Christmas break was great. Fort Worth actually received snow on Christmas Eve; it was the first time we had received snow on Christmas Eve since the 1920’s. It was great to spend time with my family and see everyone at Christmas. I am blessed to have a great family that I enjoy spending time with. School started on the 10th and though it was tough to say good-bye to my family, I was ready to get back to school to do my work and prepare for the upcoming track season. Since I have been back on campus I have tried to get know more people on campus in order to strengthen the Tulane community. The women’s track team has just started their indoor season and a few of my teammates and myself went to LSU last weekend to watch them compete. The city of New Orleans is also crazy right now about the Saints especially since they are now going to the Super Bowl. I have never seen a city like New Orleans so invested in a Pro Team. It was very cool to see, plus there are a few Texas guys on the Saints roster as well! I have been training for multiple events right now and its fun to learn all of them. I am especially enjoying the throws; however, the pole vault is definitely somewhat challenging. I also recently came down with a dry cough, which eventually lead to a cold. The Australian Open was also this past week and I stayed up until 2:30 watching Andy Roddick play. He was down two sets and then won the next two, only to loose the final set. It was a close, intense match and probably didn’t make my cold any better. Its been a good couple of weeks to start off the semester and I am excited to see how I can learn how to apply what I learn from my classes and see what God will do with this campus and myself.
