My First For Real Half Pt. 2

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Sunday morning came early, but waking up at 5:00a was easy.

I've been an athlete my entire life. Very few weekends in my lifetime do I remember sleeping in. There was always a track meet, wrestling tourney, swim meet, volleyball tourney, something happening on the weekend that I was competing in. Sleeping to the last second on competition day is not a thing. Never has been.

Usually, it was my dad who woke me up on game day. Always much earlier than I needed to be awake. He would have already been up for a while when he'd come into my room to wake me. It was the only day of the we