Ghoulie August Assatar Challenge- Run or else (Page 68)

Awww, I'm so sorry to hear this.  Best of luck with everything!

I am surprised. I tend to be a rambler. Ramble ramble ramble. I only repeated myself once and in general I was concise.

I was one of those people who had a really hard time confining papers to page limits. The amount of time I spend editing some of my physiology papers...unnecessary. Haha. History papers were even worse. I had to write a paper on Heinrich Himmler being responsible for the Holocaust and not Hitler in a German history class...it was only allowed to be 5 pages!  So so difficult for me. Haha.

Since you said that...I will also add:

It was always a challenge to my brother from my Dad to "step up" and be a leader with the guys. Some of them were disrespectful little twits, but my brother was a good player and put effort in and they tended to listen to him when he told them to smarten up and listen to the coach. Not really a big surprise coming from my Dad...being a Sgt then WO and all...haha...but something else to add character I guess?

Ya think?

How's the head Melindy?

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OMG Bill you are my DAD!! Haha. From the dishes to this ^^^

Okay...I'll give you that they won't listen to a teammate...especially at that age. My brother was a bit older 15-16 when the step up stuff started. Even in swimming...I don't think we started to really listen to one another until that age. Every now and then the "guys, come on, get with it" comment came out....I think everyone ended up doing it at some point and everyone was on the receiving end of it. Discipline was huge with swimming--focus, focus, work hard, be disciplined and focus some more. Discipline was also HUGE with my parents.

Oh strict parents. You think I am a good egg Bill. Awww shucks

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Good Morning!  Yahoo, it's Friday!!!  

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Hahahaha. My Mom was actually always the one who always got me up...at 430am from M-F and at 6am on Sat. My parents actually did things independently (word choice is probably wrong)...but my Mom had me and swimming and my Dad had my brother and hockey. My Mom definately got the short end of the stick out of that deal. 9 practices a week...swim meets on weekends...My brother had maybe 2-3 practices a week and maybe 2 games on the weekend, with the exception of Tournaments. My Dad HATED driving me to morning practice when he had to haha. It was my own personal torture device--yes Dad, drive me to practice at 430am! Bahahaha!...

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Last day in the lab!!! AH!!!

I was talking to my friend last night about Vegas. We both have our number 1 priority as SHOPPING!! (its funny...because neither of us are really "shoppers"...) Need to reign myself in (1 luxury item--haven't decided what it will be yet--shoes? purse? jacket?). Haha. Need to take inventory of my closet when I get home. We have decided to have more of a spontaneous vacation I think. Maybe plan a few things and just let things flow for the rest. VIVA!

Vote for your choice of luxury item: a) shoes, b) purse, c) jacket, d) other...

This is my next week: go home, team physl reunion, indian food buffet, friends/friends/friends, VEGAS! NO WORK!!!!!

And then school...but I am actually starting to get excited to return. I got an official confirmation this morning that I am officially registered for 2010-2011 in my second year of medicine. YA! Haha. 8 more years!

Melissa's list of sports to not let your children do:

Swimming
Rowing
Gymnastics
Triathlon
Sailing
Cross country skiing
Downhill skiing


Haha. Well just joking of course. But all of the above have early mornings or excessive costs associated...haha. There are more...I just have to think of them. LOL

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Our kids were in to kayaking, rock climbing, outdoor orienteering, winter camping. The girl even tried mushing one winter. (Thank goodness that was a camp, no purchase necessary). Not so much the team sports with regular practices just huge expenses and acute worry.

Have 3 friends who used to x country ski--1 went to the olympics in 06 for biathlon, 2 were normal x country. $$$$$ and early mornings. Haha. Between coaching, trips, competition...of course everything tends to increase the better you are...and all 3 (well dude who went to the olympics obviously) were good.

Downhill--also expensive. Don`t know too many people who did it competitively though.

Triathlon--I know what I have spent on triathlon...and I had most of the stuff beforehand...and I know what time people swim/bike and run at. Haha.

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I drove my wife nuts with Biathlon during the last winter Olympics.  It is the one winter sport that I wish I could have done.

Then again, I'm a winter Olympics junky.  Our TiVo was nearly smoking from trying to record everything.

Around here, I'd add hockey to that list.  Back in Maine, it seemed like there was a rink every half an hour or so from each other.  The further south I have gotten, the farther, more expensive and more extreme the ice times are.  I can remember 7 AM practices as a kid but around here they have to do them at 5 AM or 10 PM.  ACK!

I do know Olympic caliber athletes...Its freaking awesome! Haha. His name is David. He is in my class--well he is in dentistry but still in my class. Haha. He is in my anatomy group. So awesome! Haha. He didn't place or anything, but I found out and almost died. I try really hard not to bring up the Olympics and ask him 10000000 questions in anatomy...and in the hallway...and in the med lounge...

http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/TeamCanada/Biathlon/Leoni/

I'll add those to my list! Haha.

Hee hee - my mother and father split my sports.  Mom was hockey, dad was baseball and mom was MUCH tougher.  I remember the year we could start checking.  Becuase I was so big (and slow) compared to the other kids, she was annoyed that I wasn't hitting anyone.  She took me into the attic and insulted me until I knocked her on her behind and under an old table we had up there.  After the look of shock wore off, she got up cheering.  My father was white as a sheet because she had nearly smashed her head into the table. 

Up and downs, squats with no weights, shooting on a plastic sheet until my arms hurt...yep, she was the one you would have thought was in the military. 

Crazy parent stories are the best - you must give you son lots of them!! 

Hockey sucks for those late night practices....1130pm...ummm? no thanks...haha

Melissa's do not let your kids do these sports list (revised):

Do not let your kids do any sports competitively.
Do not let your kids do extreme sports.

The End. Haha.

(I am a true advocate of sports...so I am basically full of it by saying these things...I like sports...in general all sports...hockey and I have beefs sometimes though...)