I never had to clean so much in my life!
Curtis and I cleaned the old apartment until 11:45pm. We got most of it done, but need to re-check before we have our “walk through”. Curtis and I think our arms are getting defined again because of all the backbreaking work. My next and shoulders are extremely sore. It’s a good thing I saw the chiropractor today. Lots of times we feel like we need to loose a lot of fat weight…we feel it’s mostly in our guts…well, my thighs could use a little trimming too. Anyway, we still have so much unpacking, cleaning and getting settled in to do, not to mention changing our services and address for everything. Curtis was nice enough to buy us El Pollo Loco salads. He started cleaning while I was at guitar class, so I know he’s tired. I don’t feel so good. I feel like I need to sleep for atleast three days. But that’s not going to happen.
Another joke I don’t get…I need to find a better joke website.
What’s the difference between George Michael and a microwave oven A microwave stops when you open the door.
I get this one…just don’t think it’s gut busting funny.
How do you circumcise a whale A : You need at least four skin divers
Finally moved…and internet is working.
Yay, we have finally moved! And, our Internet is up and running again. However, we still have a lot of cleaning to do in the old apartment, and a lot of sorting to do in our new apartment. The aesthetics look so nice…it’s wonderful! Curtis is really excited about our new humble abode. Curtis kinda went crazy, buying two new bookshelves, bathroom rugs, and waste baskets. But I kinda went crazy too, buying a new magnetic white board calendar, new water bottles, and books galore for pleasurable reading and “input”. 
I finally learned the song I’m playing for my piano recital at the end of the semester for my final. It’s sounding pretty good. Oh, and me and this other guy in my group are going to play a piano duet together for the class as a part of our final too. It was my suggestion; Ms. Townsend loved the idea.
Moving day has finally come
Curtis and I are moving tomorrow. I called a couple of people to get as much help as we can. Scott Reynolds is going start with Curtis at 7am. A few others said they could come later in the day to help. We need as much help as possible. Especially since we have to have time to clean are old apartment too.
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Joke of the day
My RSS feed sends me a joke everyday, so I thought I’d start sharing some of them; after all, laughter is healing medicine.
Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor’s Degree and the woman gets her Masters
Guidance towards working in peace
Only six more weeks til’ Summer vacation! I can’t wait to see if working with Milton will be something I enjoy. I’m really at a lost right now for what I truly, deep down inside, enjoy doing and have a sense of peace when I’m doing it. However, I did get some help today from Sean, the Kinesiology Department Chair. He’s will to give me guidance to find where my strengths take me. And, prayer to God, of course, is always the first option. He thinks I should teach a Summer course at CBU to see if I would truly enjoy it…I think so too. He could tell that I was tired of working part-time jobs and getting more education that seems to be leading me no where. I’m ready to settle down and find my niche`. I’m going to e-mail him my StrengthsFinder 2.0 results and meet with him again next week for more guidance. However, for the most part, I did get a good percentage of positive feedback on the student evaluations from when I taught Rusty’s and Nichole’s classes. However, teaching one time in each class isn’t a fair evaluation at all. Please pray for Nicole and her family, her dad past away a couple days ago.
One thing that is evident that Sean noticed, and I know to be true, is that I’m pretty reserved when I teach. Some of the students noticed it, as well as, Sean when I did the teaching demonstration in front of him and the other faculty. My personality is what it is and even though I can improve on my presence and enthusiasm in the classroom, I know that deep down inside I am a reserved, laid back individual. I took this and Sean’s other constructive criticism as a true look at my strengths and talents. Even thought it was slightly hard to hear, I was glad he told me the truth. Please pray for me; these are my top 5 strengths according to the StrengthsFinder 2.0 test I took in order of prevalence: 1. Input, 2. Responsibility, 3. Achiever, 4. Belief, and 5. Intellection.
Hi there!
I feel like its been awhile. I’ve been busy coaching my athletes through league prelims on Monday and league finals this evening. And, I gotta tell you, they sure did put on a show! But it’s late and I’m tired, so I’ll tell you about it this weekend…or maybe Friday.
