Dead News

A recent tooth ache lead me to a local dentists office in Fort Collins, where I met a real sweetheart of a man in Dr. Modroski, however, I did feel like strangling him when he told me that an old filling (in my #12) had either further decayed which exposed the nerve or the nerve just died. ( please hold your tears) that means that I will be going back this Thursday for MY FIRST ROOT CANAL IN COLORADO!! He was kind enough to write me scripts for penecillin to settle down the inflammation and infection which was beginning as well as some generic Vicodin, which has saved the day. I will go from taking my Research Methods Mid-term to getting a my root canal and hopefully be sober enough to return to Greeley for my night class (Sport in Society)

The other "Dead" news I have is a Personal record on the Deadlift 255 as part of the CrossFit workout of the day. 7 sets of 1 rep max 215/235/225/225/235/245/255

As part of my recent commitment to CrossFit this was a great WOD (workout of the day) to establish a baseline in one of the foundational exercises. I am lucky that the times which I am available to go to the gym when I am in Greeley are good times to lift, there is usually not a ...weight for one of the racks and I can run around doing warm-ups on various pieces of equipment.

P.S. - Very exciting news, I have been very excited by the research I'm reading about in articles which Dr. Brustad (my advisor) has given me. These are in preparation for my internship at a local elementary school which we'll be starting an after-school basketball program where kids develop teams which will eventually be self-coached to work on issues like conflict resolution andincreasing levels of connectedness and autonomy. Aside from how excited I am to start getting my hands dirty in the program, I talked to Dr. Brustad about the program his colleague is running at the University of Valencia in Spain, and he said their program is well underway and by this spring or next fall they will be introducing a program with a curriculum into at least 30 different school as THE physical education program. He also said that there would definitely be a spot for me to get involved if I were interested, AND I AM. I think I am going to try and make it happen for next fall and get some research out of it and make it a thesis. That way I will be able to come back and finish up credits and write up what is left in the spring.