A Dog?

Austin is having a hard time with wrestling this year.
They have a new coach. He's tough on them - very tough.
As much as I liked the old coach, I don't think he always pushed them as hard as they needed.
I think this new guy may be pushing them a little too hard at times.
For instance, the week of Thanksgiving - there was no school all week.
And yet, they had practice every day (even Sat) except for Thanksgiving day itself.
Then, this past weekend when they went to the beach - they were gone from 6 AM on Thurs morning until 10:30 PM on Sun night.
I thought they would at least have the following Mon off. Nope - practice as usual.
I think there's a fine line between not hard enough and too hard.
Yes, I think he's going to take a great team and make them fantastic.
But...will it be at the expense of their morale, their drive, their hearts?

Austin has been wrestling for 11 years now. That's a long time.
He's saying now that he's going to finish the season because he's already started it, but he's no longer sure he wants to wrestle again next year.
I'm not okay with that.
After 11 years - 1000's of hours - bathtubs full of sweat ... to not do it his senior year???
No way!
That's supposed to be his 'glory' year.
That's when it all pays off, and he's supposed to reap some of the privileges and benefits.
I SO want him to see this all the way thru to the end.
I'd even be willing to bribe him at this point to achieve that.

You see - Austin's dream dog is a Great Pyrenees.
He's wanted one for at least 2 years now.
And it just so happens that when we were doing Leila's 6 month speech evaluation last week, it came up in conversation that Mrs. Lisa has a friend that has Great Pyrenees puppies right now.
They're full-blooded, but not registered, so the price isn't unreasonable.
Hmmm, is this fate? Is it maybe meant to be?
Are we absolutely nuts though to even consider the possibility of adding yet another animal to our menagerie?
Any thoughts???

On a lighter note, Courtney came on Sun to keep Leila while we went to the play.
Leila wanted her to sit on the couch with her and hold her hand.
We're thinking that she's imitating Austin and Kelsie.
How cute.
BUT, I told them that if she starts copying anything else - they're in trouble.

Leila and I both had our hair trimmed today.
After she trimmed it, Kim took a curling iron and put curls all over Leila's head.
It was just too cute.
(Sort of reminded me just a little bit of Emmi's wig on Gotcha Day.)
And Leila loved the extra primping and prissing she got.