As usual, I have been crazy busy, but that's expected by now I think. With classes, work, dance, and track, I barely have time to breathe. I believe it's all worth it though. Classes are going okay. I am buried in homework all the time but I'm starting to feel almost all the way caught up. It's a great feeling.
My workouts for track are on the upswing. I was extremely sick last week (sinus infection?) so I didn't get as much done as I wanted to. It was extremely hard to breathe and/or move for almost five days straight. However, I am almost fully recovered now. Still a little difficult to breathe, and my nose doesn't like to stop running (wish I could say the same for my legs) but other than that I'm feeling pretty healthy. I've been able to increase the weight that I have been lifting as well as the intensity of my conditioning workouts. It is going to be great to be ready to go once the season starts. I won't have to worry about getting back in shape because I'll already be there! I'm also proud of my teammates because for the most part it seems that they are keeping up with their workouts as well. I can't wait to see what we can accomplish this season!
As for dance, I am having so much fun. We are all freaking out a little because we debut TOMORROW! We will be performing for the first time ever as our school's first ever dance team at halftime of the Homecoming football game tomorrow afternoon. We have a pretty busy schedule until then. Practice is in a few hours, and then we will have team dinner and video. Tomorrow morning we have rehearsal at 9am and are busy from then until the end of the game approximately seven hours later. We are so excited. There are a lot of different opinions about us out there, and we want to give a great first impression.
The other exciting part of this weekend is my family coming to see me! My mom, dad, and sister will be arriving tomorrow morning(ish) to watch me perform at the game, and then we get to hang out all night and the next morning. It is going to be awesome.
Well I better get some homework done before practice. Thanks for reading!
"Be a winner: plan to win, prepare to win, expect to win."
-Anon
Friday, September 30, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
What Am I Doing With My Life?
I have been asking myself this very question a lot lately, mostly just because I am so busy that I am getting extremely overwhelmed and stressed. Therefore, I am pretty sure the answer to my question is, "too much." However, this is really the only life I know. I'm not really sure why I still get so stressed out when I should be used to non-stop craziness by now. A lot of it is probably good stress, but sometimes I just get exhausted and have to step back, take a deep breath, relax a little while, and then get back to work. As long as I can get in a short break here and there I will be just fine.
Classes are still pretty crazy. I am kind of amazed they are taking so much of my time because I am only taking four. I am so glad I decided not to take more. I knew these classes would be tough and would take a lot of my time, and I am positive I made the correct decision. I think part of it is also that I am so used to staying ahead in homework that it is just freaking me out that I am actually on time. Plus I still have to schedule in work, dance practices, track workouts, making meals, sleep, and other random things that come up along the way.
Work has slowed down as I suspected, and we are using most of our time to work on projects and organizing our office. We are getting too big for our office, however. We have too many students enrolled! High enrollment is definitely not a bad thing for the university but we have surpassed our maximum capacity for student files. I am pretty sure we are ordering another filing cabinet that we aren't exactly sure is going to fit. I guess that's not my problem though...yet.
Dance has been going really well. I am getting so close to doing the splits. We have started doing skills practices taught by a few of the girls that have a lot of dance experience outside of our twice weekly team practices. Today was the first one I was able to attend and I had a great time. It ended up being a one-on-one session so I got a lot of attention and learned a lot about technique, form, dance terms, and posture. I can already see a huge improvement in my turns and kicks. Our Homecoming debut is getting closer and closer and I am getting so pumped!
I guess I should put a little note on how this is the first year I have a full kitchen at school and therefore the first time I am in charge of all of my meals. It is very difficult for a college student to be responsible for their own food and still make sure they are eating healthy, especially on such a tight budget. I have been taking some risks with my cooking, though, and am learning a lot about what works, what tastes good, and how I can use the little amount of things that I have to make a fulfilling meal.
I started to get back into lifting finally this week. It felt great to get back in the weight room, but it is so hard to try to find time to get it taken care of because besides being busy all the time, when I have free time I am completely exhausted, which is not the best condition to lift in. I have just been taking everything one step at a time to try and keep up with all of my responsibilities as a student-athlete. My first priority has to be school though, which is why they put the word "student" before the word "athlete." Besides, if it weren't for school I wouldn't be participating in athletics. I came here to get a degree. Being an athlete is just a huge perk.
I know what you're thinking. If I am so busy how do I have the time to write all this? I don't. I just know it has been a while since I updated everyone and I wanted you all to know I am surviving. It is extremely late (midnight-I know I am pretty lame for thinking that is way late) and I am so excited to go to bed. Plus my laundry is drying. I still have to fold it. I think I am probably just rambling now because I am way too tired to be awake right now, so I'll go ahead and close.
"Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender." -Rick Pitino
Thanks for reading! God bless =)
Classes are still pretty crazy. I am kind of amazed they are taking so much of my time because I am only taking four. I am so glad I decided not to take more. I knew these classes would be tough and would take a lot of my time, and I am positive I made the correct decision. I think part of it is also that I am so used to staying ahead in homework that it is just freaking me out that I am actually on time. Plus I still have to schedule in work, dance practices, track workouts, making meals, sleep, and other random things that come up along the way.
Work has slowed down as I suspected, and we are using most of our time to work on projects and organizing our office. We are getting too big for our office, however. We have too many students enrolled! High enrollment is definitely not a bad thing for the university but we have surpassed our maximum capacity for student files. I am pretty sure we are ordering another filing cabinet that we aren't exactly sure is going to fit. I guess that's not my problem though...yet.
Dance has been going really well. I am getting so close to doing the splits. We have started doing skills practices taught by a few of the girls that have a lot of dance experience outside of our twice weekly team practices. Today was the first one I was able to attend and I had a great time. It ended up being a one-on-one session so I got a lot of attention and learned a lot about technique, form, dance terms, and posture. I can already see a huge improvement in my turns and kicks. Our Homecoming debut is getting closer and closer and I am getting so pumped!
I guess I should put a little note on how this is the first year I have a full kitchen at school and therefore the first time I am in charge of all of my meals. It is very difficult for a college student to be responsible for their own food and still make sure they are eating healthy, especially on such a tight budget. I have been taking some risks with my cooking, though, and am learning a lot about what works, what tastes good, and how I can use the little amount of things that I have to make a fulfilling meal.
I started to get back into lifting finally this week. It felt great to get back in the weight room, but it is so hard to try to find time to get it taken care of because besides being busy all the time, when I have free time I am completely exhausted, which is not the best condition to lift in. I have just been taking everything one step at a time to try and keep up with all of my responsibilities as a student-athlete. My first priority has to be school though, which is why they put the word "student" before the word "athlete." Besides, if it weren't for school I wouldn't be participating in athletics. I came here to get a degree. Being an athlete is just a huge perk.
I know what you're thinking. If I am so busy how do I have the time to write all this? I don't. I just know it has been a while since I updated everyone and I wanted you all to know I am surviving. It is extremely late (midnight-I know I am pretty lame for thinking that is way late) and I am so excited to go to bed. Plus my laundry is drying. I still have to fold it. I think I am probably just rambling now because I am way too tired to be awake right now, so I'll go ahead and close.
"Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender." -Rick Pitino
Thanks for reading! God bless =)
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