TIME Magazine

Recently i read an article written by John Cloud posted in the TIME magazine. Now i know this isn't unusual for me, but this particular article struck my medulla oblongata quite forcefully. The article title is Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin. ??? Yes this blew my mind also for i thought exercising helped us lose weight? (are you sitting down?) Newsflash it does not. Exercise is great for our bodies it helps our immune system, lowers the risk of heart disease, and diabetes, increases endorphins and... stimulates hunger? Thinking about it now it makes sense. On a day when we do not have morning conditioning i wake up about 8 stroll down to the Rat aka the Rafactory and eat a bowl of cereal and some fruit usually occasionally a bagel instead of cereal. Now on days we do have conditioning i'm up and at practice at 7 -8:30 then i head up to the Rat and without a doubt eat an omlet, a bowl of fruit, pancakes, and possibly a bagel. Though guarenteed i did just work out for 90 minutes but i just consumed a few thousand or so calories. which basically washes out my workout from that morning. If we look at calories and exercise on a balance scale (like the one they use in church for the Justice v Mercy lesson.) Our exercise is supposed to be heavier than our caloric intake. HOWEVER exercise stimulates our caloric intake. Ergo studies and (i'm sure this will be advertised at some point) magazines will now make the push not towards joining a gym but towards eating healthy.

side note the book Born to Run (the reason i have those funny toe shoes) author Christopher McDougal will be in Winston-Salem on Saturday.

Weekend :)

Normally my weekends are uneventful but since it is soccer season... Tonight was the opening games for the Meridith Tournament Salem played Peace. It was a fun game at first we opened up and scored early (3 goals in the opening ten minutes) and often. But once we pulled ahead Jay pulled his starters. So i rolled the pine for most of the game. However, i don't think Jay knew what to do when even with his starteres out we were still scoring!! It was an awesome game tomorrow however... we play Merdith. Kellie (aka the roomie) says HEY!!! Ho!!!

In Memory of my Little Sister

So i would just like to say that i don't have to specify which sister i'm talking about because i only have one. :) During one of our many random discussions we have at the lunch table todays was most interesting. Khadija (kaw-dee-jaw) in one of her classes had to write an obituary for someone close to her. Naturally she wrote one for the Professor who was teaching the class. NOT thinking they would have to read them... but they did. You may be thinking man this is hilarious which it was, but Khadi wasn't about to say her professors name so she said mine instead. Later i was in the Athletic lobby for work just sitting minding my own business. When i heard Khadi's name being said so naturally i tuned right in. Long story short Khadi's professor was talking to Fierke (aka my boss) and was talking about how Khadi had written a decent obituary. Fierke knowing Khadi asked who she had written it for and all the Profesor could remember was my last name... Fierke then called me into her office and introduced me to the professor it was possibly the most awkward moment of my life.

As for me here are things THAT I MISS
I miss running at the pace i want to run at.
I miss having perfectly functioning hamstrings.
I miss saying something about anatomy and getting weird looks. (you say it now and people now think i'm an expert or something)
I miss DRY HEAT, humidity today was 93%.
I miss my curls.
I miss being able to eat when ever i want.
I miss attending church every Sunday.
I miss Kellie (my roommates) mom's cinammin rolls...
I miss having a reason to actually do my hair and NOT wear gym shorts and a t-shirt.
I miss Ty's sarcasm and his opinion on males, Kate's awesomeness, Erica's stories, Scarlet's singing and her locking Tyler in the basement, Chase's bipolar funny moments, and Midge's eating habits.
I miss Dad. and I miss Mom.
BUT i love you. :)

Week 2

Well today was a good day. :) I went to the 1st ward today and sometimes i think they put all the good speakers in one ward... just saying. Anywho, classes are rather tiresome to be honest especially history if you need to know why ask Dad. BUT i truly like my intro to exercise science it's fascinating (and i'm in there with a bunch of anatomy nerds like myself) Recently i had the opportunity to go to Wake Forest and check out their physical therapy internships and everything else they have to offer. I was impressed, they have some of the most advanced tools, and techniques i've ever HEARD of. My life is slowly settling into to hecticity. I wake up head to class at 8, then 11, practice at 3 then back to class at 6. So tonight we had FHE (i know weird cause its sunday) So some new people were there from Tanglewood and not going to lie, NC may be spit on side-walk when it comes to Males but there are one or two exceptions this ones name is Chance, he's 24 and going to Medical school at Wake Forest.

