KY vs. CT

After three days in NYC we took the train to Connecticut to visit some friends li´ving in Cornwall (a.k.a in the middle of nowhere). But man it's beautiful up here. Here it's still pretty cold, but slowly getting warmer. Kentucky nature is gorgeous too, but this reminds me more of Europe, which is great to me now. In comparison I'd say it's more down to earth up here around Connecticut and Massachusetts, and doesn't have all the traffic, fast food places and more genuine culture. Although Kentucky has it's charm too, the southern charm. But as one that misses Europe a lot, it's been real good spending time here.

Awesome dog, Oden

NYC

So I got a great start on our trip, lost my cell phone.. It's so me.. But since then we've had a great time. We've had great food, so far American and Korean. Already got a lot done: shopping, Central Park, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center and just taking in the city. Love it. Also brother and dad got to see some hockey at the Garden for free. Just a tad jealous.

FAM in KY

My family is here! Its been a crazy couple of days and they are not over yet. The best is still to come, NYC! Anyways, mom, dad and little brother has been here since sat. We have been sightseeing and they've been sightseeing some more, we've been eating good food and they've had KFC. Brother came to school with me mon, and might never come back.. Friends of mine are crazy, lets just leave it at that.

Sorry I am so boring and dont have any pictures, but you'll se a bunch from NYC on FB. C ya!

El Capitaine

Found out our events today. I'll be doing mid-distances and long-jump. We have been divided in to work out groups, mid-distances being one group. Me being the captain of that group.. ? I'm excited about it though, I am. Now I just have to perform good too..

Quote: "If Agnes hadn't been on every practice during conditioning and done so well, she had just been another foreigner to me." - Coach Bradley

7 days

In almost exactly one week from today my family arrives at the house. Now that's a crazy thought. It will be wierd, but most of all so incredibly fun! Haven't seen them in 8 months, can you imagine? Probably not. Mom, dad, little brother and me, here in Bardstown; KY. Then, mom, dad, little brother and me in NYC!Also, mom, dad, little brother and me in CT. And then, mom, dad, little brother and me in NYC, again. Im pumped!!

Lockdown

Friday was an interesting day at school, or exciting would be a better word to dexcribe it, maybe even frightening. Second period is choir for me, this day we happened to go to the library for some people who had to do some research. So we're just chillin' in there, sitting in the couches when the announcements comes on: "We are under a lockdown at this moment, so would you please listen to your teacher for further instructions". So with this our teachers tell us to get on the floor and sit next to a shelf, table or whatever you could find. They closed the blinds and turned the lights off.
I was kind off freaking out, as my mind goes to all the school massacres you hear about. I asked Paige what was going on, she said that it could be anything from an intruder at the school, someone has a gun, a very upset parent coming in or drugs. She also mentioned that the library was the worst possible place to be at under a lockdown, thanks buddy.

Luckily it turned out to be the last mentioned possibility, drugs. We saw the drug dogs come in and searched through the hallway and lockers. So what most likely happened was that they got a tip from somebody about a student having drugs. Nothing more than that for this time. Breath out.

Insanity

So our two weeks of track conditioning are almost over. We have been doing work-outs from a video called "insanity", you can imagine how hard it has been. We've been doing that along with running and weight-lifting. So I can with confidence say that I'm ready for track now, no doubt.

semlor

Never been sure what date it is that we eat semlor on, but I knew it was in February, and that was enough for me. Made a small batch, brought to school and had Connie and Steve try them. They were a huge success! Even though I cheeted with them (used a pre-prepared bread mix and cinnamon instead of cardemom)...

Papa John's!

As you may have understood from reading my memoirs, ball games of any kind here are a big deal. The last game we went to was our girls district basketball game, which is win or you're done, end of season, game over. Now this means it's more fun stuff going on too. The biggest pizza company around, Papa John's, had their PR guy here and he was aranging a contest. Now can you add 1 and 1? Pizza and contest? Well, simply eat as much pizza as you can in 3 minutes.
There was two contestants, both pretty big guys, but I'd say they bigger guy was the favorite of the two. So after stuffing their faces with god know how many pieces it was a tie. That led to one more piece, as fast as they could eat it. And it was here that the underdog stepped up, he just jammed the slice into his mouth in seconds. Some would call it impressive, I call it gross.

2 weeks

First conditioning practice - done. The first one out of ten in two weeks. And oboy if I have missed working out like this! My body will feel amazing tomorrow, and I'm excited about it too. And what heals sore muscles better than to work out even more? I couldn't tell you.