post-tournament recappiness

So! Siege of CNY!  Exclamation Points!

I went in as an Alt NSO but did get to do some work: 

I was a scorekeeper for a half and I discovered that I really enjoy it.  My jam referee was one of my fellow refs, so our communication was on point. (I did discover, though, that I have to wear the colored wristband and signal points with my right hand, since I'm a lefty and all that.)

I lineup tracked for a juniors bout.  It was difficult, because we were in the corner by turn 4 and while it was relatively easy to get numbers, it was hard to see when people sat in the penalty box because one of the team's benches was in the way.  It was also difficult because there were two players on the team I was tracking who looked almost exactly the same from back, one was 15 and the other was 16, and one of them had a long ponytail that hung over the second digit of her number.  I muddled through as best I could.

Then, I penalty box timed the last game.

Prior to this last game, I could count on three, maaaaaybe four fingers the number of times I have EVER penalty box timed.

THE TEAM I WAS TIMING HAD FIFTY PENALTIES IN THE GAME.

AND THERE WAS NO INSIDE WHITEBOARD.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

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My handy list of things to remember when tournamenting was indeed handy.  I think something is screwed up with my left ear canal, though, as I could not get the earplug to fit in without it hurting, a lot.  A referee friend brought me an octopus and I can't wait to try it out! There was no poutine, but there was a refrigerator stocked to the gills with chocolate milk (Byrne Dairy was one of the league's sponsors) so that was very cool.

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Looking ahead....May is gonna be cray busy.  Sanctioned/regulation home doubleheader on the 7th, then Beaver Fever from the 13th to the 15th, then Battle of Bunker Hill from the 20th to the 22nd, then another sanctioned/regulation home doubleheader on the 29th.