It's been awhile...but I wanted to share a funny story in Part 2 of the spring break trip to Arizona one of the main highlights of the trip.
Funny Story: In the middle of the week in Arizona (a few weeks ago) me and a couple of the youth students Jake, Haleigh and a couple more helped out with baking oatmeal/chocolate chip cookies which turned out to be a success. Okay, so after that has been taking care of we clean up and put everything away in the kitchen (cabin). The kitchen cabin was set up a little bit different form your normal kitchen like the refrigerator and freezer. They were both the same exact length right next to each other...usually the freezer is on top of the frig. So, I had the eggs in my hands and put them up in the other frig (the right side) without me every really realizing that is was actually the freezer. Waking up the next morning, I'm walking back into the cabin and I get asked the question, "Did you put the eggs in the freezer?" and I said, "No I didn't." I got asked the same question again and I said no again before the ladies Jalena and Natasha said that I put them in the freezer. Yeah, but hey I didn't know...there was no labels on them saying which one was which. Kelsey decorated some labels and put them. For the rest of trip my new name was "freezer" everybody had a lot of fun with that one.
After pretty much we got done what we need to as a group towards the end of the week, we took our last afternoon to visit the Grand Canyon which something else. The view all around that place was awesome; we were there until sunset then headed back.
People that I went with C4C/Youth Group:
Joseph
Jalena
Rod
Richie
Kelsey
Chris H.
Natasha
Cassie
Matt French
Marvin
Derek
Jake C.
Haleigh
Andrea
Jake K.
Blake
*Eddie G. (EGIII)
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Chapter #26 Arizona Part 1
This past week during my spring break from Kansas State I made my trip over to the state of Arizona for the first time. I went with 16 students college/high school/ youth. All of them I knew or had the chance to get to know them during the mission trip and all of them have different personalities. This trip had a little bit of everything that you would get from a week mission trip like this one including a new nickname, haha! I would say that I'm glad that I went on this trip. Originally, I wasn't planning on going anywhere but I change my mind about it and had some help along the way. Also, this a group that I go to church with on Sundays as well...Manhattan Church of Christ.
Saturday 3/17: It all started early in the morning around 6 o'clock everybody is in the vans ready to head out to Prescott, AZ. The original plan was to stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the night but because of a snow storm around the area (Prescott) and the unknowns of it we could most like beat the storm. So the staff changed the plans to try and make it in one trip which basically took us almost 24 hours to complete including stops. I helped drive out there as well a good 5-6 hours out there as well. My first drive through the state of New Mexico was good; all I saw mostly were big trucks driving down the highway...around 2 or 3am Pacific time we got into Prescott finally but we ran into the snow storm; the cabin was sitting on top of a mountain so we tried to drive our van through the snow and it wasn't happening. Our van got stuck on several occasions nearly hit the railing...most of us got out in the cold snow and push the van out of the hole that we dug ourselves in. Our group ended up staying at a church that one of the staff people stayed at while living in Arizona. Flip side of that there's a mini story behind staying there because we actually broke into the church, yeah that's right broke in. I'm not sure who but a few people help out with that and we let ourselves in and finally around 4 or 5am when to sleep...
Sunday 3/18: Because of the storm we thought that their wasn't going to be service the next morning but almost 15 minutes before I guess Sunday School started we got up in a hurry put the stuff away and went to the main service. We had potluck right after service with the members of church before finally going up to the cabin. A couple in Prescott helped us get all of our things together because he had a 4-wheel drive vehicle that can get us up the road even though the road were paved. At the bible base cabin with the snow starting back up again we made it there. Snow falling once again, a bunch of the guys including myself gone some or I should say a quite of but of firewood to put in the cabin because the place inside wasn't really warm. Others chopped wood at the same time.
