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Mom

iMessage

Monday, Aug 17 · 7:12 AM

Did you eat before you left

yes

What did you eat

two eggs and toast

Good.

Your follow up with Dr. Rehberg is not until October but if you have any flank pain — any — I want to know the same day. Not that night. The same day.

mom i'm cleared. you were literally in the room

I know what I was in the room for. I also know what a re-injury looks like and you don't.

ok

i'll tell you

Thank you.

Wednesday, Aug 19 · 9:40 PM

hey random question

how much is central michigan a year

Why

no reason just wondering

Nicholas.

it's genuinely nothing i was just looking at stuff

In state with room and board it's somewhere around thirty. We will figure it out. That is not something for you to be doing math about at 9 at night.

ok

Your father and I have talked about it. You are going to college. That part is settled.

i know. thanks

Read 9:44 PM

for what it's worth football can pay for some of it

like a lot of it sometimes

Delivered 9:47 PM

We'll talk about it this weekend.

She did not bring it up that weekend.

Sunday, Aug 23 · 4:02 PM

I switched with Dana so I have Friday off. I'll be there.

you don't have to switch shifts for a clio game

I've missed eleven of your games because of the schedule. I would like to be at the first one.

Also I would like to see with my own eyes what happens the first time somebody hits you.

that's a horrible thing to say to me before a game

You'll be fine.

Ha ha

Dad

iMessage

Tuesday, Aug 18 · 8:31 PM

bud i have a question and i want you to be honest with me

ok

what is a "preferred walk on"

lol where did you hear that

guy at work. he said his nephew was one at grand valley. i nodded like i knew

it means they want you on the team but they're not paying for school. you get a roster spot, not a scholarship

huh

so that's bad

it's not bad. it's just not the thing everyone means when they say offer

ok. thanks

i'm going to be honest i do not understand any of this. i went to michigan and i watched michigan and that was the extent of it. i never thought about how anybody GOT there

that's most people

i'm gonna learn it though

i've been reading stuff. dont laugh

i'm not laughing

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Thursday, Aug 20 · 6:55 PM

did anyone write back yet

no

its been like a week

it's been 8 days. it's fine. that's normal

is it

i genuinely don't know. probably

ok

want to get food

yeah

Friday, Aug 21 · 10:12 PM

Photo — a printed sheet of paper on a kitchen counter, photographed at an angle, badly lit

IMG_4471.HEICSent from Dad

made you a list of every school within 4 hours that has football. theres 61

dad

i know

i printed it at work. dont tell your mother i used the color

NM

the actual siblings

Nick, Ari, Karenna

Monday, Aug 17 · 5:20 PM

Ari

I finished the spreadsheet

Ari

Numbers — "QB OUTREACH v3"

QB OUTREACH v3.numbersShared by Ari

Ari

Columns are school, division, conference, position coach, OC, recruiting email, general football email, date sent, replied Y/N, notes

There are 140 rows. I did not fill in all of them. I did the first 30.

this is insane. thank you

Ari

Don't send all 140. Sending 140 identical emails is how you become spam.

Send 8 or 9. Make each one different. Mention something specific about their offense so they know you watched.

that's exactly what i was going to do

Ari

I know. I'm saying it so you actually do it instead of sending 40 at midnight.

Karenna

what is happening in this chat

Karenna

ari made a SPREADSHEET

Ari

Yes.

Karenna

for FUN

Ari

Not for fun. Because nobody else was going to.

she's right

Karenna

this family is so weird

Thursday, Aug 20 · 9:15 PM

Karenna

a girl in my grade asked if you were my brother today

and

Karenna

i said no

KARENNA

Karenna

i said no and then i said "why" and she got embarrassed and left. it was awesome

that's actually kind of amazing

Ari

Don't encourage her.

Ha ha

Saturday, Aug 22 · 12:44 PM

Ari

Reply count is still 0. I updated the sheet.

That's not bad by the way. I looked it up. Most cold outreach gets nothing for weeks and a lot of it gets nothing ever.

i know

it's fine

Ari

I didn't say it was fine. I said it was normal.

ok that's worse somehow

Ari

Sorry.

Ari

Send the next batch after Friday. If you have a game people can point to it changes the email.

yeah. ok. good idea

Tuesday, Aug 25 · 9:53 PM

ari

ball state wrote back

Ari

WHAT

Ari

Which one. The recruiting address one? That one was never opened.

no. the qb coach. i emailed him directly on saturday and asked him a question about their offense instead of talking about myself

he answered the question. like actually answered it. and then he asked me one back

Ari

Nick that's the whole thing. That's the variable. Direct to the position coach.

Ari

I'm adding a column.

of course you are

Karenna

is this good

it's not bad

Karenna

ok that's a weird way to say good

Wednesday, Aug 26 · 7:15 PM

wyoming's coordinator sent me five questions and made me answer them without looking anything up

Ari

And?

i got all five

Ari

Did he offer you anything

no

he said he'd get laughed out of the staff room if he tried right now. which is fair

he said i need to go to a camp. any camp with a stopwatch. because nobody can prove how tall or how fast i am

Ari

Camps are in June.

i know

Ari

I'll find one. There has to be something in the winter. Give me a week.

you don't have to

Ari

I know.

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are you going to tell mom and dad

Ari

No. Are you?

He did not answer.

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Sunday, Aug 23 · 3:31 PM

Dad

friday. clio. 7pm. who's in

Karenna

in

Ari

In. I have to be at the NHS table until 6:30 but I'll be there.

Mom

I switched with Dana. I'll be there.

Dad

wow. ok. all of us

Grandpa

What time

Dad

7 dad

Grandpa

Ok

Karenna

grandpa's coming?????

Grandpa

Yes

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that's cool. thanks everybody

Mom

Eat something real Friday afternoon. Not a granola bar.

i will

Karenna

granola bar

i will NOT eat a granola bar