Yes I am alive...

I have had a few comments from people that I dont update this enough, and those TWO people would be right. It just hard you know? When someone works full time, goes to graduate school full time, and then lives life full time...it's hard to recount it for the people who are not with you full time. It's funny though I always manage to read my sisters posts. And, if a mother of FOUR wonderful children can find time to entertain me...why can't I find time to update my blog. That is why I am making a vow to update this at least once a week. I have a bad habit in that when things in my life are getting busy - I do nothing. So, for a while there my life was getting off track professionally, personally, and academically. After some wise words from the platonic love of my life Matt Ruckman, I think I am back in the game.

So here is a little update of what I have been up to:

February: In February I traveled to Austin, Texas for the Region IV Student Lead On Conference. This one was an interesting one. The region is comprised of Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas...and maybe some other state. I'm not sure. But the point is...according to TEXAS, they are the only ones that matter:) I got to see a great friend from Ohio University - Stephanie. She now works at Texas State. As always I had a great time with Stephanie and I got to meet a lot of new great people. Austin, Texas is a great town. And...and we found Stephanies keys :) Yeah she dropped them behind some permant bleachers. We had to wait until the whole bar cleared out so the worker could use a drill and unscrew them and get those little bastards. :)

March: March of course was Spring Break. I think it is fantastic that I am 25 years old and I still get to experience a week in the sun. I went to Pensacola, Florida to visit some friends that work at University of West Florida. It was interesting to see that some of the damage from hurricane Ivan still had not been restored. I cant imagine how long it is going to take to get New Orleans back to its original state. I had fun giving Ruckman excuses to not go to work and to hang out and drink with me. I know he hated me by the end of the week...but I also hated his snoring by the end of the week ;) His classic quote is "If you hear me snoring, then you havent drank enough" HA...For a weekend I went to Gainesville for the Swamp Shootout. I got to see Kristin Hace and also some Gator wins in March Madness. I have great pictures from Spring Break...however my camera got stolen. The Man Eating Clam will forever live on in my memory only.

April: I have just returned from the NIRSA National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. I had a great time drinking and networking with other recreational sports professionals. I think I attended a few sessions too...I am on a search committee for a job that is posted at Southeast, so it was good to meet with some of the candidates and get a feel for who they are before we bring them on campus. One of the nights a tornado touched down in Louisville. Interesting seeing how when this happened I was eating at Hard Rock Cafe. They evacuated the whole restaurant into the basement. Yes that is right, through the kitchen, past the service elevator into a very cramped basement hallway. No, they did not comp anything but, they remade our food that got cold.

Update on what is coming up in the next few months:
April 22 - Memphis for Jen Landers bachelorette party and Andi Malicks birthday
First weekend in May - Memphis in May...live bands
Second weekend in May - Kim James will be here :)
Third weekend in May - Jen Landers wedding
Fourth weekend in May - Hopefully a trip to the dirty ATH
June - Trip to Detroit to see the fam
August - moving out of the ghetto to a nicer house in a bigger part of the ghetto

So, THERE. I hope those two people got their fix of my life as it is right now.

"Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other." Just a line from the movie CRASH that I love ;)