(To Be Continued)
-Eddie III (EGIII)
Saturday 3/17: It all started early in the morning around 6 o'clock everybody is in the vans ready to head out to Prescott, AZ. The original plan was to stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the night but because of a snow storm around the area (Prescott) and the unknowns of it we could most like beat the storm. So the staff changed the plans to try and make it in one trip which basically took us almost 24 hours to complete including stops. I helped drive out there as well a good 5-6 hours out there as well. My first drive through the state of New Mexico was good; all I saw mostly were big trucks driving down the highway...around 2 or 3am Pacific time we got into Prescott finally but we ran into the snow storm; the cabin was sitting on top of a mountain so we tried to drive our van through the snow and it wasn't happening. Our van got stuck on several occasions nearly hit the railing...most of us got out in the cold snow and push the van out of the hole that we dug ourselves in. Our group ended up staying at a church that one of the staff people stayed at while living in Arizona. Flip side of that there's a mini story behind staying there because we actually broke into the church, yeah that's right broke in. I'm not sure who but a few people help out with that and we let ourselves in and finally around 4 or 5am when to sleep...
Sunday 3/18: Because of the storm we thought that their wasn't going to be service the next morning but almost 15 minutes before I guess Sunday School started we got up in a hurry put the stuff away and went to the main service. We had potluck right after service with the members of church before finally going up to the cabin. A couple in Prescott helped us get all of our things together because he had a 4-wheel drive vehicle that can get us up the road even though the road were paved. At the bible base cabin with the snow starting back up again we made it there. Snow falling once again, a bunch of the guys including myself gone some or I should say a quite of but of firewood to put in the cabin because the place inside wasn't really warm. Others chopped wood at the same time.
(To Be Continued)
-Eddie III (EGIII)
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Chapter #25 Setting The Stone
All new chapter of my blog and here are the three big topics for this week's post covering the last 2 weeks or so...
Doing What's Right: A couple of weeks ago, I watched a movie called Courageous with quite a few friends from my group called 121. Before that we went on a run to Orange Leaf an ice cream shop in Manhattan. We had a chance to of eat ice cream from different kinds of flavors; plus their was a kids choir group from St. George doing a fundraiser deal to support them. That was cool...back to the movie if you haven't seen it then I won't give away too much information just an overview. Courageous is pretty much about 5 men 4 of the were in the police force, standing up and being leaders of their families, accepting the responsibility and honoring God all at the same time. All of these guys signed a pact that they would all do the right thing. Godly men need to take charge and be leaders of their own families and having faith especially with God. Great movie...
People that I was with 121:
Brian
James
Brandon
Megan W.
Caleb
Joee
Mark
Courtney
Hunter
Joanna
Getting Together: Couple Sundays ago I was celebrating my good friend Leon's birthday with his family. I met his Mom last semester and they seem pretty cool. And I have been hanging out with Nick playing video games...sometimes and then spending some time with my good brother Richie listening to his cool beats and eating lunch. The last few weeks when I have some free time during the week, I have more friend time with Kaci. I met her in one of my classes last fall during my first year at Kansas State. Going to IHOP and Noodles and Company. I'm really enjoy just hanging out and just talking about how our weeks are going and other things...awesome Looking forward to doing it some more before the school year comes to a close.
Others:
Leon
Nick
Richie
Kaci
Michelle
Brooke
Postseason Basketball: Last week I had the opportunity to go to Kansas City for the Big 12 Tournament for radio (K-State). Got nominated by staff to attend this event and it was awesome...not the game of course the K-State men's team lost to Baylor in the first round 81-72. I never been inside the Sprint Center and it beautiful. I was on the radio help calling the game with Brandon Tadtman and we were up there ways...not that far up but you can see the court well from there. The road trip there and back was a lot of fun; with interesting stories, haha!! Now, for the NCAA tourney K-State has a tough road ahead of them starting on Thursday morning to mid-afternoon in Pittsburgh the East region. It will be very interesting to see how they respond against Southern Miss and if they can get pass them.
