uncomfortable

Uncomfortable---"a state of discomfort or uneasiness---to be conscious of stress or strain."
No one looks for ways to be uncomfortable. Try to remember the last time you watched a movie standing up. Why not? Because lounging on a couch eating chunky monkey is a much more comfortable way to view television. Uncomfortable situations can be even worse. Getting up to deliver a sermon and your zippers down or maybe the guy you work with found out you have a crush on him (both of these have happened to me, not really, just kidding, not true. Ben and I never had a bromance)

Anyways, I can only describe Ava's first tennis lesson as uncomfortable. Twenty five kids there with parents, and Ava is the ONLY one that is crying and refusing to be involved. When I say crying, I'm talking about wailing and snotting all over herself!!!(see picture of her wiping face with shirt). I didn't know what to do. I felt like every eye was locked on me to see if I was one of "those" parents. Do I force her to play, dragging her kicking and screaming to the net like a gitmo prisoner? Do I reward this action by telling her its ok and daddy won't force her to play scary tennis with these mean kids that are only pretending to have fun? Ultimately I let her hang by the fence crying while I looked for the nearest bathroom so I could give myself multiple swirlies and hope I woke up from this dream.

I wish I could say by the end she was serving aces and smashing overheads in someone's face, but not exactly. She did manage to stop crying long enough to join a group and at least pretend to participate. The crazy part was when Kendra asked her how tennis went, she said good!!!!! Lets just say I don't want to take her on one of her "bad" days!!! Here's to a better lesson two!!

can any parents relate?