The Presentation

Our group gave our presentation today and it went very very well. I really do not think that it could have gone much better than what it did. After we presented the comittee didn't even have any questions for us, just coments about how impressed they were. We had a lot of information about the senior center that we are working at. My friend and I went to the senior center personally to understand more about it. They were also very happy with how we found a great way to get the community involved with our service. Finally, we all did a great job of public speaking which can be hard for some people. Everyone in the group did their part even if they were not great with public speaking. If we do not get into the Res I seriously would be shocked because like I said I don't think it could have went better

The Res

I am planning on living in the Res. next year with seven other guys. They all happen to play soccer, which might be a little weird for awhile but I think that I will get used to it. I really like all the guys that I will possibly be living with. The difficult thing about it is that we have to complete a service project, write a proposal, and give a presentation. I have done a lot of work with it already with organization. I contacted a person at the senior citizen center here in Waverly. I think that we would have a great service project there. She needs a lot of help with her day-to-day operations as well as organization of different events at the senior center. Hopefully, we can work on our proposal and gave a good presentation to impress the comittee. Then we get start to organize and get this service project rolling. They did a lot of help at the senior center so we are pretty excited to help out.

Green Bay Packers

I am a pretty big Green Bay Packers fan so this year has been pretty exciting so far. We are coming of a big Super Bowl win. It is really special because your team can't say that it is the best in the world very often. This year we are off to a great start and are undefeated so far. They have had a couple scares so far but it seems like every game I ha very confident that we are going to pull through and win even when it is close. Our quarterback is having one of the best seasons ever, so that is really exciting as well. The only thing that can stop us at this point is our defense. It is a very aggresive defense and every once in awhile that will backfire on you. We will just have to wait and see how everything turns out.

One Week Down

I finished my first week of practice and I thought that it went awesome! It really wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. If we work hard as a team and encourage each other it ends up being easy. Coach Newsome always say "Do it right, do it light". That is definatly his philosophy. By doing it right, he means that we need to pick each other up and being postive. It also means doing the little things right. Like starting behind the line and finishing through the line. I thought that our team did a great job of working hard everyday. During the week there are always going to be days where you are not ready to go or you don't have very much energy. We really didn't have that this week. Even when we were not feeling the best, we pushed through it and encouraged each other to continue to work. I am having so much fun. It is much more enjoyable than I ever thought that it would be. I am loving it.

Track Practice

I had me first track practice on Monday. I thought that I would be really nervous about it but I was actually kind of excited. Practice is usually 4-6 in the W and the weight room. We started off with our warm up, which takes about 30 minutes. After that we did a ten minute run. It was fairly easy. Next, we finished with 12 sprints of about 150 meters. We had almost no rest in between and we tired out pretty quick. Coach wasn't very happy with us because we more worried about ourselves then the teammates around us. We thought that we were done at 12 but he extended it 15. He was again not happy after the extra three sprints so he moved it to 18. The final three sprints got a lot better. He wasn't disappointed that we weren't working hard enough but that we were not helping ourselves out by encouraging each other. We finished up with our practice in the weight room for about 45 minutes. Once, we started encouraging each other practice got a lot more fun. If it continues like that track is going to be a lot of fun.

This Week

It has been a really long week and I am very excited that it it the weekend. I found out that I did very good on both the tests that I completed before fall break. That should give me a great chance at getting the grade that I want in both of those classes. I have continued reading "State of Fear". My other concern is my room situation for next your. I have a really close friend that I want to room with next year but he is going to room with soccer players. I might room with him and some soccer players anyways. I can get along with pretty much anyone as long as they are not mean. He is looking at an 8 person room so that might be an interesting expirence for me. I am an only child so I am not used to being around a lot of people most of the time. It should be really fun though. I have a large group project that we are working on every Wednesday and with track practice starting next week, I am going to be very busy. It makes me very nervous but also really excited!

Friends

Me and my roomate have a lot in common. We both love basketball and football. We both are in sports here at wartburg. We both have girlfriends in high school. We have a lot to talk about and get along great. But there is one thing that makes our bond so great. One great thing. The T.V. show "Friends". I dont care what people think, I love that show. The awesome thing is my roomate does also. We watch it everyday from 3-4 p.m. and 10-12 at night. Everyone on our floor knows it too. People just dont come to our room during these hour. They know that it's "Friends" time. Anyways, I really like the show because I used to watch it with my parents and it brings back some good memories. I swear I have seen like every episode. At least I don't watch "Jersey Shore".