I am pretty sure that all of us oldies can agree that we mourned the loss of our Junior years. What is it about that single line in any show premium "an individual who has not reached their 18th birthday as of December 1st of the current competition year."
Like everyone else I shed a tear when I graced the big 18. But I don't think the real sense of loss hit me until my twenties. Tonight I watched the BCS National Championship Football Game (war damn!) and it hit me, it has been almost 2 years since I was an NCAA athlete. Though I had a very successful youth career, to me my glory years were in college.
Individually I actually didn't prove as successful as when I competed privately. However working with a team of 50 girls, sharing the same passion, can't be beat. As happy as I am with my life and ability to be a independent successful woman at 23, part of me wishes I could have stayed a college student forever. Maybe that's why I work at a university, I am always to capture a little bit of the old glory days.
Sadly time marches on, so I shall forever be relegated to the title of has been. Doomed to watch college sports and say, back when I was NCAA Reserve National Champion. The one nice thing about being a big graduated kid, you can "check in" at bars on Facebook and not worry about getting two a days for it!
I was more then happy when I got out of my Junior years, Juniors are tough, Adult Amateurs are a heck of a lot easier to compete against :P
ReplyDeleteHECK no, people like you exist haha... In Juniors everyone was a gawky awkward mess
DeleteI never had amazing show success in either my junior or my college years. I enjoyed IHSA but wasn't a star. For me, moving forward is more exciting because I feel myself getting better and better.
ReplyDeleteI guess that's a good point, I'm far better then I was then.... I just wish I could have it all! haha
DeleteI didn't have money to fund riding to the extent that I would have liked in my Jr years, had a blast riding in college but the team was new and not to it's full potential but as an AA, I have more control over what I get to do- still on a tight tight budget haha.
ReplyDeleteI have yet to show much as an ammy so that doesn't help. Sooooo expensiveeee I don't know how my parents paid for it!
DeleteI thought turning 18 was the shiz because I could finally sign my own waivers. I hated highschool and I really don't miss college, even though it was fun. :-) Live life going forward.
ReplyDeleteHaha I had a teammate in college who wasn't 18 when we got there freshman year, it was so funny how she kept sending stuff to her parents before she could do anything!
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