While on the Sidelines

While on the Sidelines.  You might be wondering why i named my blog what i did.  No, it's not anything that requires deep thought, the plain and simple reason is I'm a cheerleader.  And frankly, right now and the upcoming six more weeks I'm and injured one.  So, as you can imagine I'm sitting on the sidelines watching everyone else practice.  Just so y'all know, no, I'm not talking about the kind of cheerleading that cheers for football players.  I'm talking about competitive cheerleading.  If you don't think it's a sport i dare you to look up one video from Worlds Cheerleading Championship 2011 and say it's not hardcore.  My dream is to be up on that same world champion floor.  My problem is that with competitive cheerleading there comes an age limit.  An athlete can't be older than eighteen by August 31.  So in other words, this is my last chance.  Last year my team was two spots away from making it to that famous stage.  We came sixth at a competition where they only gave invitations to come to worlds to the first four.  You can imagine the sadness people felt when we were so close, but didn't make it.  When you devote so much time of your life to this sport.  Months of training for at least five hours a week for just two minutes and thirty seconds to show off what you and your team can do.  By spending so much time together you get so attached and love not only what you do,  but who you do it with.  Your team becomes your second family.  Everyone is so close by the end of the session.  I've been growing up with my teammates for seven years.  I don't know how I'm going to be able to say goodbye to them.  But, i guarantee that just being a worlds competitor would be the best send off i could imagine.  All this is hopefully still a plan on track, but the farther away my clearance date is pushed back the more I start to panic at the thought that the sesion is so close to starting and I can't even put weight on my hand yet.  So for now, I will watch, While on the Sidelines.