Wobbly Day

So, I've spent 5 weeks forcing my son to sign up for tennis lessons, football and skateboarding. Insisting that he'll never get on if he doesn't take a deep breath and get on with it. He has been a little resistant but is building up his confidence. It was great when he got on his skateboard with Thomas at the skateboard park on Saturday. He said there was no way he was getting on the board, so I carried it to the park and said I was going to do it. As we approached the park and he could see there was no-one else there, he took the board off me and he and Thomas had fun - well matched - skooting around the place. We left them to it and wandered home, but unfortunately they were two minutes behind us as Finn had hit a chucky stone and fell off, splitting his scabby knee. Thomas said it looked as if someone had been murdered at the park, so they legged it.
Today, I was faced with my own tennis lesson. I remembered the 4 confident players who cursed my arrival last week, splitting up their neat number and missing all the shots. They definitely stayed back for a game after the lesson to have a game once I'd gone. I just knew they had. I trailed my racquet and my heels along the road, 3 mins late and a bit sniffley. I've got friends at home, I don't bloody want new ones!
All the ladies arrived late, and looking slightly nervous. All asking how the last week had gone, had anyone practised (only me), trying to remember what we'd been taught last week, and not a one of them seemed to know each other outside of the lesson. They had definitely not stayed on last week to discuss my terrible performance. We all encouraged and cheered each other through the lesson and it was really good fun.
Then I went to a meeting for a new Riding For the Disabled group that has started up, to discuss plans for the first group coming on Wednesday. I had nothing of particular value to say, but just being there was at least an insight into the folk running it and how unsure of themselves they all are.
So the wobbly day has solidified a bit.