Road Trip to Kansas City, Missouri with:
Brandon Tadtman
Mike Pereira
Daniel Flores
-Eddie III (EGIII)
Doing What's Right: A couple of weeks ago, I watched a movie called Courageous with quite a few friends from my group called 121. Before that we went on a run to Orange Leaf an ice cream shop in Manhattan. We had a chance to of eat ice cream from different kinds of flavors; plus their was a kids choir group from St. George doing a fundraiser deal to support them. That was cool...back to the movie if you haven't seen it then I won't give away too much information just an overview. Courageous is pretty much about 5 men 4 of the were in the police force, standing up and being leaders of their families, accepting the responsibility and honoring God all at the same time. All of these guys signed a pact that they would all do the right thing. Godly men need to take charge and be leaders of their own families and having faith especially with God. Great movie...
People that I was with 121:
Brian
James
Brandon
Megan W.
Caleb
Joee
Mark
Courtney
Hunter
Joanna
Getting Together: Couple Sundays ago I was celebrating my good friend Leon's birthday with his family. I met his Mom last semester and they seem pretty cool. And I have been hanging out with Nick playing video games...sometimes and then spending some time with my good brother Richie listening to his cool beats and eating lunch. The last few weeks when I have some free time during the week, I have more friend time with Kaci. I met her in one of my classes last fall during my first year at Kansas State. Going to IHOP and Noodles and Company. I'm really enjoy just hanging out and just talking about how our weeks are going and other things...awesome Looking forward to doing it some more before the school year comes to a close.
Others:
Leon
Nick
Richie
Kaci
Michelle
Brooke
Postseason Basketball: Last week I had the opportunity to go to Kansas City for the Big 12 Tournament for radio (K-State). Got nominated by staff to attend this event and it was awesome...not the game of course the K-State men's team lost to Baylor in the first round 81-72. I never been inside the Sprint Center and it beautiful. I was on the radio help calling the game with Brandon Tadtman and we were up there ways...not that far up but you can see the court well from there. The road trip there and back was a lot of fun; with interesting stories, haha!! Now, for the NCAA tourney K-State has a tough road ahead of them starting on Thursday morning to mid-afternoon in Pittsburgh the East region. It will be very interesting to see how they respond against Southern Miss and if they can get pass them.
Road Trip to Kansas City, Missouri with:
Brandon Tadtman
Mike Pereira
Daniel Flores
-Eddie III (EGIII)
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Chapter #24 Kansas State Basketball
This is kind of a special blog but I was at Bramlage Coliseum courtside for the K-State women's final home game against Texas Tech and the game was decided in the final minutes and it was Senior night for the 'Cats...
Manhattan, Kansas: On Saturday night, K-State seniors Jalana Childs, Tasha Dickey, Branshea Brown, JuliAnne Chisholm, and Emma Ostermann played their final home game at Bramlage as K-State lost in a tough game against Texas Tech 64-63 in which K-State lead early by 13 points during the game. It was really disappointing for the K-State to lose their final home game. Childs had a big night scoring 22 points on the night for the 'Cats. The Wildcats started out hot right out of the gate in the first half making shots and playing good defense and they led 36-30 at halftime. Then the second half, K-State left their offense in the locker room and Texas Tech began on a 12-2 run; following that it seemed like the 'Cats couldn't find their groove until about after midway in the 2nd half as began to fight their way back. In the final minutes, Texas Tech left the door open for the Wildcats to complete the comeback as the Red Raiders missed free throws with less than 10 seconds left. After a missed free throw by Tech Tasha Dickey couldn't convert a pass to Brittany Chambers as it just missed by inches as it went out of bounds (hail r the Wildcats as team to lose their final home game with the Seniors but you got to enjoy the fight that they showed in the 2nd half as they almost rallied from 10 down late in the game. Texas Tech hung on to win the game by one as Monique Smalls for TTU scored 15 points and Shauntal Nobles with 16 points to lead the Red Raiders. Texas Tech goes to 18-12 overall and 6-12 in the conference, meanwhile Kansas State and Deb Patterson falls to also 18-12 with a 9-9 Big 12 conference record as they both get ready to go to Kansas City, Missouri for the Big 12 Tournament next weekend.
