Announcer Life, Announcer Wife!

 

Our fifth anniversary trip was a blissfully long getaway with lots of destinations and many meet-ups with friends. We actually named the trip our “friendtastic” anniversary trip, because we saw five different friend families while we were on the road.

                One of those was Ryan’s high school wrestling coach. He moved to Florida and happened to live in Siesta Key, where we were married and where we visited for that 5^th anniversary. We had dinner with him one night and when he greeted us, he said it was so good to see me again. This did not strike me as odd, since Ryan and I did go to the same high school, and my dad was a teacher there. But he continued, “I remember you coming to wrestling stuff!”

                Ummmmmm, no you didn’t. That was a different girlfriend!

                I had never been to a wrestling anything in my life, but I can’t say that anymore!

                As I mentioned on Sunday, Ryan has a new adventure in his life, and I am just so stinkin’ proud of him!

                The head coach for the Adams Central wrestling team is a friend of ours from church. This is his first year to be the head coach, and he’s doing a great job bringing new life to the program.

                A few weeks ago, he asked Ryan if he’d be willing to be the announcer at the home matches. They wanted to some enthusiasm, and since Ryan is full of personality and has a wrestling background, he seemed like the perfect person.

                Ryan hasn’t done anything with wrestling since he graduated almost 30 years ago, but apparently it’s much like riding a bike. 😊

                So a week ago, we went to the school for Ryan to announce the match. They weren’t in the main gym that night, so the sound system was a little sub-par, but I was so proud of him for giving it his all and doing a great job announcing. He had to learn a bunch of name pronunciations on the fly, and he did it!

                And as he learned how to pronounce the names, I learned about wrestling. I had so many questions after we came back home that night.

                Last night was his second time to announce, and this time they were in the main gym. There were all kinds of fun lights and special effects, and the sound system was amazing.

                I sat with some friends from church, and a gentleman behind me said, “Who’s that guy announcing?” I whirled around and said, “THAT’S MY HUSBAND!!!!”

                I was so proud of him, I could have cried. He did a fantastic job.

                He told me on the way home that he had forgotten just how much he loved it, and that made my heart so happy. I am so happy he gets to do something he loves so much.

                Meanwhile, I now understand enough to get high blood pressure over the calls. 😊

                So he’s living the announcer life, and I’m the proud announcer wife!