I don't write about specific work items much, even though it is so much of my life, because there is a lot I can't write about. I write about the games that are work-related.
However, it's pretty well known that there are bus problems. That being said, I think I am okay writing about this. It's definitely an issue in Fairfield County and Connecticut. I've heard of many towns having difficulties.
It's also supposedly a national issue. The problem is that there are not enough drivers.
This has been an issue since COVID, at least.
The week, however, was really rough.
That being said, great job by the transportation office working with the bus company. This is not a knock on either of those groups. I'm just talking about what we deal with. Great people working at both those places doing their best.
This ends up being a large part of my workday. Figuring out what buses we can combine, what time buses can pick up, what games we have to postpone and more.
We normally get most of it figured out, it's just not as simple as it may seem. It depends on what other routes for the schools the bus drivers have to do, the locations of the events, the number of people going, and so much more.
The spring is also always the worst of the seasons because we have the most sports, there are a lot less programs who share buses (JV and varsity) and the weather moves games which impacts the number of buses on certain days.
Hopefully next week will be better. Every week gets closer to the end of the season and the end of the school year.
While dealing with buses today, it was Battle of the Houses at Warde.
Each of the three houses at Warde, Pequot, Towsend and Fitts, compete against each other in a number of activities.
I was asked to be a judge. This just means as they go through the events, make sure there is no cheating and for some events, keeping track of scores.
The games/events range from sports like knockout and handball, to non-sporting events like relay races that include eating Jello and so much more.
So, as I was helping judge Battle, I was also dealing with the bus issues. Multitasking at its finest.
Congrats to Pequot House, which I guess I am technically a part of since that's where my office is located, even though we are considered part of the main office sometimes, on winning this years Battle of the Houses.
Great job by Jeff Seganos, Matt Narwold, Joe Saad, Duncan Dellavolpe and everyone else who was involved in making it happen.
After all that was done, for the most part, it was on to baseball.
I had to fill in and coach the JV game. I did this once last year as well.
Ironically, both games I coached were against Norwalk High School.
I got over to Owen Fish and knew there were things I had to figure out and get myself settled to coach. That all went well.... for the most part.
Although in the first inning, someone from Norwalk comes up to me and says there is a car that is going to be boxed in by the ground crew's truck. You guessed it...Mine. So, as the bottom of the first is happening, I run to the parking lot to move my car and ended up having to park in a tough spot on the edge of the lot/driveway.
It all worked out fine. Just another thing to have to deal with. Oh well. It's all part of the story.
The game was a good one, as we got out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and ended up winning 5-2.
It's definitely about the kids and they were great. Made my job easy. I will say, I think I improved as last year I got someone thrown out on the plate. That did not happen today.
Once our game ended, I headed over to the varsity game at Kiwanis against Norwalk which was in extra innings, tied at one. I got their by the top of the tenth and we were trailing 3-1. Norwalk ended up coming away with a 5-1 victory in 10 innings.
Long, crazy day to end a long, crazy week.
