Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Time to work out

Okay so I worked out on Sat, even though I wasn't feeling 100%. Actually I really wasn't even feeling 50%. I wasn't about to use that as an excuse not to work out. So I did, and my muscles were sore afterwards. Note to self: do not go overboard on new machine b/c it looks fun. I discovered that I can run; I haven't really been able to run w/o lots of pain in my knees. So I jogged a bit, did stairs machine, stretched, and swam laps. I love swimming!! I feel so at ease in the water! After swimming laps I relaxed in the hot tub, got out did some more laps including a 25 (one lap) of butterfly. Well to be honest it really wasn't all out butterfly- it was a drill, three strokes w/ right arm, three strokes w/ left arm, and then put it together for three strokes. I was drained after that- doing butterfly is a lot more work. It is so sad how out of shape I am-compared to high school that is. I used to do three hours of swimming 5 days a week, and sometimes I hit the gym on the weekends! I could do a 75 (3 laps) of butterfly before feeling drained. I could do a 500 (20 laps) in under 8 minutes! I wish UMSL had a swim team- I would be so much better shape if they did- cause I would push myself to make the team. Oh well. Well, mom is having knee surgery and will need to do some physical therapy for it on her own, so I will have a work out buddy!! Well at least on the machines, not in the water-that will be more like me swimming and her watching.

Friday, September 23, 2005

Nervous Energy

Have you ever been sitting around and you get the urge to do something like go on a walk or go work out? I have a bad case of nervous energy today. I need to go to the pool and swim some major laps. That is why t/m I will go to the Rex Plex and hit the machines, then the pool, and finally the hot tub. I can almost feel my muscles going through the motions of freestyle. That's when I know I really have to get into the water. If my stupid shoulder would quit popping, I would be great. So that's where I will be t/m after a training session for what I still haven't figured out, I said I would go and now I'm stuck going. Not that I mind- I just really want to work out. I think I will stretch tonight while watching the game. For anyone who just said "what game?" You need to be hit! The Central Division Champions, The St. Louis Cardinals are playing tonight!! Cards vs. Brewers (stupid Brew Crew are going down!) Chris Carpenter is going for win #22. Pity that Dontrelle Willis got there first. Oh well, Carpenter got to 17, and the other wins first!! Cheer on the Cardinals tonight!!!

Football!

Okay, it is that time of the year again, Football is back!! The St. Louis Rams are at it again. Their record it 1-1, but the season has just begun. The Pittsburgh Steelers(my other fave team) are 2-0!! Watching football and baseball at the same time is hard. I still do it, flipping back and forth. Shouting at the umps for a bad call (Umps are famous for not giving the right calls for the Cardinals) or trying to predict the reason why the yellow flag was thrown (I know offsides, false start, facemask, holding, and I think illeagal formation) Now that the Cards have clinched the central division title (GO CARDS!!), my dad feels we should watch the Rams instead of the Cards and if we are losing or Ray King is pitching(what the heck was he doing the other night??? He shoulda been behind Molina they so coulda thrown Dunn out! He had to go back and tag the base. Had King been where he should have been, Dunn woulda been out!)- then I agree. However, baseball is far from over and I am not willing to miss one moment. Oh yea, the Blues are back. Big deal. Postseason playoffs are rapidly approaching, and we must watch the Cards win! I love Sports!!
Lets Go Cards!!

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

No classes!!

For the first time in my history of attending UMSL, all of my classes have been cancelled!!! Why? Apparently some of the nasty storms we expierienced last night knocked out the power on north campus!! Whooohooo!! So I got to sleep in, I slept til 12:30, guess my body really needed the extra rest b/c I never sleep that late. Maybe they won't get the power fixed and classes will be cancelled t/m too! I seriously doubt that, but hey a girl can dream. No classes, no classes!! Lalalalala! (part taken from Lion King's hyennas w/ their "No king, No king! Lalalalala!") UMSL should cancel classes more often, I like this!

Sunday, September 18, 2005

Alpha Phi Omega

Okay, so I went to Mizzou this weekend with Hilary and Rob. I attended the first Section 35/49 Fall Leadership Conference. Kudos to the co-chairs who did a fantastic job on it. I had a lot of fun getting lost, we couldn't find the campus. Then we couldn't find St. Louis Bread Co. So we decided to get out and walk, this turned out to be a great idea, because we passed a great bar, Harpos. In additon we ran into a girl who knew where Bread Co. was. So we enjoyed breakfast, showed up late to registration, and then attended a session on how to make meetings more fun. The person in charge of it was dressed in a cow suit and had a cut out of The Rock up front. Needless to say the session was very entertaining. I also attended a bylaw session, this was very beneficial. I also attended Launch, which suprisingly was actually good and proved useful. A three hour session of sitting and listening to lecture, was not high on my list. We left Mizzou early b/c I wasn't feeling too good. Got home around 6ish. All in all, it was a very good conference. Tuesday night we turn our potentials into pledges, we are very excited about the number of people interested in pledging. I will report later with how many pledges we have.

