"A competitor will find a way to win."

Here's my short post for today... Tonight my youngest daughter, DD, and I had to go to a mandatory cheerleader tryout meeting at the high school, since tryouts for next year (9th grade) are next month on March 11th. The meeting was for ALL girls who will be trying out for cheerleader at the high school. It was actually amusing, as the girls all sized each other up, and the moms looked nervously around to see who the competitors against their daughters are. And we live in small town Texas, where cheerleading is BIG; make that HUGE! They are changing a lot of the rules for the squads next year, since one set of cheerleaders here got caught in their uniforms drinking and driving, and subsequently got DWI's. And then, a few weeks ago, half of the girl basketball players, including cheerleaders, went to the mall in the city, and somehow were able to shoplift some really expensive clothes. Both of these incidents were the talk of the town, since gossip is the biggest past time. None of them got kicked off the squad, but it's doubtful the ones returning will be chosen, since the new teacher evaluations now count more than any skill in the tryouts.

Should be interesting....