Strike Three!

So I noticed my blog entries are getting shorter; I think I'm in a blogging lull right now so don't expect a lot of long entries soon, but minimal updating will get done.

I went up to Omaha with C-bob today and we checked out The Strike Zone and I did some tee practice and work on this new drill my instructor showed me on Weds that I'm still not that great at. I plan on working on that some more if I can find the space. After that we went to eat at a vegetarian restaurant that I forgot the name of, but it was interesting to go to two separate vegetarian restaurants for lunch, two days in a row.

After that I took a nap and then got groceries. And that my friends, is my exciting Saturday!

Lunch

I ventured downtown this noon to have lunch with C-bob. We went to Maggie's in the Haymarket and it was really yummy. They serve vegetarian wraps and soup. I had the 3-cheese melt and it was really good. I'll have to go there again sometime, this was my first time there.

I've been playing video games all afternoon and will probably go play some more here in a bit. Nothing much else worth mentioning.

It'sa Me.. Mario!

I have a new adiction - Mario&Luigi Superstar Saga.

It's been great talking to you all.... must.. play... gameboy.....

;)

Blog

I wore my Blogger hoodie today and it was nice.

Went downtown to meet Nate for lunch and we went to BW3s and I had my usual chicken buffalito with sweet bbq sauce and he had his usual burger. It was pretty good and afterwards we got cookies from the Cookie Company. Went back to CBA with him and hung out for a little bit and stopped by to say hi to my old boss. That all went really well and it kind of makes me miss having a work place and a team like that.

No news yet on the job and I'm trying to be patient. I really want to know right now and I hate waiting. I'll probably hang out here for a little bit longer just in case and then go to ShopKo. I checked the mail earlier and the box was empty, which is nice on one hand because it means no bills, but it also means no fun mail. Oh well, such is life.

I set up my living room again to work on baseball stuff. I really have to get this figured out. I really need to do repair work on the tee I built and try to make it better than ever. It's having real problems right now and I need to sit down and figure out how to make it better and make it work the way I need. Hitting is one of the biggest challenges I have ever faced trying to master. Also on that list is math for the GRE.

Well I'm off to sit around and stare at the phone. Laters all.

Hitting Lessons

I went to my 5th hitting lesson tonight and it was obvious that I hadn't been doing much in the last month hitting wise. We worked pretty much the whole time off the tee. We started out with a drill of me throwing the ball up and trying to hit it. That just wasn't working out. I was having real problems getting the ball in a position where I could hit it and yet still keep track of my fundamentals and all that. We then worked on the same things off the tee and it was a little frustrating. I feel, in a way, like at times I disappointed my instructor because I just couldn't seem to make the changes he was looking for. I was trying but tonight was really distracting and there was a lot of side talking that didn't help. At one point he was having me do this thing with my follow-thru and then I got distracted by some of the side chatter, and I forgot to do what he wanted. After a couple swings he was like, "so why aren't you doing ?" and I had to admit that I had got distracted and forgotten. Oh well, I really have to work on my concentration, it's probably one of my biggest issues.

I'm really starting to see now what he was talking about, but actually fixing the problem is baffling me. I'm planning on taken a bit of time tomorrow to just work on it over and over until I can find I way to create improvement. I really don't want to go in next week and not have something improved to show him. And hopefully I will know about this job, that way I can talk about doing more lessons, because I still really haven't done any live hitting. I dunno, that whole month of second guessing what I wanted, while mind clearing, has really been costly in regards to ability. I have to keep that in mind next time I think about having a crisis. ;)

Wednesday

I didn't hear anything further today about the job so I guess it's just another days worth of waiting to go through.

Went and hung out with Amber this afternoon, we did girly stuff and got lunch at Subway. It was a lot of fun and I good relaxing follow-up to the stresses of yesterday. Went to Walgreen's too and bought some stuff.

I have a hitting lesson tonight so I really should go get ready for that. It's been over a month since I've been there, so it should prove to be interesting. Not much else to mention. Later all.