Cardinals are Central Division Champs!!!

Oh yeah!! The Cards are Central Division Champs again!! Back to back!! I just got a new Cards t-shirt w/ that on it last night from my parents. Unfortunately the Cards lost to the stupid cubs today. Oh well, we are the champs. Lets go Cardinals!!

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Cardinals

Okay so the majic number for the Cards is 11! We beat the Cubs yesterday. We had a very good road trip. The Roster has just expanded to include 7 brought up from Triple A. They include; Anthony Reyes, Adam Wainright, Randy Flores, Chris Duncan(Dave Duncan's son!), John Gall, Mike Mahoney, and Skip Schumaker. We have seen Reyes, Gall, Mahoney, Flores, and Schumaker in action. We know they are good. It will be interesting to see how Duncan and Wainright do on the major leage level. Reyes and Schumaker are the two who were called up very briefly. However, both players obviously impressed LaRussa enough to call them up when the roster can expand. Jason Marquis appears to have gotten out of his slump; he has won his last two starts. Chris Carpenter became the first 20 game winner in baseball this season, shutting down the Rocket and the Astros. Clemmens only made it through 5 innings, while Carpenter completed the game. We have two more games with the Cubs, who suprise suprise, are not in the running for the wild card. Then we play the Mets. I will be in attendance on Friday the ninth vs. the Pond Scum Mets. My mother hails from Queens, New York and rooted for the Mets, and now to irritate her we boo the mets and call them that name. Let's Go Cardinals. Beat those Cubs!!!

Update: Tyler Johnson was also called up and he pitched for an inning last night. C'mon Cards!! Majic number is now 11!

Friday, September 02, 2005

Katrina

The devestation caused by Hurricane Katrina is unreal. A category four hurricane hit a city that is below sea level- New Orleans. Which is under 20 feet of water right now. It is going to take a long time to drain that water. The citizens there have been told to evacuate the city without knowing when or if they can return to where they have called home. The citizens were warned about this hurricane and told to leave. Many did not heed this warning and as a result thousands are dead, missing, or trapped on roofs. On News Channel 5 they were showing people in Alabama who were chanting "help!" and getting mad at the other citizens of the U.S. for not helping them. There is no food or water. City officials have said they need to get out of the city within 24 hours. Places such as the Superdome that were safe havens for victims are now being evacuated. They are being transported to the Astrodome in Houston. They were taking them by the busloads yesterday, today they are supposedly going to be flown out on 737's. New Orleans is a complete disaster. The people are looting and shooting to get food, whats worse is that some of the police officers have turned in their badges and joined the looters. Yesterday the evacuation process was stopped when some idiots started shooting at the rescuers. I mean c'mon, you are screaming for help and then when help arrives you shoot at them? Oh yea that's how you get more people to come down and help you. They were told that Katrina was coming and they were not safe and that they needed to leave. But did they listen? Nope. Now some democrats and some liberals are blaming President Bush for Katrina. They are saying that it is his fault because he has done nothing to stop global warming. Look there is nothing that man could have done, no one could have stopped Katrina. It was a force of nature, and as we can't control nature, there was nothing that could have been done other than to wait until the wrath of Katrina was done. Several college students are displaced by Katrina are now looking for a place to go. The UM schools are opening their doors to those students. UMSL has a bit on their home page saying how the late fees will be waived and students will be placed in classes. The American Red Cross is taking donations to help those hurt by Katrina. Alpha Phi Omega and Pi Kappa Alpha will be collecting donations for the Red Cross on the UMSL campus soon. More info on that to come. Pray for those hurt by Katrina.

Update: The American Red Cross and the National Guard are doing everything possible to get supplies to people. President Bush is working as hard as he possible can. As for being able to go down to the areas affected by Katrina, we can't-its too dangerous. The Missouri National Guard was sent to help those areas. Evacuation is not as easy as it sounds, some people are trapped in attics or standed on roofs. Rescue teams are working as fast and as hard as possible to save every life they can. Calling people names or raging at them because things are going fast enough for you isn't going to get you anywhere. Money and donations are coming in from every venue and being distributed as we speak. There are somethings in this world we can not control. All we can do is whatever is humanly possible and pray. I live in Missouri, the worst that happens to us is tornados and I hate those awful things. I have seen damage from floods, tornados, fires, heavy storms, and earthquakes. My heart goes out to all those hurt by Katrina. All we can ask is be patient, help is coming, and when they come, don't shoot at them.