4/30/11

It was my brother’s birthday this past Sunday so I had my one my friends on the Track team call my brother from his phone wishing him Happy Birthday from a random number. It was funny and we had a pretty good laugh at my brother’s expense. I’m about to start an investment in equities assignment where we have $1,000,000 in a mock stock trading account and I have to invest in at least 10 different companies then make at least one trade a week until April 15th. It should be a fun project so I contacted my inside sources (my grandmother) to see where I should potentially invest my money. Tulane has also started to have a department wide dinner every month for the student-athletes and tonight we had a few people speak to us about proper etiquette for a job interview. They fed us some great food and I enjoyed spending time with the different teams. I also had a minor calf injury at the beginning of the week so I did some rehab during the week and I’m now fully recovered and thankful that God led me to a successful and speedy recovery. Plus the Super Bowl is a week way...

Another week in the books

Another good week of classes have gone by and I have managed to stay on top of things. One of my assignments this week was to read an article about Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios, which was cool. I love Pixar movies so it was neat to do a homework assignment about it. Track practice went well, I had a long sprint workout on Wednesday and it was kind of rough, but I survived and hopefully stronger as a result. I had a pretty relaxing weekend. I did some schoolwork and read 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper on my nook. It was really good and other than talking about his experience in Heaven, he wrote an important message about pride and allowing God to work through a person’s life.

1st week of class and Baton Rouge

Last week was my first week of classes and they went pretty well. My schedule looks good this semester and I’m lifting at 9AM Monday, Wednesday, Friday; which is way better than the fall semester. The women’s track team started the indoor season with a meet at LSU. I went up to Baton Rouge with a couple of guys from the team to watch the girls compete and it was a good first meet. A few girls had their personal bests and all the new girls have now competed in a college track meet. I ended up staying in Baton Rouge with some friends that go to LSU. We had a good time hanging out and I met some new people, too. One of the girls I met that hung out with us on Saturday kept thinking I looked a lot like someone she knew. Later that night my brother’s name came up in conversation and she asked if I knew him and I replied, “Yeah sort of…he’s my brother.” She thought I looked exactly like Gaines, but had no idea we were brothers so that was entertaining. Sunday night I went to Refuge at the Chapel and it was great. The worship was amazing and the service was good, too. I’m starting a lot of my event training this week so I’m sure I will be exhausted, but it will be another great week. I’m glad the semester is off to a good start and I’m looking forward to learning more and more like every other semester.

End of the break

The past week has been great. All of my family was able to get together for Christmas and we had a great time. I got a Nook (B&N e-reader) for Christmas and I am really excited about having so many books in one place. Another one of my cousins got engaged over the break so we had a little engagement party at my Grandparent’s for both of my cousins. I had not met my other cousin's fiancé so it was nice to meet her. It was a fun time and nice to see some people I had not seen in awhile. I also went to a Campus Crusade Conference here in Fort Worth called the Winter Conference. It was a great time and I was able to spend some quality time with Lord, in addition to meeting some new people. My brother and I have also had a lot of fun watching season 1 of Modern Family, laughing hysterically at almost every episode. Overall I have had a great Christmas break. I have been able to hang out with some friends I have not seen in awhile and i was able to hang out with my family. Looking forward to going back to Tulane and starting back up again.