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Stat Leaders:
Texas Tech (18-12, 6-12)
Shauntal Nobles 16pts, 8rebs
Monique Smalls 15pts, 4assists
Kierra Mallard 15pts, 6rebs
Kansas State (18-12, 9-9)
Jalana Childs 22pts, 3rebs
Brittany Chambers 11pts, 8rebs
Branshea Brown 10pts
Tasha Dickey 6pts, 6rebs
-Eddie Grier (EGIII)
Manhattan, Kansas: On Saturday night, K-State seniors Jalana Childs, Tasha Dickey, Branshea Brown, JuliAnne Chisholm, and Emma Ostermann played their final home game at Bramlage as K-State lost in a tough game against Texas Tech 64-63 in which K-State lead early by 13 points during the game. It was really disappointing for the K-State to lose their final home game. Childs had a big night scoring 22 points on the night for the 'Cats. The Wildcats started out hot right out of the gate in the first half making shots and playing good defense and they led 36-30 at halftime. Then the second half, K-State left their offense in the locker room and Texas Tech began on a 12-2 run; following that it seemed like the 'Cats couldn't find their groove until about after midway in the 2nd half as began to fight their way back. In the final minutes, Texas Tech left the door open for the Wildcats to complete the comeback as the Red Raiders missed free throws with less than 10 seconds left. After a missed free throw by Tech Tasha Dickey couldn't convert a pass to Brittany Chambers as it just missed by inches as it went out of bounds (hail r the Wildcats as team to lose their final home game with the Seniors but you got to enjoy the fight that they showed in the 2nd half as they almost rallied from 10 down late in the game. Texas Tech hung on to win the game by one as Monique Smalls for TTU scored 15 points and Shauntal Nobles with 16 points to lead the Red Raiders. Texas Tech goes to 18-12 overall and 6-12 in the conference, meanwhile Kansas State and Deb Patterson falls to also 18-12 with a 9-9 Big 12 conference record as they both get ready to go to Kansas City, Missouri for the Big 12 Tournament next weekend.
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Stat Leaders:
Texas Tech (18-12, 6-12)
Shauntal Nobles 16pts, 8rebs
Monique Smalls 15pts, 4assists
Kierra Mallard 15pts, 6rebs
Kansas State (18-12, 9-9)
Jalana Childs 22pts, 3rebs
Brittany Chambers 11pts, 8rebs
Branshea Brown 10pts
Tasha Dickey 6pts, 6rebs
-Eddie Grier (EGIII)
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Chapter #23 Heads or Tails??
Here coming on this chapter of All Smiles 24/7, the 3 topics that will be writing about the successes of being on the radio getting practice, trying to find that special someone and getting into the bible a little bit more.
Radio Live: With still a lot of momentum in being involved with radio continuing to move along; I had the opportunity to debut doing play-by-play call for the women's K-State game (basketball) when they played Texas a few weeks ago. That was a lot fun, I did that with Flores and Eli Anderson. Now I've been doing color commentary for a few games this year for mainly the women's game and only one for the men...this past week I did another play-by-play call when the K-State (women) played Oklahoma State called that one with Dan Page. Last semester including this semester so far I've been able to do a little bit of everything at the radio station on campus (Wildcat 91.9) from board, calling games, even doing some news as well. Wednesday, I did live news on air and did sports updates as well. I still need a some practice with the technical things involved with doing radio but overall I've gotten a lot high praise from classmates and friends about hearing me over the radio. I have made huge strides over the air. And with more practice I will continue to get better with it. I have really enjoyed spending time with all of the guys and just talking about sports.
Hide and Seek: I don't know what to say about romance and all that but in this day age now people are getting engaged quickly than ever. Hey, I'm not saying that it's bad because it's not but I'm like wow, speechless. I rarely talk about this subject but because of Valentine's day this month already passed by I thought that I would just gives some insights on it. I have already like at least 8 people (friends) who are getting married this summer...hmm it might be more than that actually but that's lot...doing all you can for someone special can sometimes be not enough. For the first time ever I was able to give some roses to a good friend of mine hoping for a good result but it just didn't happen the way that I thought it could be. And that is only the short version...it was disappointing because it was my first time ever getting roses for any girl ever and it was heartbreaking. Also being told that you a really good person and then the big moment comes and it doesn't happen it a big downer. I have a lot of girls as friends and which is always ( good but when it's comes to finding that special someone it's been really tough to say the least. I've gotten encouragement from a few people and it's helped getting through and move on, it took me a while to get over sometimes I wonder if i will ever find the "special person"...
