Busier than a Bee

Yes! Spring has arrived and so have the April showers! Oh man, did it pour as we were trying to leave for Oklahoma on Friday! Gosh, I think it could've filled up my rainboots in 5 minutes! The drive wasn't too bad and Saturday became a beautiful day to play softball until we couldn't come through with a W and lost 7-3. That evening, Mary (manager), Jarrett (student trainer), & I had a quiet dinner at On the Border right around the corner from our hotel in Norman. When we dashed around after dessert to find a deck of cards to end our boredom but that was a negative. Sunday ceased the "springy weather" and I promise you if you didn't watch the game on ESPN, that the wind chill was in the 50's! Needless to say, Kimbo told me to take warm clothes & all I had was my maroon windsuit & we lost 3-1. Gosh, when am I ever going to pack right?! I will for Austrailia at least! I can NOT wait until we leave June 8th! It's going to be awesome, amazing & wonderful!!! Two weeks with my best friends, former coaches, yes, my sister, & her friends. I'm pretty sure I have a little over a month until our departure and Shelby's graduation. But before then I have sooo many things to accomplish before May & June arrives and let me catch y'all up on has happened since Easter:
April 12th - Could've enjoyed a nice day at the river after the rain subsided
13th - Returned to CS to make my 11:30 am class & see the dermatologist at 2 pm who gave me a simple Rx which cured my mystery neck rash & terribly dry skin!
15th - Had my Kinesiology 1.5 mile walk test & improved by 1:30 to make a C - Folks, this lady is an awesome Professor but a nazzi! We played Baylor here & came back to upset them with a Home Run from catcher, Erin Glasco. Went out to Harry's with my friends to a free concert by the Josh Abbott Band!
16th - Woke up super early to register for my fall classes; worked out at 8 a.m; attended Nutrition; swam at the Rec; did some usual errands before practice; went out again with more friends to the Hall to get my dance on until there was only 3 guys in our group to dance with out of 20 girls!
17-19th - in Oklahoma for softball; Happy Belated Birthday Terry Arbuckle! returned to CS in 5 speedy hours! Whoop!
20th - cleaned my house (it's a miracle) because Miss Sallie & Bob Wilkins came to have the tour; studied the rest of the day...phew!

And now, I'm about to continue my studying for the 3 exams I have this week and when I have time, I'll give y'all the scoop on the most dreaded week of my life - next week! Aaaaahhh! More to come - Keep it real, home slices ;)

Hoppy Easter!

It's awesome to be back at home in El Campo! Of course, there is not much to do here but I had a quiet evening with my parents. I totally pulled a prank on my sister, telling her that I couldn't make it home because Jeanne didn't want me to travel in the bad weather and she'd rather have me stay with them. Of course, she did invite me but home was calling and Shelby is such a dork because she didn't even notice my car in the garage! I wonder who should really be the blonde in the family...hmmm. I love being blonde so she can't take that spot physically! The family is coming over tomorrow thus there will be lots of cooking and cleaning in the morning after Mass. We were supposed to go to the river but if it rains, those plans would be a disaster! So thankfully I'm here to help my mom prepare and I have someone to attend Mass with me in the morning! Ever since I became Catholic 3 years ago, I am thankful for those people who supported me and sat with me. When I started becoming a faithful Christian when I was 15, I went to church alone unless I was singing in the choir. It was sort of depressing but I didn't show it and just prayed for those who couldn't attend with me.

This weekend, the Lady Ags played tortilla tech at home and we won the series, 5-4 on Friday night and 6-0 today. Our senior catcher, Erin Glasco, hit a homerun last night in the bottom of the 7th with 2 outs to give us the win! It was super exciting and I think everyone was yelling and tearing up with joy! Today, our girls did their job - they played like Aggies should play every game so it was a great outing. But before the game, our athletic trainer asked if Mary (the other manager) or I could help with some of the girls' treatments. Of course, I jumped right up and said heck yes! I did the "heva-mat" on a shoulder & an elbow. The machine sends an electrical current through my body to the other person to alleviate pain, muscle soreness, and swelling. It was pretty cool until I shocked them! Ooops!

I can't wait to get back to CS because I don't have any exams this week but just a few assignments. The excitement will come Wednesday & Thursday night when my friend, Trey, has already planned to go out from Wed-Sat, maybe Sunday too, because he is free from exams until the following week like me! He's a biomedical science major, looking to go to into orthodontics. He's from Boling and we have an awkward friendship. NO, not like that but we've done many things together not knowing each other until we met through a friend last spring and became great friends last semester. But we're going to Hurricane Harry's on Wednesday to see Josh Abbott Band and Thursday night to the TX Hall of Fame, to get our groove on. Trey & I learned how to do all the spins and what not together so we considered each other all-time dancing partners! We even have an inside joke in our "family" - our "wedding song" is Relentless by Jason Aldean and we only dance with each other to that song. Funny, I know!

