Stepped in it WORSE than Rick Perry

I have two girls, both involved in athletics, and the younger one was getting all the attention this fall with softball, so I looked for a late season softball camp for the older one. Found one at George Mason University. Veteran's Day Weekend, a day and a half of drills and assessments, and three full on games (10 on 10). So I plunked down my $250 and sold my Notre Dame football tickets, and RSVP'd NO to my piano class potluck/recital, and even rented a hotel room in Fairfax, Virginia, which is about 30 miles from my house. When we showed up, it was clear that this was not what I thought I was signing up for. This was serious hardcore softball talent. My little girl had spent a year on JV, she MIGHT make Varsity next year on a very low level high school team. What I thought was a fall softball camp was actually a fall player exhibition for college scholarships. I knew i had screwed up as soon as I parked, because the kids were huge, and there were a couple warming up throwing the ball with grunts, and almost as fast as I can throw, and certainly harder than I would throw in a warmup. Ann Marie went through the Friday evening drills, but she cried when she got in the car. These people are way better than her, and she shouldn't even be here. I said don't be ridiculous, although it may be a college showcase, and you aren't ready to show, you might do something that sticks in their mind, and maybe in a year or two, when you come back, they will remember that. I thought I had her there. But Saturday morning, it was a disaster, she didn't want to go, and there were serious tears, but I forced her to go to the session. I told her if she didn't want to play in the games, she wouldn't have to. I figured once it was game time, you would want to play, no matter what. Man, did I step in it, as Rick Perry would say. She refused to play. She said she didn't like playing softball if she wasn't good, and this made her think she wasn't good. I totally stepped in it.