Bible Time: Just recently I was in a bible study and discussing about how to reading your bible and not always having your sights set on just being in the New Testament. You got to read the bible all the way through. If you don't read your bible all the way through then your missing out on some of the good stuff. You can skip into different books of the bible but make sure you at least touch base with every single one of them. I recently never read Leviticus; I look at a few chapters of it but I have sat down and actually read the entire book. I have read the first 4 chapters of it so far and it's been good and interesting talking about the different types of offerings. There are not just one which is eye opening.
-Eddie III
Radio Live: With still a lot of momentum in being involved with radio continuing to move along; I had the opportunity to debut doing play-by-play call for the women's K-State game (basketball) when they played Texas a few weeks ago. That was a lot fun, I did that with Flores and Eli Anderson. Now I've been doing color commentary for a few games this year for mainly the women's game and only one for the men...this past week I did another play-by-play call when the K-State (women) played Oklahoma State called that one with Dan Page. Last semester including this semester so far I've been able to do a little bit of everything at the radio station on campus (Wildcat 91.9) from board, calling games, even doing some news as well. Wednesday, I did live news on air and did sports updates as well. I still need a some practice with the technical things involved with doing radio but overall I've gotten a lot high praise from classmates and friends about hearing me over the radio. I have made huge strides over the air. And with more practice I will continue to get better with it. I have really enjoyed spending time with all of the guys and just talking about sports.
Hide and Seek: I don't know what to say about romance and all that but in this day age now people are getting engaged quickly than ever. Hey, I'm not saying that it's bad because it's not but I'm like wow, speechless. I rarely talk about this subject but because of Valentine's day this month already passed by I thought that I would just gives some insights on it. I have already like at least 8 people (friends) who are getting married this summer...hmm it might be more than that actually but that's lot...doing all you can for someone special can sometimes be not enough. For the first time ever I was able to give some roses to a good friend of mine hoping for a good result but it just didn't happen the way that I thought it could be. And that is only the short version...it was disappointing because it was my first time ever getting roses for any girl ever and it was heartbreaking. Also being told that you a really good person and then the big moment comes and it doesn't happen it a big downer. I have a lot of girls as friends and which is always ( good but when it's comes to finding that special someone it's been really tough to say the least. I've gotten encouragement from a few people and it's helped getting through and move on, it took me a while to get over sometimes I wonder if i will ever find the "special person"...
Bible Time: Just recently I was in a bible study and discussing about how to reading your bible and not always having your sights set on just being in the New Testament. You got to read the bible all the way through. If you don't read your bible all the way through then your missing out on some of the good stuff. You can skip into different books of the bible but make sure you at least touch base with every single one of them. I recently never read Leviticus; I look at a few chapters of it but I have sat down and actually read the entire book. I have read the first 4 chapters of it so far and it's been good and interesting talking about the different types of offerings. There are not just one which is eye opening.
-Eddie III
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Chapter #22 Identity
Trying to find who you are in life can be a very important part of your life. People are always looking for some kind of clues to who they as a person. It really doesn't matter if it's you or your best friend or someone else finding the truth of who you are is important. Since transferring over to Manhattan, I realized that I've changed a little bit but not that much. Trying to find my way through the bigger college I realize that the road is tough and it will always be for me. It has never been easy and it will never get easier as time moves on. Last semester was a challenge and I got through that challenge and now I'm getting a lot closer to finishing up college. I just started a new semester and it's only the beginning but I like the start of it. I'm changing some things up as of late like spending a little more time with homework...on the flip side of that I'm beginning to make a few friends that I got to know last year our hanging out a lot more, I mean a lot, a lot haha! True friendships are forming and I'm really enjoying that. As for my first blog post of the year I'm doing it a little different I will talk about 3 major things that are happening going on around me in society or you can say college. Here are 3 major things for this chapter (Identity).
