Laura's first soccer game

I missed Laura's first game because of the race but I still enjoyed these pictures. I can't wait until next Saturday so I can watch her then! Go number 7!

Rat Race

I ran the Rat Race for the second year in a row. I was able to better my time. I think I could have run a little faster but I forgot to eat breakfast and spent 14 hours in the car the day before. I only took a minute off my time from last year. I can't find the results online yet but I will post a link when I do. This run did earn me an award from Nike+.

The Avocet

I got to play the Avocet at Wild Wing Plantation today. Steph's uncle gave me a coupon for free greens fees so all we had to pay for was the cart. I would rather walk but they don't give you the option at the Avocet. So I played 18 holes there for $24. It was nice and they gave me all the free bottled water I could drink and a granola bar. I shot a 98. A 50 on the front nine and a 48 on the back nine. The last two holes felt really good. I figured out why I was mishitting a bunch of shots. I had to finish my follow thru higher. I was rounding off my swing. Anyways here's a couple of pictures. One is their picture and one I took.

Pictures of the beach

Ok so here's some pictures of the beach. Laura enjoyed playing in the waves. And both the girls enjoyed jumping me when I was buried.

Vacation

I need to retire. I love this vacation stuff. I'm sitting in the backyard in Myrtle Beach right now. It's 70. There isn't a cloud in the sky. It's great. I'll take some pictures today and try to get some posted for you. We've done mini golf, par 3 golf, gone to the beach a couple of times and we went shopping once. It's been fun so far. I did have a lot of trouble getting caught up on sleep. But I feel good now. I'll post more soon.

Michigan is a mess

I don't know about other states. I live in Michigan. I don't know as much as I could about Michigan or maybe even as much as I should. But what I do know is that Michigan is a mess. Money isn't the problem. It's a lack of wisdom on how to spend money that is the problem. Lawmakers waste money and don't give as much as they should to schools. They are even misleading about how much goes to schools. Recently they came up with a plan to buy an iPod for each Michigan public school student. That would've cost 36 million dollars. It was shot down. Schools waste the money they get and end up in debt. They build buildings they don't need. They host dinners that are much too expensive. School boards go on all expense paid trips. Personally our school system eliminated busing in the mornings last year. This year they are laying off tons of teachers (cuts just in staff that would equal $982,000.), thinking about closing one of the schools (the one Laura goes to), planning on cuts for sports, and just cutting any where that they can. It's frustrating.

Va Tech

You all know about the shootings yesterday at Virginia Tech. I've watched some of the news and people are asking all kinds of questions. Why did the police and campus wait so long to warn students? Why do we allow guns? Why did we let the ban on assault weapons and clips that large expire? How can we protect against this in the future? Who was this shooter and why did he do it? All legitimate questions. But wouldn't it be better to ask these questions later? At this moment none of these questions are important. Right now it seems to me as if the survivors are important. People that lost loved ones need to mourn. Professors will have to learn to trust students again. Students will have to learn to sit in class again. There will be time for questions later. I almost wish they had closed the campus and not let the news crews on.

Weaveswrites censored!

Thanks to Burrill for leading me to this site. He isn't censored by the way. I'm furious! How dare they censor my boring running talk! I'm tempted to take down the Chinese government over this. Good thing for them that I'm lazy.

Running

Ok I've had a running update request. I'm still running. I still feel like I'm not losing any weight doing it. But I keep doing it. I'm not ready to change my diet at all. So as for the goals that I stated earlier. I have run 71.3 miles which is .7 ahead of my target pace and I've run 20 times which is one behind. I have 35 days left to get my 48.7 miles in and 65 days to get my remaining 30 runs.

Nothing says Spring like baseball

Or something like that. I went to the home opener for the Whitecaps yesterday. It was cold. It snowed. You can tell from the pictures that there weren't many people there. Unfortunately, the people that gave me the tickets wanted to be there an hour and a half early to make sure they got one of the free baseball caps. I'm not sure they ever ran out. The smartest thing I did was get a couple of programs to sit on. Metal bleachers require insulation.

The sad song of the bad son

I am the bad son
It's not something I did
If only I had done some
Then I wouldn't be that kid
That wrote a bad poem.

I know I don't rhyme
Or do any of that other cool writing stuff
I should leave that to my sister
She's good at that fluff
If only I'd taken the time.

Just call your mom it's not hard
Wish her a happy birthday
You big retard
But no I forgot
So I write this poem today
For forgiveness I plea.
And so does everyone else
So the poetry will go away.

Happy late birthday mom.
Sorry

The Day After

Steph and I have this vacation planned to Myrtle Beach coming up. We decided just to forget the little vacation thing and go all out. So we're heading down there later this month. There's a race in Mt. Pleasant the 28th that I need to be back for. Unfortunately that's the day after we get back. That day will be one that lives in infamy. That morning is the race. At 10 in the morning there's a financial planning thing that I'm kindof expected to attend at church. That evening there's a young adults activity that somehow I still qualify for. I'm going to need another vacation right after I get back.

Snow

I'm ready for this to be over with. I'm tired of snow. It's snowing right now. It's even collecting in a few spots.

I'm working on another sermon. This one is about redemption. I thought that might go good on Easter Sunday night. Got any good redemption stories?

College Basketball

I lost the big church bracket thing last night. I went into the game with a 29 point lead over the only guy who had a chance. He beat me by 3. Stinking Florida. I picked 44 of the 63 correct but it was the last one that got me. I couldn't sleep because of the sausage and cheese I guess. So I watched One Shining Moment. This is the first time in a long time that I didn't have my eyes start watering during it. I then watched the post game press conference. As impressive as Florida looked on the basketball court, they looked equally unimpressive in the conference. I was very disappointed.

Another disappointment came when I heard that Iowa was hiring Coach Lickliter. He's done great at Butler and I would have loved to see him stay there. He coached our high school team. I'd loved to see him stay in the Indy area. I hope Butler gets someone good to replace him.

Running goals

I finally caught up with my running goals. I'm actually one run behind and one mile ahead of the pace I need. I've run 17 times since I started and put in 60.2 miles. I've got 43 days to get 59.8 miles and 73 days to run 33 times.