I hope you all have a wonderful & blessed Easter! Hopefully the rain doesn't keep the Easter bunny away!
Peace out!

Texas Weather

So as I finished a week full of exams, the softball team headed off to Columbia, Missouri to take on the Mizzou Tigers in a double-header on Saturday afternoon. We left Friday to fly from Houston to Kansas City. Many of us were very confused if we were in Kansas or Missouri since the town resides in both states. We ate dinner before hauling 2 hours to Columbia for our weekend stay. Saturday was not the best of days for the team. We were able to sleep in a little but it was very windy and chilly outside. We were playing both games on Saturday because there was supposed to be a bad storm coming in. Unfortunately, as we were in the middle of the first game, it started getting warmer as each inning passed. Many of the girls and staff were shedding their layers. By the end of both games, we had lost in 5 innings, 8-0 and 9-1. Let's just not say much more as for the scores speak for themselves. That evening we ate a local sports bar and they had a lot of choose from but they recommended the BBQ. So I had a mixed platter of pulled pork, brisket, and the best, ribs. So we quietly returned to the hotel and some of the girls had studying to do but I set off to run and stretch around the lit parking lot. I got some good exercise in before heading off to the Barnes & Noble across the street. I bought two good cookbooks - one that I have been eyeing for awhile called "The Sneaky Cook" and the other a slow-cooker book. I'll have to try some recipes and share the good ones with y'all! So Sunday was a little colder. Mary, the other manager, and I had planned on sleeping in later and skipping breakfast until Kelsey Splittler, our left fielder, decided to come wake us up at 8:30! So I tried going back to sleep until I realized I needed some coffee and to say some prayers since I would not be fulfilling my Christian obligations on Palm Sunday. But I'll make it up to the big guy upstairs when Easter comes...otherwise that is one of the disadvantages of my job. I love going to Mass and singing and listening to the great priests here at St. Mary's in CS. Back to the weekend schedule, we left Columbia at noon and were headed to Kansas City to eat lunch before we got on a plane back to Texas. This is when we found out about the two different Kansas City's. We ate and flew out of Kansas but for the most of the weekend we stayed in Missouri. I'm sure there were a few blonde comments about the confusion. This is where the headline comes in! As we all jumped off the bus to go eat, it started sleeting and the wind was blowing super hard so we were in a miny blizzard hence the heavy snow. It was weird to go from hot to cold so it reminded me of the Texas weather especially since it's supposed to be in the 30's tonight!

Well I don't have any exams this week but I'll be working on my class schedule for the Fall and getting things accomplished for Shelby's Birthday and Easter. I hope y'all have a wonderful and blessed Easter and I can't wait to update y'all from this upcoming weekend!

btho t.u.

A little biography of what my life has been doing this semester...

January - Christmas Break was very long and my Spring Semester at Texas A&M started on the 25th as well as softball practice. For y'all that didn't know, I became the softball manager for the softball team so my student-worker life began. Over Christmas break, I worked at The Crossing for Sallie Wilkins and I wish I could just make a career of it because it's soo hectic but fun during the holiday season. So while I made a little money, my parents and sister traveled to College Station a few times to prepare the house that I would be moving into. Shelby had her Senior Serve on the 25th and it was really great! She surprised Mom & Dad when she sang during dinner but we really surprised everyone when she made a "guest appearance" during the talent show and I joined her.
February - School was under way and I was busy with school, softball and trying to keep some of my social life alive. Living by myself wasn't all too bad! I had a lot of time to study and do whatever I please except for cooking which only happened about once or twice a week. I loved the Valentine's Cards I got in the mail! At work, the other manager quit and I was left by myself for about two weeks. I handled it quite well since I managed to manage our first home and away tournament.
March - Spring Break was finally near! But before that I sent Mom a birthday card in the mail and Dad hassled with the telephone company for charging us for things I didn't need! Softball was going well but some of my grades were suffereing by missing most of my Friday classes. But a long awaited tournament finally arrived where we flew to Florida and I was able to go to my first PGA tournament at the Doral course in Miami and go lay out on the Ft. Lauderdale beach! I was even more excited to get to take off work and go home for 2 days during the break and spend time with my family. So when I returned to College Station, it was back to school and back to work. And now it's April Fool's Day and we have about 7 weeks of school left! It's gone by so fast I can't believe it! I haven't gone dancing but twice this semester!

Well I will try to keep you all posted as frequently as possible! But most importantly, the softball team is playing t.u. tonight or Hump Day as Aggies call it, at 6:30 p.m. Hopefully we can Saw 'em Off! So stay tuned & I can't wait to receive some comments!

Howdy Y'all!

So I've decided to start a blog to keep y'all more up to date! Plus, it'll keep me off Facebook a little bit more! I'm always running around very busy & I felt that it would be easier to make short blogs rather than one long e-mail once a month. Plus, all of y'all and your friends can see it as well! So I'll keep everyone posted once I get it up and running starting with Spring Break.