Short Absence

Although I could blame the moving in or the early training or the team building that has been going on this week for my absence from this blog, I'm not going to.  It really just boils down to me being too lazy and wanting to take a nap after waking up at 6 in the morning for practices and workouts.  On the up side, I've been getting some great training in with the team and feel like I'm getting a lot stronger.  The season opener in the middle of September is approaching very quickly.  That meet in Boone, NC is only open to the top 20 men on the team.  Hopefully coach sees it in my that I deserve to go on the trip, but in the end it's up to him and how well I run before then.

Here's what's been happening to me since my last post.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Were absolutely crazy.  I worked the River City Soccer Classic Friday night with my mom to make some money.  Sounds easy enough, right?  Wrong.  I have never seen so many people complain about having to pay to get into a high school sporting event.  These people were on the verge of fighting my mom and I just because they had to pay to get into a soccer tournament.  Have these people never been to a high school football, baseball, basketball, softball, volleyball or soccer game?  Even wrestling, swimming, and track charge admission for the fans!  These people thought it was ridiculous that they were being charged to go watch high school soccer.  It's over now, but I was getting quite frustrated with some of the people who thought they were too good to pay like everyone else.  I was glad when it was over but went to the MHS football game against Jasper.  The tigers were supposed to win their first game in 5 years against the wildcats but that ended up not happening.  I was busy with the concession stand all night anyway, a very hot, low paying job.  Tired and dehydrated, my mom and I went home to get some sleep before tomorrow morning.
We woke up early to sell tickets for the tournament.  This day was a lot easier than the previous evening.  It could have been that there was a cop standing there or that it was a LOT cooler because of the rain that had rolled through earlier but we had much less trouble Saturday than we did Friday.

After the tournament I went home and packed some stuff to move into my apartment at USI.  By the time I got stuff put together and got out to school, I had to go to the meeting for cross.  That ran long and we went straight to practice.  I didn't get to the apartment that night so I slept at home.

SUNDAY

Sunday was move in day for me.  After moving most of my stuff in we had our long run that night at 6:30.  A nice and easy 12 miler with the team.  Love it.

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY
The rest of this week was training, hanging out with the team, and getting stuff I needed for the apartment.  Now I'm pretty ready for school to start.  Tonight's a cookout with the team.  We're looking good so far.  Hopefully we can get a shot at Nationals this year!

Friday's a trip to Lincoln State Park for another workout.  This trip's always a great time to get some team bonding and a good workout in.  I'm SO STOKED FOR THIS YEAR!!!!!