Tuesday Oct. 18th

Not much excitement in the world on MT.  School went okay.  French, English, and Calculus passed without incident.  In Physics, Mr. Jones signed my homework so that means that I got the credit.  Before Physics, I had a meeting with my guidance counselor, Mr. Mercer, about college.  He just wanted to know my plans which I honestly don’t have any.  All seniors have to see their counselors. I want to be an Architect. They have a computer career test you can take anytime you want in the library. I’ve done it a few times. It usually says I should be an engineer but I like art too. So I fudged some answers to make sure it spit Architect out as a possibility.  Since the University of Colorado is the only school in CO that has an Architecture program, I picked up an application. Not sure If I can afford to go out of state.  I am almost finished filling it out. In Econ, I didn't talk to Julia that much.  But during lunch I talked to her a little more.  Mike finally saw her.  I wonder what he thinks.  Later on she looked kind of down and when I said "hi" she brightened up.  During 6th hour, my free period, I finished that book and I talked to Belinda, a foreign exchange student from down under.  She is on the cross country team.  After school, Mike and I went to our Dad's to pay our insurance that we owe him. He pays the bill and we pay him. Heck, maybe it’s just a way for him to make sure we see him once in a while. When we were younger, we would go have sleepovers at his house. It was great. Usually good food (better yet a trip to Showtime Pizza), lax rules, soda and CABLE!! I saw my first booby movie at his house one morning while he was sleeping. But he has this girlfriend that we all hate. We even call her ‘It’- never her real name. She is the same lady he cheated on my mom with and led to the divorce. I never feel comfortable around her. She was gone and my Dad was pretty friendly today. Practice was easy today but I got some good work in.  There was also a speaker on what a champion is.   He is Coach’s brother-in-law. He is some tri-athlete who has done some big races. He had some great advice and gave both mental and physical strategies to think about.  I already practice some of the tips that he prescribed.  One of the most useful bits of advice he gave was when running up a hill don't let up at the top, run a few steps over the other side.  At home I watched T.V., did my French, and read my English assignment.  I also went to the store.  Such is life.  I took a shower when I got home and now I'm all clean and I feel sweet, ready for a new day.  Here is one of the points the speaker brought up:

            "You can always rest at the end."-Janet Evans, Olympic Gold Medalist