Denver: About an month and a half ago, I went back to Denver, CO for my second trip to the Denver Christmas Conference. It was another great experience going back up there. Seeing some of the summer project guys up there and reuniting with them for a week was awesome! On the other side of the coin, I got to meet plenty of new faces and make some new friends along the way that was good to do that. The speakers were really good again. Every message that was spoken were right on target to what I needed to strengthen my relationship with God each and every day. I also started reading the book of Genesis over the Christmas break as well so it was nice getting into the word.
Radio Man: Radio has been one awesome experience after another. Like I have never done radio type stuff before this school year. I have told that to a lot of people already but I'm with the sports department for the college station on campus and we do games and other things away from the action itself. I actually did color commentary for the Oklahoma game my first Men's game. Before that I did a couple Women's games already and I plan on doing a couple more games as the Big 12 schedule begins to kind of wind down. I'm getting a lot of good comments from staff and classmates that I'm doing a great job with all. A lot of people say that I have that radio voice and it's pretty good...hmm
Changes?? There might a change coming up or two, lol. Some of my friends that I talked to know what I'm talking about. I'm just getting back in to the whole blogging thing this will be short though. More coming up in the next post about if not or if I did change something.
Denver: About an month and a half ago, I went back to Denver, CO for my second trip to the Denver Christmas Conference. It was another great experience going back up there. Seeing some of the summer project guys up there and reuniting with them for a week was awesome! On the other side of the coin, I got to meet plenty of new faces and make some new friends along the way that was good to do that. The speakers were really good again. Every message that was spoken were right on target to what I needed to strengthen my relationship with God each and every day. I also started reading the book of Genesis over the Christmas break as well so it was nice getting into the word.
Radio Man: Radio has been one awesome experience after another. Like I have never done radio type stuff before this school year. I have told that to a lot of people already but I'm with the sports department for the college station on campus and we do games and other things away from the action itself. I actually did color commentary for the Oklahoma game my first Men's game. Before that I did a couple Women's games already and I plan on doing a couple more games as the Big 12 schedule begins to kind of wind down. I'm getting a lot of good comments from staff and classmates that I'm doing a great job with all. A lot of people say that I have that radio voice and it's pretty good...hmm
Changes?? There might a change coming up or two, lol. Some of my friends that I talked to know what I'm talking about. I'm just getting back in to the whole blogging thing this will be short though. More coming up in the next post about if not or if I did change something.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Chapter #21 Back on those Railroad Tracks...
Look who just came out of hiding, yeah that's right me. Umm yeah, it's been a couple months since my last post for my blog, but now their is plenty to talk about. I got lazy with this because of getting caught up with a school stuff and basically forgetting to write about what's going on in the world that I'm living in. A lot to look back on as the fall semester has now come to a close. And end of Junior year for myself; three and a half years of college done. I don't know how I manage to get this far but with hard work and determination you are going to get somewhere. I definitely didn't think I would be in this position about to be a Senior in college is unreal. First though reflecting back on fall semester overall it was alright not the best semester so far since I've gone to K-State but it was good standing 4.5 months. And a lot of things happened between August to the middle of December. If I can remember this correctly, lol I'm about write about some of the major things that have happen this semester...
August: Back from and epic summer in Juneau, Alaska and returning to school was big. And it was and honest struggle getting back into things; living off campus, new classes and so forth. Yeah, it took me a good little bit to get back focus again, once that happen everything got better as the semester continued on. I don't remember the exact day but this started last year when I learned how to swing dance. My good friend Sara was in Manhattan visiting some friends and I haven't seen her since before leaving for Juneau. We went to go swing dancing again and it was fun. Getting better every time I go out and dance but overall it was good to see Sara again.
