very hard to watch your son out there on his own and not get emotional.At this age in the USTA matches they call their own shots and line calls and the cheating is unbelievable.One boy at the very last match I went to, before I was banned by his coach, called out the score and a whole game, not point, of Matt's just vanished.!!!!
I was hopping mad, which made Matt even more mad and he lost the plot completely. Bye bye mummy.Same with my daughter at gymnastics, the first and only time she came off the beam was when I was watching.
So I missed her becomming state champion and also Matt at the finals of the tournament at the IMG academy !!!! I have to stay at home and my husband, when he remembers texts me the scores. I in the meantime I am on I.V gin and tonic and valium.I cannot ring him so just have to sit waiting,and it it drives me insane !!!
It is also starting to become apparant that very soon, I will become less important to them than their coaches. It is hard to be a mum sometimes.I am ecstatic that they are doing so well, but saddened that I am becomming less and less important,apart from taking care of the nutrition side of things.
If there are any sporting mums here at Bettermost, perhaps they can offer me some tips on how to cope with it all.!!!!