I started B4A (Beauty for Ashes)…this will be my third time going through the 14 week program. It’s a relational healing group for women who have been sexually abused…most of the time as a child, like myself. I was frightened and excited all at the same time. All I know is, I felt like I needed to protect my “space”. It went well; we sang songs to Jesus and ate a whole lot of fattening foods. If you ask me, the strawberry whip cream cake was the bomb! I must have eaten four of five pieces. In addition, I am excited to be playing keyboards for the band the group is forming. Maybe I get the confidence again to play the song I wrote for my group the second time I went through the program.
It’s getting…It’s getting…It’s getting kinda hectic…I got the power!
For the past week I have been looking at this thing…telling myself I gotta blog soon! It was a hectic week because there was no way that was going to happen. I was too exhausted…maybe, beyond exhausted is a better description. But, here I am, back and in action!
Well…this track and field season is finally coming to a close. League Prelims in on Monday and Finals (for those who make it) will be on Wednesday at our school site. We just got a new upgraded sound system installed on the light posts around our track. The electrician’s told me we should have a blastin’ time for league finals. It was so loud people couldn’t here themselves on the field. They said, “People will be able to hear our sound system at least three blocks away.” And not only that…they said they only had the volume up 30% today when they were testing it! I’m worrying about my eardrums now.
I got a call before leaving practice today from our distance coach. He told me he was looking at the Boy’s 4×400 meter times in CIF Division II and said my Boy’s have a really good chance of winning CIF finals! I’m excited, and I’m sure the Boy’s will be pumped up for that…if anything, hopefully it’ll help them to mentally “get in the zone.” At this point in the season I’ve been focusing on feeding them a lot of sports psychology stuff to get them mentally ready.
Oh, and it was nice seeing my former college teammate in track from CBU this past Thursday. You know, Milton, the guy I told you about that ran in the Olympics and World Championship, and that asked me to come work with him in his personal training business. It was awesome getting to see him and Angela, his wife, again. She ran with us too in college. She told me that she always ran next to me in practice because she wanted to get faster, and she knew I would push her. She also told me about this one time when I got injured at a collegiate meet. Now, I don’t ever remember getting injured during a meet. But she said she had to take my spot, anchoring the 4x400m relay. She told me she was so scared to run anchor because of the pressure of being the fourth leg to bring the race to a close and hopefully winning. I’m sure she did just fine. 
I don’t get this joke…do you?
Drive carefully. 90 of the people on the road are caused by accident.
I’m able…but not sure why
I’ve been at home for almost and two hours and my nerves still haven’t calmed down from a long days work. This has got to be the longest dual track meet ever! I wish we had the head honcho starter–we would have been out of there by 5:15pm or earlier. But no, instead, we didn’t get to fly the coo coos nest until 7:40pm…7:40pm people!!! Why me!!! Anyway, we were hopeful that our Varsity Boy’s might have won the meet–they didn’t, but it was close. We’re either going to get second or third in league as a team. However, we are hopefull that our boy’s 4x400m relay team will make it to state–especially after running their fastest time of the season at Arcadia Invitational…3:19…that’s 3 minutes and nineteen seconds in only four laps around the track. Two years ago, I had my best 4x100m relay team ever for the Varsity boy’s at Norco High School. Now, I can say with a smile, that I have had my best 4x400m relay team for Varsity boy’s ever! They are very worthy of state…I just hope they get to go.
So often, I doubt my coaching abilities because I critique myself more than others would. I always stop and think, “how am I doing this?!!!”. God must truly be with me because it’s not something I ever thought I’d do. But I’m here and loving the many memorable moments of it. As long as I’m coaching, I seem to be able to put my negative thoughts aside and just do what I’m suppose to do. But if you take me away from coaching, just for a little while, then fear and inadequacy sets in and I wonder how the heck am I going to do this. Every year I go through this turmoil, and every year I decide to step out of my comfort zone and Just Do It…you know…like the Nike commercial. Oh man, I coach many high school boy’s who tower over me. And, I think to myself, “how can these be high school kids”?!! But despite how massive they are, I take the stand to be their leader…their coach…every year.
Their as big or bigger than these world class sprinters
It amazes me that females can do this as high as 15 feet in the air, going over a pole, while using another pole to do it!
