Maria's Blog

Maria from Woodburn, Oregon and Guerrero, Mexico - (May 16, 2006)

This week was really frustrating because I had to finish planning the soccer tournament. I just needed to finish the small details. But I also needed to finish my homework and catch up on my reading because I am a slow reader. But it is okay as long as I finish my reading assignments. The only bad thing happened when I was trying to finish with the soccer tournament planning and some teams that were registered ended up telling me at the last minute that they were not coming. This is why it took me longer to finish, because they ended up telling me one or two days before Festivilito, so I had to start all over again.

What really frustrated me was that on the day of the event, things didn’t go as I was planning. Some people didn’t show up to help me out. The only help I got was from a friend of mine, my boyfriend, my sister and brothers, and four other guys. Those people that did show up to help me really helped me a lot and they stayed until the finish. They saved my butt. I don’t know what I would’ve done without them. I had to change everything because the older kids got mad because they said they didn’t have enough time to play. I told them 15-20 minutes, but they wanted 25 min per quarter. I couldn’t argue with them because they ganged up on me, so I was like, “Okay, have your time.”

I ended up redoing everything I did in one week in just 5 minutes. But those people were still unsatisfied. Even one of the referees told me, “Those people are really mean.” The event went longer than what it was supposed to be and I was really tired and frustrated. I was also sun burnt and my feet felt like I had sprinted 15 miles. One of the coaches also got angry with me, but now he’s going to have to deal with my boss. But I am still really mad with him for lying to me and making me change everything.

If I do this event next year things are going to change. I am going to be very severe and probably have some security. I just wanted to have fun and I wanted for those people that came to play and have fun. The only thing that makes me happy is that the other categories (not the older kids) were having fun and I don’t think they noticed what happened with the older kids. At least other people enjoyed coming here to play.