Living in the Present, only Looking Forward

[Coconut]

He was diagnosed a year ago and had to be hospitalized for over a week because his blood sugar was about 5 times what it should be. He had to miss out on the last few meets of his junior year, but has been able to compete at a high level this year managing his condition pretty well. I think the biggest issue is the length of the championship meets, he was at regionals for about 7 hrs a day for two days, and eating well at a gymnasium for that long is challenging. Simply put, high exertion followed by 4 or 5 hrs of sitting before the next match is challenging to maintain the proper blood sugar.

His wrestling "career" is ending because FL colleges don't really have any wrestling programs worth striving for, and he wants to focus on his academics. He's managed to keep straight As through highschool honors and AP courses, and he's decided on his own to focus on classes without the hours of practice required for wrestling. He was the first junior to ever receive his high schools athlete of the year award (which he's likely to get again as a senior) at his HS, and he's in the running to be validictorian at graduation. My boys accomplished a lot, he's got a good head on his shoulders, and yes I'm proud to of had a hand in raising him to work hard for his goals.

As for the Xscape room, that is happening this coming weekend, it turns out that there are two meetup groups going together and a couple of people signed up in both groups, so there is space and I will be going . I'm hoping that I can spend a little time talking to her and see if there's anything worth Persuing, but I also don't want to make things weird, so we will see.

As I read the females on this site talking about their experiences with dating guys, I'm becoming more and more confident that I'm a hell of a catch (in good shape, no health issues, make a good living, etc), but I just have a hard time being confident when I'm talking with someone I'm interested in, I need to learn to just relax and be myself...