In other news i think i'm going to try for Miss Utah after i graduate.

Week UNO

A lot of big things happened this past week. and pictures will come later i promise. Well first U.S airlines shattered my computer screen. Always something exciting happening in my life. We had 3-a-days for soccer which was actually quite fun and Jay and i finally had our mile. 5 race. . . in which he kicked me royal butt. Jay also became a father to a new baby girl 7lbs 4 ounces just a little lass. With DARK hair and lucky for her she looks just like her mama. Consequently Coach Ashley ran practice. I pulled my hamstring (2nd degree strain) and i'm off of it for a week. Which sucks but hey thats life sorry this is rushed but i've got a hall meeting love you all!!

Long Over Due -Inspired by April

You know on fast Sunday when the person sitting next to you starts digging in your ribs so you will get up and bare your testimony? Well April has been bugging me about our recent Lake Powell excersion so here we go. April dearest this is for you. 3 things I LOVED about the Lake.

NUMERO UNO- Lake powell is a time to EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS. Like finding it ridiculous to name a bracelet with a turtle on it Nick. Nick is not a bad name but i came up with names i think are a bit more suiting; For Brice-Nick, Branson-Headbutt, Abi-Tanny (short for Tanline), Ruby-Oowie or Whine, Lulu-Intense, Taylor-Knothead, Ali-Cat-Chester, and for the Tiny-Sleep.

NUMERO DOS- As all of you peeps know on Sundays we have TESTIMONY meeting up on the deck. Cody and the Berk were in charge all of our talks came from the last General Conference. It never ceases to amaze me that the talks we get are pertinent to our lives. ex. My talk was on Patience.

NUMERO TRES- A chance to OVERCOME FEAR. I'm not one to talk about my faults, however; Darrin and Pat were going cliff jumping. As some of you know i'm a bit skiddish around 5 foot ladders let alone 30 foot rocks jutting out over dark water which could conceal rocks... or other things which could end my life. For those of you who don't know this let me shed some light on the subect. Darrin and Pat found this cliff earlier on in the week they climbed up and Darrin immediately bailed off into free falling space without a second glance. Pat however, was not so keen to bail. Pat and i share this fear of heights and Darrin saw Pat back away from the cliff and made Pat give him his word that he would jump off when they came back. The phrase misery loves company is coming to my mind. Because later that night Pat discovered that i to was squeamish around heights and conned me into jumping also.

Pre-Lake Crazies

So the girlies got together Tonight (Wednesday) to paint tonails and make our LP2010 shirts. (which turned out way cute it was well executed thanks ladies.) Now we discovered a few things first Air gets really hyper around nail polish fumes complete with sound effects. Kate has dot issues. Letto is silent, Grandma wonders why the table keeps shaking we blamed it on her shaking (instead of on Let pounding the paint at the other end). Mom has foot fungus, and me well i'm under appreciated. :)

Here are some of my favorite quotes from the night and the night is still young but i'll let someone else have the grand pleasure of posting about it.

-Look at my dots!!! _they look seasick
-If my toes are ugly yours are their mother.
-They look like prison numbers... I wasn't going to say anything
-I found Five Dollars, which leads to "I found $100 dollars"
-Pop-eye the sailor man lives in a popsickle stand...
-mom has black feet... we are now contimplating our whiteness and our mothers.
-Grandma'ma kisses aligators... momma works on carborators
-I don't want to be black anymore- -Which is good because Air is racist.
-How did you know he keeps his welding helmet in the back?
-Grandma'ma CHEATS on aligators with multiple seahorses...
-I'm only ticklish on one spot and i'm not telling you where. . .
-erica my toes can't look like everyone elses... That's ok we'll cut some off.
-Tyler didn't catch the memo that this was an all girl party.
-its not straight... that's because it has character.
-Erica laughs just like mom this is the funniest thing i've ever seen.
-I shot him in the dark with the lights off.

Thanks for the laughs