Post Interview

Well I have to say I think the interview went really well but now it's just a matter of waiting for them to get back to me. I basically had two separate interviews with lots of questions and what seemed like good interactions over all. After the interview I went over to CBA to bother Nate and went to see Jan. Apparently they called her for a reference pretty much after my interview, so that was cool.

Just have to wait and see but they seemed like cool people and it would be a good job. Will post more later as I know it. Thanks for all the well wishes!

Ack

It's now colder than it was yesterday! It's -7 degrees! *shiver* But at least the windchill is also -7 degrees, because that makes a big difference. Ack! Winter! Ack!

Ok, 4 hours until the interview and I'm just happy I woke up early. Apparently I forgot to actually turn my alarm on so the potential for disaster was right there. But I never really fell asleep, so I woke up with no problems when the sun came out. I'm a little too excited and nervous to have really slept anyway. I'll post how it goes this evening but I'm really hopeful and I can see it going well.

Cold

I just wanted to report that it's still friggen cold out there. -4 degrees right now with a windchill of around -18. Bringing my laundry in from the car and getting the mail was enough outside time for me. *shiver*

So I have my interview tomorrow. I'm not really worried about it so much as just anxious and excited. I think it will go just fine but I can't wait until it's over. I have to get my materials together tonight and be ready to go tomorrow. I plan on going early and wondering around the library if necessary. I'll probably take a look at the lab and all that. Have to make sure I don't get there later, and in fact, I need to make sure I get there early. The roads aren't that bad so maybe we only got about 4 inches of snow.

Susan got DDR2 for PS2 tonight and I'm excited to try it. If it's as cool as it sounds, I'll probably try to get a copy of it for myself. Who knows, maybe if I get really good I can go hang out with the teenagers at the mall or Champions. Wouldn't that be hilarious?

Brrrr

I don't know how this is even possible, but the temperature outside right now is 1 degree with a windchill of -17. I really don't want to go out there, but I have to. I didn't think it was going to get this cold, this quickly. It was like 60 degrees on Saturday! Winter, go figure.

So I am behind schedule for the things I wanted to get done today because I couldn't seem to force myself to get up early. Tomorrow I have to get up early though to get ready for my interview. I tried on my interview outfit last night and while it will work, it doesn't quite look the way I remember it looking. That's ok, I'm going to do fine at the interview, so I'm not worried.

Really nothing else worth mentioning now, so I'm gonna go eat my lunch and get on my task list for the day. Stay warm everyone!

Snow Update

Now that I've actually been outside a couple times, I have to say they were probably right about the snow amount. It was still snowing a little, or at least blowing around, when we got back from Walmart and Target. I could probably figure it out if I looked it up, but I'm guessing we got about 4-6 inches. Woo. I wish I owned a sled and it wasn't so cold. I could go to the sled ramp and have some fun!

Sleep

Last night I was all determined to see how long I could go without sleeping. I have actually done this before and it's an interesting experiment. You have to do it, though, when you have no commitments coming soon, also taking into account recovery sleep time. You can enter into a strange state of mind after a certain point and while it's somewhat hard to deal with at the time, it's almost a freeing feeling. It's really hard to explain but sometimes it just helps to get to that state for a little bit. I wasn't too successful last night because I realized that I was tired and that I have an interview on Tuesday I have to get ready for and other such things. I need to read more research about sleep deprivation, because I'm sure there are stages you go through and all that. I'm pretty sure one stage, for me anyway, is paranoia. Well, so much for that crazy experiment, I'll just have to wait to see if the opportunity arises again to try it.

It snowed here last night but I'm not sure exactly how much is on the ground. The prediction was 4-6 inches when it's all said and done. Last time I looked outside, it really didn't look like it snowed that much. Normally I go to laundry on Sundays but I'm going to do it tomorrow instead. I plan on heading over to the U's library and scoping out the place tomorrow and then heading to my parents to work on some other stuff. Then Tuesday is the big day. Interview Day. All should go fine though, I'm good at interviews and I'm not worried.

I always feel like I need to end this with something, as if I'm having a conversation with someone. So with that, I am off. Peace!