Trade Deadline, Staff Outings, and Mizzou Mustache Madness

So the trade deadline came and went yesterday with a flurry of activity. I feel like it was much more than I remember happening in years past. Some seriously big names changed hands yesterday and in the days prior. While the Cardinals didn't make any deals yesterday, they had already made several deals that have been paying off at amazing rates. Holliday, DeRosa, Lugo, and getting rid of Chris Duncan have helped the offense get some life.

I got to see Matt Holliday hit his first home run as a Cardinal the other night. Too bad the boys lost in 10 innings. Still a great time for my first game of the year of what I hope is many more.

So in the last couple days, the Mizzou Sports Medicine staff has had several staff outings. We went golfing (which I was terrible at...it had been so long) and dinner at Houlihan's on Wednesday. Thursday we went to Lake of the Ozarks and went canoeing (I kayaked) for 6 miles down the river. Such a fun day with soooo many funny stories. Yesterday we had an outing at the head athletic trainer's house. It was a good time.

Orientation starts today and runs for the next couple days and is followed by the start of two-a-days. It will be seriously busy. With the start of preseason comes Mizzou Mustache Madness. Every male on staff is growing out their mustache (no beard) until August 24th. This should be fairly gross and semi-creepsterish. We'll see how it goes.

Life is busy but satisfying

So after working 9 straight days of camp starting the day after I moved to Columbia, I finally finished up with camps. However, today was my first day without camp and I went in for football runs at 530 this morning. I had my first day "in the office". It was kindof surreal but I got a lot of work done. I had a good sense of responsibility and accomplishment during the day. It's good. I think I'm going to adjust well.

In my down time, I've been playing a lot of MLB The Show '09. Today I upped my hit streak to 24 games but then snapped it in an awful performance. Other than that, I played some Guitar Hero with my roommate tonight and now we are watching The Passengers. We'll see how it goes.

I dont know if I'll finish it though b/c 530 comes very early tomorrow. I'm out...time to focus.

New place is up and running

Now that I officially have the internet in my apartment, I think I can declare my crib up and running. These first 5 days have been absolutely crazy. I moved in Sunday and started working everyday on Monday. When you work all day, that doesn't leave much time to get things settled in the apartment or get to know the town very well. I know its only been 4 days but I've already done sooo much. Next week, I actually stop the summer work and start working for real. Rumor is saying that it is going to be the women's volleyball team here. I don't officially know but that is the word going around. I'm actually really excited to be able to get everything set up exactly how I want it and have control of my own team. It will be a great learning experience. Time to continue surfing the net on my new wireless setup. I am pumped.

Need to pack.....no time to do it

So I'm moving on Thursday....WOW! It has sprung on me so quickly and I'm not at all ready to leave Columbus. It has been an amazing for years. Everything that is planned for my future to this point was found here....my career, my future wife, some of my best friends....This 4 years has been soooooo fast looking back on it. I never would've imagined it would be done this quickly. Either way, life goes on. I'm just glad I've gotten the chance to make the most of it.

So back to the whole I'm moving Thursday. I am not nearly where I need to be as far as packing....especially since I'm taking all of my stuff and most of Sarah's with me. Now, you say...why haven't you packed the last couple of days. Well...I'm sitting outside at boring women's lacrosse camps all day long and staying in the dorm with them at night. Grant it....I am making a good amount of money this week which is much needed, but Wednesday evening is going to be super stressful.

Wedding plans have started to move forward. They are semi-stressful at this point in the juncture. Sarah and I have hit a few snags but we will work through them together and it will be perfect. I cannot wait for our life together. It truly can't come soon enough.

Jon and Kate

This story is so sad. While I'm tired of hearing about it everyday...I just can't help but think about those poor kids. How did their life become so painful so quickly? They just renewed their vows last season. It's amazing what being a "celebrity" can do to your life and your marriage. I pray that those kids won't be affected too much. They are still so young and impressionable I don't know how they will make it. It's just so sad.

San Antonio..Jump on it ...jump on it

So I just spent the last 5 days driving 1300 miles to San Antonio, attending the national Athletic Training conference for 3 days and driving 1300 miles back to Columbus. Talk about a long trip and about 40 hours in a car. Lucky for me, I got to do it with 5 of my good friends so it really wasn't that terrible. During the drive, we spent the night in two super sketchy motels around Little Rock and might have feared for our safety. While in SA, we got to see the Alamo, walk around the Riverwalk (which was sweet), and visit Coyote Ugly. All of this while we were attending lectures and learning sessions about our profession. I'm tired now but it was totally worth every bit of money and lack of sleep used on the trip.

Growing up all at once

Friday: Went to dinner with Sarah at a very nice restaurant right on the river with a view of the Columbus skyline. From there, went to a great concert by the Plain White T's. It was definitely a good time. Left the show and walked around Mirror Lake where I became engaged to a wonderful amazing girl. Spent the last couple hours hanging out with some of my roommates.

Saturday: Spent most of the day at pre-Commencement for Allied Med. I received my certificate that says I completed my Athletic Training curriculum.

Sunday: I spent most of the day with 8165 other graduates in Ohio Stadium listening to John Glenn give a solid commencement address. It was hot, but I got my degree. I can't believe my undergrad career is over.