I’ve recently started coaching my daughter’s soccer team four days a week.
When I was approached about the position, I hesitated because I assumed that I’d be outside the whole time.
When I discovered that the team practiced inside though, I was thrilled. We live in the south where the spring weather is temperamental. It can be pouring down rain one minute and hot and humid the next. I know I sound high maintenance, but I didn’t want to be stuck coaching a girl’s soccer team in the rain, heat, or humidity. Practice being held inside with a temperature controlled environment sounded really appealing. Two weeks into our season though, the HVAC system broke at the indoor facility. I walked inside expecting to feel some relief from the hot sun, but was smacked with intense humidity and what smelled like wet socks. The lady at the front desk told me that their HVAC system was currently not working, but they had a local HVAC company coming to service the equipment that afternoon. We had a short practice that day and I left thinking the HVAC system would be running the following afternoon. When I arrived the next day though, the HVAC system still wasn’t working. The lady at the front desk apologized and said the HVAC company said it was a much bigger task than they were expecting. It was going to take the rest of the week to fix. Knowing this and my hatred for temperamental temperatures, I cancelled soccer practice for the rest of the week.