Sisters

I have two older sisters, Blake and Allie.  Blake is in her first year at med school at Iowa while Allie is in her junior year at Iowa.  Both of them are very intelligent and both of them are smaller than me.  This means when I was younger and they  still lived at home, I made life for them living hell for some time.  I always wanted someone to wrestle and play around with, but they did not always want the same thing.  I remember numerous times I would make them cry and they would go tell on me, but I probably made them into tougher individuals.  I am just waiting for the day that they need to physically fend for themselves and they thank me for teaching them how to wrestle.

CHRISTMAS BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas break is rapidly approaching and everyone is getting very excited for what it holds.  I am pretty excited to go home and see my sisters and hang out with them.  We will most likely screw around and someone will end up getting pissed off at each other.  On Christmas day we will most likely head over to my grandparent's house in Monticello, Iowa and spend the day with some close family members.  If we do not go over there, we will just hang around home and cook up a nice Christmas day meal and just be with each other.  Whatever it is, I will be happy to be around my family.

Offseason Workouts

I have been warned from several upperclassmen that football workouts in the off season are incredibly difficult and will most likely make me want to cry.  I do not know what to expect because I have not experienced these workouts before but I do enjoy working out very much.  Over Christmas break when I am at home I will most likely be working out everyday for a couple of reasons.  First of all I like to do it and it is a great stress reliever and secondly I need to get into tip top shape for workouts starting on January 8.  I hope I can really thrive in the workouts and show the coaches and other players that I am a force to be reckoned with.

Cash Flow

Recently a friend and I signed up to donate plasma in Cedar Falls at Biolife.  We realized that it is quite an easy way to make some quick cash and it is a nice gesture to those who are in need of plasma.  I, fortunately, am not afraid of needles and I enjoy giving fluids from my body.  Unfortunately, my friend appears to be a bit afraid of the needle portion of the procedure.  I am hoping he does not pass out and make us both look like little girls, but if we does I will probably just say I am not with him.  But on a more serious note, I hope this can become a weekly thing for both of us.

Wrestling

Wrestling has always been a huge part of my life and watching the Wartburg wrestlers tonight really made me miss it.  It has taught me so much over the years and I have never competed in a sport that was so physically demanding.  I will forever have a messed up ear from wrestling, but I view it as a sign on toughness and people give me respect after they see it.  I am hoping to go back to my high school over break and wrestle around with my old friends and see how they are doing.  It will be nice getting back on to the mats and rolling around with my buddies.

Finals

Finals will surely be something new to me this year and I am somewhat concerned.  I never had to take finals in high school and it seems like some kids here at college have already taken finals in high school and know how to take them and what to study.  I wish we would have taken them in high school but for now I will just have to talk to my professors and learn some new studying strategies so I do good on them.  Hopefully my confidence will go up in the next couple weeks when I really start buckling down and studying hard.