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.

Fall for Real

Today was a great Fall day. The morning crispness of the Rocky air never seemed to dissipate but neither did the sun. After an hour of reading and another hour of Rosetta Stone Spanish lessons on my laptop I was adequately prepared for a CrossFit staple. I completed "Nicole" (which is 20 minutes of continuous rounds of 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups and 15 air squats) I completed 12 and change. It was the first time that I had competed a CrossFit workout on the outdoor fitness equipment scattered through City Park. It took a little bit longer than usual to get into an aggressive mood where I felt in a zone. Perhaps because there was a table of quasi-crunchies debriefing their game of Ultimate frisbee at a picnic table just behind me.

I returned home after observing a father teaching his son and 4 of his friends how to run a post pattern on an open field. I was impressed with how the kids didn't need to be pestered to pay attention most likely because there were just enough of them that there wasn't much uninvolved waiting and the kids were the ones playing. The father spoke to them, showed them, and then let them do it over and over again and they seemed to be learning from each other mimicking the most athletic and graceful of the boys. There were a few games of soccer and frisbee played by adults on the short walk back home.

I made a great lunch and then did some studying for an upcoming mid-term in Research Methods of Sport and Exercise Science, until the daylight hours seemed to be wasting away and my roommate Karen and I rode our bikes into town for some window shopping and a very tasty apple pie coffee ( which was remarkable, but I noted to the "Baristas" that the only thing which could have made it better was some graham cracker crummble stuck to the lip of the mug...mmmmm) Anyways, we took a bunch of pictures along Mountain Ave. the bike friendly street that has several eccentric houses and historic buildings.

All in all this day captured the essence of Fall even now as I head to sleep I feel peaceful and small knowing the Fall is here, Winter is soon to follow and the natural order remains and another year will come and go. Although I feel particularly inadequate in the world right now it still feels like its spinning slow enough to appreciate it.


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