September: New friends. This would go with August but seeing old friends is always good. At the same time though it's really exciting to meet new people as well. I have met my share of new friends this semester and it's been good getting to know them; next semester I'm looking forward to building those friendships from school a little bit more. My new friends that I have met and you know who you are, haha...thanks and I look for forward to seeing well most of you for spring semester!
October: K-State football winning and winning in some close but great games to watch. They have beaten teams that other folks around the country didn't give us a chance to win against. It's been awesome watching this team this year put out some tough games; still got the Cotton Bowl January 6th against Arkansas other than that great regular season by the Cats'...getting baptize was big too! It was something that I have been thinking about for a while since project ended and that was wonderful.
November: Things have been happening in the Radio side of things. It's one of my classes as well and doing the football games (some of them), studio working sound board doing my own halftime show...it's been an eye opening experience and tons of fun doing it. Will be doing more of the same next semester as well. A few weeks ago I did my first women's basketball game when K-State played BYU. I was color commentary guy for this game and that was a blast. The next day I got good reviews from my classmates/bosses. From the first time out I did really good and I don't know what's going to happen in the future with this but right now I'm having fun doing radio.
December: Once again, it goes back to Swing Dancing but this time it was with my close friends from Barton that I went to school with. I had a chance before finals to go back to Great Bend to see friends and new ones the first weekend of the month. Basically now, I'm Barton Alumni which is awesome and last year Barton held a swing dance event and I went to that as well. A shout out to my fellow friends from BCCC I think we have a tradition going...
It's good to be done with school for a while before going back in January, now it's time to relax and continue to reflect on some things. I don't know for sure what going to happen next but whatever comes next you have to just go with it...this has been a long ride on the railroad tracks to this point.
August: Back from and epic summer in Juneau, Alaska and returning to school was big. And it was and honest struggle getting back into things; living off campus, new classes and so forth. Yeah, it took me a good little bit to get back focus again, once that happen everything got better as the semester continued on. I don't remember the exact day but this started last year when I learned how to swing dance. My good friend Sara was in Manhattan visiting some friends and I haven't seen her since before leaving for Juneau. We went to go swing dancing again and it was fun. Getting better every time I go out and dance but overall it was good to see Sara again.
September: New friends. This would go with August but seeing old friends is always good. At the same time though it's really exciting to meet new people as well. I have met my share of new friends this semester and it's been good getting to know them; next semester I'm looking forward to building those friendships from school a little bit more. My new friends that I have met and you know who you are, haha...thanks and I look for forward to seeing well most of you for spring semester!
October: K-State football winning and winning in some close but great games to watch. They have beaten teams that other folks around the country didn't give us a chance to win against. It's been awesome watching this team this year put out some tough games; still got the Cotton Bowl January 6th against Arkansas other than that great regular season by the Cats'...getting baptize was big too! It was something that I have been thinking about for a while since project ended and that was wonderful.
November: Things have been happening in the Radio side of things. It's one of my classes as well and doing the football games (some of them), studio working sound board doing my own halftime show...it's been an eye opening experience and tons of fun doing it. Will be doing more of the same next semester as well. A few weeks ago I did my first women's basketball game when K-State played BYU. I was color commentary guy for this game and that was a blast. The next day I got good reviews from my classmates/bosses. From the first time out I did really good and I don't know what's going to happen in the future with this but right now I'm having fun doing radio.
December: Once again, it goes back to Swing Dancing but this time it was with my close friends from Barton that I went to school with. I had a chance before finals to go back to Great Bend to see friends and new ones the first weekend of the month. Basically now, I'm Barton Alumni which is awesome and last year Barton held a swing dance event and I went to that as well. A shout out to my fellow friends from BCCC I think we have a tradition going...
- Brandon
- Brittany
- Tim
- Cassie
- Jeremy
- Willie
- Amanda
- Kaitlin
- Matt
- Gwen
- Reba
- Jesse
It's good to be done with school for a while before going back in January, now it's time to relax and continue to reflect on some things. I don't know for sure what going to happen next but whatever comes next you have to just go with it...this has been a long ride on the railroad tracks to this point.
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