Basketball

When i was younger i always loved basketball. I even loved basketball more than i loved football and im in college playing football now. My love for football out grew my love for basketball though over time. Although i was never able to stop loving basketball i played it all through high school and although i was a little short i wasnt to bad at it. I now hear my little brother saying he had a basketball game tonight and i just stopped for a moment and went to thinking about when i played. We always here people say this but it is always true if i could go back in time and just play one more basketball game at my high school i would do it in a heart beat. All those days we ran sprints, all the sweat i lost during practice, all those drills we did and i hated at the time i wish i could do them now. Whenever i talked to anyone still playing in high school even my little brother i tell them to work hard and enjoy it even if practice sucks when your done you will wish you had just one more game, one more time to give it your all.

presentation

We have are presentations coming up for IS and im suppose to go on wednesday. I have read the book and have the work done but now presenting it is going to be the hard part. This is because it is a final so that puts even more pressure on me and second we have to talk in front on the whole class. This is one of my fear talking in front of crowds let alone giving a 10 minute presentation. I know some how some way i will get through the presentation i just hope the nerves dont kick in to bad while my presentation is going on. I have no problem with IS class and i have grown to like the class but at this point i wish there was a fast forward button so i could fast forward past my presentation and stop worrying.

meeting new people

I recently visited one of my friends i hadnt seen in awhile at iowa state. He introduced me to alot of new people and we instantly clicked and became friends. I always hear alot of people talking about how hard it is for them to make friends but for some reason with me it is the exact opposite. Every where i go i can instantly meet people and become friends with them and i do not know how i do it. When it comes to stuff like gettin up and talking in front of alot of people for presentation or in church it is so hard for me to talk, but when it comes to me making new friends and talking to them i have no problems doing it. I have a loud and deep voice which may be good for speaking but when talking in front of just a small room of people i be come nervous. I wish i knew why i was so nervous because i played football and basketball games in front of large crowds of people with out being nervous but when it comes to speaking its a whole differnt story.

finals

Finals are coming up so i am now just trying to finish strong. This will probably be one of the hardest things i have ever done besides football. I always here about some schools giving finals in high school and they talk about how much it sucked and i never had finals in high school so i can only imagine how hard this will be. All i can do is study hard and have faith in god and i will be fine. I must admit the though of not passing a final and failing classes is very scary,I know this will be hard but i only make it harder on myself if i dont have a positive attitude. I think i should stop stressing though because faith has taken me this far in life so i believe it will help me get over the obstacle of finals that lies ahead of me

Workouts

After losing in the first round to bethel are season ended.  We had a couple of weeks of to ourselves but now we have started pre offseason workouts because the official offseason does not start until after chistmas break. These workouts are getting us ready for the offseason, the workouts are not that hard but after having a few weeks off and no practice they seem really hard. We worked out outside while it was snowing and freezing doing speed and strength workouts. These are some of the hardest parts of the offseason but i love football and i am dedicated so i have no problem doing them. The offseason is what gets you better so if the team or myself is going to get better we have to do this. I can not complain because this is the organization on campus i have entered and i have learned to love and cherish it 

Christmas

We are back in school and now all i can think about is getting another break but 3 weeks is standing in between that. These next 3 weeks will be some of the hardest and longest weeks i have delt with because thanksgiving break is a teaser and now all i can think about is another break. All of my friends will be back home for break and we will defintely have some good times and catching up to do. Most importantly i get to see my big brother who will be coming home from atlanta and we will all get to go to church and play our instruments. He plays the Bass my sister plays the piano, my little brother plays the drums and i play the guitar in my dads church, we will all finally be back together and i cant wait because i havent played the guitar alongside of them since this summer. I am just trying to keep my head on straight for these few weeks and finish the semster strong so i can i have a good christmas break.

Friends

I spent alot of time with my friends during the break and i relized how lucky i am to have them. Seeing them took me back to my high school days and that makes me start thinking i am getting old i never though i would be saying my high school days so fast. My friends and i had good times and high school and when we got together the good times just kept rolling. Most of the kids that are still in high school look up to me because i am doing what i always told them i would do and that is playing college football along side a few other of my friends still playing in college. Now that i am back in school i am just waiting for the next opportunity i get to see me friends again because my high school class was a real close class.

Back to School

Thanksgiving was a sucess i got to spend alot of time with my family. I was a little scared because my sister go in a car accident on the way home but luckily she was fine she was just going a little to fast a messed up her car but she was not harmed. My parents didn't really give me a curfew but i respect them so i made the sacrifice and came home earlier than i wanted to because i wanted to show my respect. The food was great i finally got a good home cooked meal and went to church on sunday and saw alot of my family i hadnt seen since the summer. My brother goes to college in atlanta so he didnt have enough time to come home so instead he spent thanksgiving with my uncle in south carolina but i wish he really could have been here because i miss him i havent seen him since the summer.

