Kinda Funny, But Mostly Cool

On Monday, I found out my high school soccer team is being inducted into the P.A. Sports Hall of Fame. All week long, whenever I went to say "I'm being inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame", I couldn't do it without laughing my head off because, honestly, this is me we're talking about.  ME.  I have the feeling people at the banquet are going to look at my current physical status and think, "What they hell are you capable of winning besides a pie-eating contest?".  The thought of being inducted is funny because I'm pretty sure I smoked my way through most of those soccer games.  I was one of the goalies and I clearly remember having a cigarette during the games (at least on the sidelines, if not while actually standing in net).

The cool thing about all of this (even if I don't feel deserving of the award) is that I am the sixth member of my family to be inducted into a Sports Hall of Fame.  My maternal grandmother was the first to be inducted into the Saskatoon Hall of Fame for her work with the U of S synchronized swim team (and I think all her work with training life guards as well).  My mom's brother was inducted into the S'toon Hall of Fame for his wrestling achievements and his wife was later inducted for her high jump accomplishments.  A few years ago, my dad's university track and field team was inducted into S'toon as well.  Here in P.A., my brother and his fastball team were inducted for their feat of winning Nationals (I can't remember if it was two or three times).

We are working on getting my mom inducted into S'toon's Hall of Fame for her discus accomplishments.  She placed at National's several times; she held a university record for 25 years (my dad still holds the 800m record) and mom's high school record has yet to be broken (it was set in 1964).

Let's hope I'm not standing outside smoking when they call my name tonight :)