Big win...and grad school finally arrives (kindof)

So I had my first grad school exam on Thursday. It went well...I got a 35/36 on it. It was open book and my professor gave us the topic of each question the week before the test. Not exactly what I expected from grad school. None of my classes have been to this point. Not that I mind...just seems weird. I'm not paying for it, though, so I guess deep down, I really don't mind much.

We had an easy win on Wednesday and a huge, hard fought battle on Saturday with volleyball. After Texas A&M beat perennial national contender Nebraska earlier in the week, they came into our place ready to roll us out of our own building. They went up 2 games to none but Mizzou came storming back after the intermission. After tying up the match 2 games a piece....Mizzou but the hammer down to complete the comeback. It was a huge win for us at home. Now we head on the road for 2 tough games against Baylor and Iowa State, both of which are ranked in the top 25. Mizzou's record sits at 10-4 to this point and we have the best start at home to start the season since 2003.

The Cardinals finally clinched the division the other day. Now it's on to the playoffs. I have tickets for game 5 of the first round if need be. I would rather them clinch early, though.

It's 7 am on Tuesday...what else woujld I be doing

I am super tired. I'm definitely not a fan of opening up work at 6 am back to back days. It's rough. Especially if you don't get home from class Monday night until 1015...That already puts me at less that 8 hours.

I finally get to stay home this weekend. First time in 3 weeks that I'm not traveling. It should be nice.

Ugh....what a weekend

So I just spent 4 days in Ann Arbor, Michigan helping their economy and breathing their air. Yuck. While the volleyball team went 3-1 over the weekend...we did get beat by the freakin wolverines. Doesn't matter if I'm at Mizzou or not...I will always hate losing to Michigan.

To top it off, I had to be in that city on a weekend in which they had a huge football upset and my beloved Buckeyes were taken down in the final minutes against USC after winning most of the game. I had to watch the game in the middle of a hated rivals town.

Anyways...it's good to be there. Hopefully I don't catch anything from being in Ann Arbor for 4 days.

Welcome to the the mountains of Mormon-land

So I'm in Utah (Salt Lake City more specifically) this weekend for a volleyball tourney. We got in last night after a long day of travel but overall it wasn't a bad day. We play tonight at 4 local time and tomorrow we have 2 games. When we first rolled in...I was not impressed with the mountains and Salt Lake and all of that jazz that comes with this state. However, today in the sunlight without the smoggyness..the mountains were quite impressive. They just surround everything and project through the sky in a very powerful way. It is actually pretty cool. Hopefully we can pull out a win tonight and a couple tomorrow and get back to MO 6-0.

scratch that

Sarah probably is not coming this weekend unless a miracle happens....this sucks.

Hit the ground running

1 class done....another this afternoon....supposed to be 1 more tonight but I'm not attending. Volleyball is hosting a tourney this weekend so I've got super busy days today, tomorrow, and Saturday. Sarah hopefully gets here on Saturday night. She needs too b/c I will definitely need some hang out time after this weekend is over. It's been too long since we've seen each other.

I gotta clean the house tonight so she doesn't think I'm a slob and since there isn't much other time during the weekend.

Life is good.

Meat and Potatoes

Two-a-days are all but over for volleyball. No practice tomorrow and 1 on Sunday so I guess technically they are done. We had the Black & Gold game tonight which went over without a hitch. I'm excited to get into the season and start traveling to places I've never been before.

Class starts Monday. Not sure I'm as ready for that. I have no clue where classes are and really dont want to get back into homework. I honestly feel almost like a freshman again not knowing how this school operates and where to find the information I need.

I'm getting excited for Sarah to get here. She is supposed to be 1 week away from getting here. Hopefully the car trouble she just got won't keep her there longer than needed.

This and that

First day of volleyball starts tomorrow. I finally get some use to all the work I've been doing the last couple of weeks.

Wedding plans are coming together. The date and location is set. Now we are just getting our wedding party finalized. Things are coming together quickly.

School starts in a couple of weeks. I'm semi-excited for what grad school will be like and partially not ready for class again.

Fall shows are starting back up which should add some flavor to my schedule.

Only 3 weeks til Sarah gets here. It seems like it's been forever.

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.

busy weeks

Cedar Point today with some of my classmates.

Camping and lazy river tomorrow/Thursday with all of my senior AT classmates

Date night with Sarah for our 18 month anniversary.

Parents coming in to town on Friday for graduation weekend

Pre-commencement ceremony on Saturday.

Graduation on Sunday.

San Antonio on Tuesday.


Yikes!!!

Undergrad classes done....check

Just got out of my last undergraduate class ever. I was glad to be done. Not that I didn't like the class but I wish I could have ended my undergraduate career with a non-GEC class that was at 5:30 at night. Not the ideal time or class to finish up with. Oh well. Only one online exam to take on Sunday and everything is complete.

Volleyball tonight with the seniors. Then camping next week. Graduation in 2 Sundays. Then San Antonio soon after that. Then onto the next chapter in my life at the U of Mizzou.

The end of an era

So the annual Athletic Training banquet is tonight. My parents are coming in for it this weekend so I'm really excited about it. I haven't seen them since January so it will be nice. Plus I will get to thank them for everything during my quick speech.

In other news that's not so great...my transmission is messed up on my car. I found out yesterday during a normal oil change that something is severely screwed up. I'm still waiting to find out what exactly it is.

I need to get working on my speech before mom and pop get here.

good news all around

So I spent the weekend in Pittsburgh working a volleyball tournament. 42 hours of work in 3 days is a hard life. Add that to the thousands of screaming girls with hovering parents and it makes it a bit stressful.

I did find out though that I don't have to take an exam for my Missouri certification. I also just found out tonight that my Comp Studies teacher isn't making the graduating seniors do a final paper. That is a huge relief since it was supposed to be 6-8 pages. That also means that I will get a good grade as long as I don't botch this last 2 page paper.

I also don't have to work until Monday which will give me some time off.

Quick updates

Kris Allen won American Idol...I'm very happy about that. I hope to hear his cd sometime soon.

The Cardinals swept the Cubs...we are still relishing in those victories. It really never gets old.

I move to Missouri in just over a month (July 5th). That means school is almost out...aka 2.5 weeks.

Plans for San Antonio are starting to finalize. It will be a good time.

I'm going to Pittsburgh this weekend to work a volleyball tournament. Lots of screaming girls should be a blast. Money is money though.

I am basically done with all my big projects for school, so I'm gonna start to coast.