Almost here

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I can not wait to finally be back home and get a home cooked meal. I still have to go to class from monday to wednesday while all my other friends are already out on break. Once i get home i will be happy to be there but it will also be a reality check because in college im used to being on my own and doin what ever i want. Since im staying at home its back to following my parents rules i just hope they do not make my curfew to early because i want to hang out with some of my old friends. All in all the most important thing is that i get to spend time with my family

missing

I always worked hard in practice because i wanted to get better, but when your stuck practing in the cold weather all you can think is i cant wait until this is over. Our undefeated season ended to bethel in the first round and it was fun while it lasted. Now that the season is over i miss it, i miss running sprints, i miss freezing in the cold and i miss jus going to practice in general. My days are so much different now that footballs over alot more time on my hands. This is always the part i hate about football the season ends and now you have nothing to do, you have to go stay in shape until the off season starts. I will never forget this season but now it is time to get ready for the next season and keep wartburg football tradition alive.

losing

We had a good week of practice i thought. We watched alot of film to get ready for Bethel in the first round i watched the game in the cold we didnt play so well but nearly won it. Losing is always tough especially because the team was so close. I am going to miss every senior that is graduating from the team. When i first came here they were just random people to me but over time they became my teammates and later on they became my brothers. They always worked hard and i wish we would have gone on farther than the first round of the playoffs, but coach willis said dont be sad thats its over be happy that it happend. Although i am only a freshmen i believe i will those words will stick with me and cheer me up for the rest of my life.

Fall Break

I did not know how boring the campus gets over fall break. The only people i knew on campus were the football team, so it reminded me of football camp because we were the only people on campus. The dorms were quiet no RAs on duty but they weren't needed because there was no one here. This also happened to be the coldest week i have had here at wartburg causing me to get sick because of practicing out in the cold. We always have to go hard in practice but this week was even harder because it was Luther week our rival game. I really wanted to go home and get a chance to enjoy my break but beating luther is was alot more important. Although the fall break was not very fun and not really a break everything was better after we came away with the win to beat Luther on Saturday.

Social change Wheel

When we went over the social change wheel in class i only raised my hand for direct service because i work with kids my senior year in high school. I went to their class every other day to work in the classroom the kids and i formed a close bond and once my time in their class was done i actually felt said because it felt as if those were my kids.Spcially responsible daily behavior because that is what you do in your daily life.  After reviewing the social change wheel i realized that i also participated in community building because i work in the clean up commity when the horrible tornado hit aplington parkersburg. Also in voting/ formal political activities only beccause i have voted in a few elections. I want to maybe somehow participate in direct action strategies because sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in.

Think

Some times you just have to take time to sit and think. College life goes so fast that you dont relize all the things that are happening. Yesterday as i sat to think i heard new after talking to my mom that one of her old friends had died and i was not aware until she told me. After hearing this i thought about my mom, i had to thank god for giving me such a strong wonderful mother. She has been through so much she has lost her mom,dad, brother,  two sisters, mother in law and father in law and now a close friend. Despite all these loses my mom still finds time to smile, she never complains even when i belive she has every right to. I am physically strong but i can not say i am mentally strong as my mother because she has lost so many people in life but she is always positive and always right there when i need her. Dealing with 4 kids and a husband i do not how she does it but i can truely say she is the strongest women i know

This week was my little brothers birthday i almost forgot about it but luckily i didnt. I didn't enough time to get him a present but he did get to see me on his birthday so i hope that my presence was good enough for him. Me and him never really fought that much, its was most me me and my older brother fighting so me and my little brother were close. I was also close with my older brother to but since he is in college last year my senior year in high school just made me and my little brother closer. He played on the same football team as me i just wish he didn't get hurt so that he could have played i belive he would have started football with me as a freshmen if he didn't hurt his ankle.I never told him this because i want him to keep working hard because he is already good but i dont want him to settle i want him to be better than man than i was in high school. My little brother got a chance to play at CF high school this year a chance i wish i would have gotten but i did not attend that school right now he is living the dream that i always dreamed about and seeing him play makes me proud and he proves people wrong saying people from the small schools are not good enough for big schools like CF

This week we talked about animals dreams in class and as i read the book i absoutely hated it but i was able to force myself to finish reading it. After we had the discussion about the book and certain quotes in the book im starting to think that maybe the book is not so bad it just had deeper meaning and you really have to stop and think to understand certain things that are happening in the book. I remeber the quote "its what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around", i read that and it helps you cope with something that may be happening in your life right now or even give life new meaning

Time

Time can be a good thing as well as a bad thing.Time helps us tell what day or time of the month it is but time is so much more than dates and times to be at certain places. In life you learn that you never know how much time you have so enjoy life(time) while you have it and share it with people that you love and want to be around. Just like in a game of any sport eventually the time will run out make it worth it

I am finally starting to get the hang of college but it is alot differnt then high school but i knew that before i even entered college.This has been a busy week alot of homework in most of my classes going to football practice trying to get ready to play the first team in are iowa football conference and going to study table to do homework. I get calls from differnt family members telling me to keep working hard and everything will work out sometimes its hard to believe because everything seems so hard right now but at the end of the day i do believe that things will get better and work out. I like being in college but i must admit i miss seeing my family i see my big sister because she goes to wartburg but my older brother is in college in atlanta and my younger brother is still in high school. I never thought i would miss them all so much especially my parents because they were so strict but now it brings joy every time i get to see them, i guess its like the old saying says you never know how much you love something or someone until its gone or your away from them. My family has always been their for me so i know that they are here for my now praying for me, i know god has a plan for me in life, so i will keep working making myself as well as my parents proud im out peace.

new year

This week we started class and it officially became a new year of school for me. Things have truely changed in high school we never got home work hardly in the first week let alone the first day, now in college i just about got homework in every class. I can not complain because i knew going in to college that it wasnt going to be easy so all i can do is get the work done and get help if i need it. Football has been going for about a month now and with school starting i am just trying to balance out the two together thats what most of my week has consisted of. I don't know which was harder waking up and 6am to lift for football or going to class with no dinner at 6:30 for a night class, although things are harder now sooner or later it will all become a routine that i become used to. Now that i have finished all my homework its time to sit back, relax, hope the hawks win and of course the wartburg knights.