HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

some very great friends of mine have had birthdays this week...

happy birthday ashley...aimee...and courtney!

hope your birthdays have been as wonderful as you all are!

whew!

i am wore out! i just got home from spending the day at our district wrestling meet!

12 hours...1 gym
14 wrestlers...9 advancing to regionals

it was awesome, but exhausting! i am so proud of my boys!

can't wait to do it all again next weekend at regionals!

oh michael...

you've all probably heard the news about michael phelps and his less than brilliant decision that has made headlines world wide...

i was bummed to hear the news, but sadly, not really surprised. we so quickly put people with athletic greatness or other talents on to a pedestal, elevating them above the rest of world...forgetting that they're still real people who make mistakes...then as quickly as we have exalted them, we bash them...

i read something written about the incident that really got me thinking...if you get a second, check out what cj mahaney had to say here! it definitely changed my thoughts on the situation...

wondering on wednesday

for a while i've wanted to start reading more...

does reading blogs count for that?!

or does it have to be actual books...because if it is books, then i am doing a terrible job at reading more...

and speaking of terrible jobs, i'm also doing a terrible job at posting every day this month...sorry...i lied...but i do promise to try harder...

happy february!

i've decided it's time i blog more...and since it's the start of a new month, it seemed logical for me to start today! my goal is to post every day this month!!

january was an exceptionally busy month in my life...which is just one of the many excuses i could come up with for not posting more regularly!

work has been crazy! we've lost a PT and gained a PT in the clinic in january, making us be a little more flexible with our schedules. but we're very excited about the new addition to our team! the school has kept me very busy...bouncing between the winter sports, girls and boys basketball and soccer, and wrestling, and the spring sports starting up, baseball, and softball! winter sports are wrapping up though (woo woo!) track is just starting too! the softball team is looking much more promising this season (thank goodness)! our first game is february 10...ahhh!

i went to a day continuing education coference in orlando saturday. it was lots of fun to see old friends...some i planned on seeing and others a pleasant surprise! i learned a lot of interesting things about functional training and the shoulder...plus got lots of great FREE stuff!!

lauren and i have been diligently training for our marathon, which is two weeks away from today! AHHHHH! we ran 24.4 miles last week and didn't die, so we're thinking we might actually survive the entire 26.2 miles on race day! i'm getting more and more excited/scared the closer it gets!

i've also taken on a new job at access church, upstreet coach! this means that every 2nd and 4th sunday of the month i help facilitate our program for elementary age students. it has been SO fun...and exhausting! the kids are great and my small group leaders are phenomenal! because of the transition from waumba land to upstreet, i've not been able to attend normal services this year. we have moved to a bigger room and now meet in the lazarra theater at unf. today was my first sunday in there and i loved it! it is so exciting to see access grow! i'm so glad to get to be a part of it!

well, that's just a little bit of what has been happening in my life lately! check back tomorrow for more!