Recent Concerts

Jon McLaughlin

Jon McLaughlin

Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley

Dierks Bentley

Darius Rucker (Hootie)

Darius Rucker

Being Cheerful

Today I am recovering from one of my favorite weekends of the year. I spent all day Saturday and Sunday watching high school and jr high girls state cheerleading competition. On Saturday our varsity team won 1st place for the second year in a row. On Sunday our JV team finished in 4th place. My cousin was in the jr high competition and they were just outside of the teams that placed. They ran a flawless routine but their difficulty was not high enough to earn them a trophy.

All in all it was a very long, rough, and stressful weekend. Despite it being all of those things I am very glad I went and next year I will be there again. It's sort of a miserable-fun.

Another New Position

Today coach told me that I would be playing Catcher a little bit this year. I put the gear on and took some reps behind the plate today. This is getting crazy, but fun at the same time.

Out of Retirement

Last weekend a friend of mine at school told me all the reasons that I should join the baseball team at school. I had heard all of these reasons before but this time I listened. I told him I would play and now I'm really happy with my decision. After playing for 14 years, I have spent the past three years away from the game. Needless to say, I am out of shape and will need a little bit of time to get my timing back. I've had a few meetings with our coach and he has told me I will be playing a lot. I'll be playing 2B, 3B, & SS much like I have for many years. The new development is that I will be pitching as well. I have only pitched two innings in my entire life, both of them were in practice. I'm excited to get out on the field and see what happens, it should be a lot of fun.

Concert

Going to see him Friday night. Pretty excited, even though I don't know most of the songs. This is my Christmas present to Amanda...should be lots of fun.

Busy, busy, busy

Life is busy. Despite my light class load this semester life is progressing rather quickly. A couple weeks ago I went home for birthday celebrations and my cousins' cheerleading competition. I'm not ashamed to say that I like the cheer competitions. In a few weeks I will watch them compete again in Springfield at the State Competition.
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Mo and Aaron Hofman. They were here recruiting and Aaron led worship at Focus. They are great people and it was fun getting to know them for a few days.
At the same time they were here President Obama had his inauguration. I still haven't had a chance to go back and watch all of that, been too busy. I really enjoy American history and I think this is a huge turning point in our country, that is why I'm so into this Obama thing at the moment.
That's a recap of my life for the last few weeks. Now it's off to meetings, class, and of course...snow. I hate the cold.

Weather Update

My morning class was cancelled due to bad weather today. My professor sent an email at 6:30 this morning saying that it was -41 with the wind chill and class would be a bad idea. Don't worry, tomorrow we are expecting a heat-wave of 30. Watch out!