I almost missed this exchange at practice because we were still milling around about to receive our workout instructions. I think it was the little edge to Erik's voice that caught my attention. Usually Erik is 100% upbeat, friendly and laid back but when he asked this I could tell he wanted an answer. Bart obviously did too since he seemed a little uncomfortable when he admitted to being the guilty one. "Are you sick?" Erik demanded. (& you'll have to give me some creative license with my quoting here.) "Nope, I just drank gatorade," responded Bart. Erik, with the observational powers of a coach had noticed yellow mucus, freshly spat, and immediately was worried about our health.

There's so many clues that we use to understand what's going on with our bodies. There's all the things to which I pay attention about myself but I forget that Erik's monitoring us too and paying attention to our health even when we don't verbally tell him how we feel. I like the thought of being super observant and aware of how my body is doing. I also took note that if I am sick and I for some reason don't want Erik to know (not, um, that that would ever be the case...) I need to be extra sneaky, because he Notices things.