Your Weekly Townsend Fix Column 20

So I'm drafting away on this essasy thing for english when I realize how BORING it is! SO I put the essay away and now I"m working on this week's column in class. (I know big risk taker right?) Anyways, my team will be conditioning for the next week and a half to two weeks for a championship game! I will post news on YSBN.com as it comes. I'll post up the directions once I finally put it up there. I've been saying that I"m retiring but the 99% chance that I will follow through with it has dropped to maybe 75%. (Now I'm in Geometry class....just keeping you posted.) I think that next season i'll realize how much I miss the hype of coaching . Maybe it's the kids, maybe it's the sport, maybe it's this love I have for working with people. I don' tknow but like my Big-Sis said, I may pull a "Micheal Jordan." I doubt it but it's just getting harder for me as this season pulls to a close.

Ugh, me and letting go, I swear ladies if it's one thing some of us have issues with it's letting go. I'm not saying it's ba, just man it's hard. I think I'm so bad at it, letting go of anything from a loved one to a job, I need to learn how to be "a team player." I tell my team constantly to work together & sometimes I find myself being somewhat of a hypocrite. For example, my school is having a blood drive and now I have an option, to give or not to give? That sure is a questio. My church history class wants to do it together but of course there are a couple people with reservations about giving blood, I'm one of them. If someone I cared about was in an accident, I'd want there to be a blood supply but I'm finding that my mind is constantly throwing excuses for me not to: You're just barely over the minimum weight=you'll faint. You're scared of needles=it'll hurt like a B****. There are people that won't do it too=so it won't make me wrong. I think that I want to, this is just one of those times I need to suck it up and go. But if any of you hear a distant scream, it's just me. No really, I'm going to be more relieved than dizzy after I'm done giving blood. I'm just a chicken and a whimp...no really.

So Townsend got dancers. I've heard about it, haven't seen them in action but have heard about their performances. I think that this one of those hurdles that the guys are just landing from. It just shows they're progressing. I think that as this tam that they rely on gets bigger and bigger, shows us it's all about trust. They have hardworking managment, an awesome growing fanbase, 5 limber dancers, and a security in the wings. I'm sure it's been hard, really what makes you think it's easy just to TRUST that someone on your team won't do something to harm you and turn on you. There's this mandatory trust and faith that you won't fall. With more people there are more options, with more people and options, there's more room for shall we say..."artistical differences"? Yes some of you know who I'm talkin to here. I'm not saying that the differences are cut-throat, heck who knows, maybe it's about what color Rye should dye his hair next. Ahhh Ryan...wait! Where was I? When I talk about him it gets kinda distracting...(Now I'm in English class) Oh yea, back to cut-throat. I'm sure that they're not so common because I know they get along well. It's like a big family and I don't think that the disagreements are serious, more like opinions. When small clashes of opinon occur I'm sure they're handled in a sophisticated manner. Just like my team....if the girls have a clash in opinion in the line-up, they're really good about just looking at the full picture, what's in their best interest, and not getting mad at each other. Let me say now that there is such a thing as compromise. And for those of you who aren't sure what it is, it's basically means meeting half way, if you give some you get some. I want to make everyone awayre of how much comphesation (compromising) has been made on the guys part for all of us. Man you should really see it. Things like their time, privacy, personal & social life, and probably their money have been compromised as well as their families'. They never complain. Why? Why do they do stuff like that? I think the answer's obvious, crystal clear. They do it for the fans to make us happy, they're happy when we're happy, it's satisfying. I wish that I could find the exact words to put the following more eloquently:

"Dearest Todd, Rye, Matt, Nick & Dom:
Thank you so much for everything you've ever done. I appreciate it so so so so so much!
Love,
K"

It just doesn't sound or look right. But it's true. One time I was talking to Dom on the phone and I asked the usuaal, "So how are you?" and he said "Well good, busy but good, we have our hands full, actually they're overflowing." Two things about that:
1) They really truly are busy but they're not giving up or slacking.
2) He never said, "I" in that sentence.
Have you ever had a coach say, "There's no 'I' in team"? Obviously Dom knows it. He well actually all of the guys never single themselves out as a Townsender. There's 2 Todds, 2 Nicks, 2 Doms, 2 Ryans, & 2 Matts. There's 2 sets of 'em there's one of each guy who has his own self, does what he wants on weekends, picks out his own clothes, and most importantly thinks for himself. Then there's another set of that needs to coordinate schedules, looks, and time, he needs to think what's beneficial for the team and not just him. That's the Team part of Townsend. When Dom told me that I was taken back by it. For a second I lost my train of thought. Then i realized tat these guys hve been a team for so long that it comes naturally to them. All of them are family oriented and have siblings, have been on high school teams, and even on Junior Olympic teams. Trust me, if you're a sibling, especially the oldest you HAVE to have compromise down to a science.

God these guys are special. Did you notice how incredible they are on and off stage? It's one thing to be allowed to know them and it's another to be finally able to tell them how much they mean to you. They're truly wonderful. Well, the bell rings in a couple and I have practice today. Take care everyone. Sorry this is so short but I promise I'll have a longer one next time.

Stay safe and Stay you!
Love,
Kristen

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