It's Official!

Well it's official! I will be doing my student teaching up in Dallas with FRISCO ISD. Thanks be to God and all who have prayed for this as it has not been an easy road. Finally, after much debate with the department of education's field experience office at SHSU they approved that I could go to Dallas as a courtesy placement student. I am currently working with TWU and the nicest folks that found me a great placement. Without Judy and her staff at TWU this would not have been possible. SHSU has given their blessing and everything is a go. I can't wait for the Fall semester to start so I can FINALLY graduate. For now I am looking forward to the summer, ahhhh time to relax. This summer I hope to do some private tutoring and I am looking into volunteering to read to the kiddos at our local library.

No 5k Today

The morning after I posted about the 5k, I got word at work that our deadline was being moved up a week and everybody had to work Saturday. This meant that I would have to back out of the 5k race. I was a little bummed, but who wants to run in the rain anyway. I know that there will be many other opportunities for 5k races and I am glad that I've been blessed with a busy job. Thanks for the words of encouragement that Tina and I have received. To answer some replies from the previous posting, we were training for this event by walking at a nearby park that has a 1.25 mile trail. We will continue to train for future 5k's plus the exercise that we both need. I even jumped into the iPod world and got my Nike+ tennis shoes to help me along.



We hope everybody has a great week.

Quote About Life

Today Major League Baseball honored Jackie Robinson and all he did in changing the game as we know and see it today. Every player throughout Major League wore the number 42 in honor of Jackie. The Astros and Rangers ended their current losing streaks tonight on this special day.

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." Jackie Robinson

In other sports news, the NFL released the 2009 schedule. I read a lot of comments today on the Houston Chronicle website from fans who are optimistic with the Texans schedule. The main focus was the Monday Night Game against the Tennessee Titans. People think this is the year the Texans will be the surprise team. I would love to predict a 10-6 record for the Texans but I can't so I will say 9-7.

I would like to see some of your predictions for the teams that you cheer for.

As far as Dallas, things are going good. Work is good. I have about a month left of this "Bachelor Life" and then my better half will be up here permanently. Tina and I are participating in a 5k this Saturday morning. It should be fun, if the weather cooperates. Neither one of us will be setting record times at this event, but we are doing our part to maintain healthy lives.

Baseball Season Is Here!!!

It was Opening Day for most baseball teams today. A lot of people, including me, have been looking forward to this day since last years world series ended.

The Texas Rangers had an afternoon game today against the Cleveland Indians. Former President G. W. Bush throughout the first pitch (according to the radio broadcasters it was a strike). The Rangers gave the Indians a 9-1 beating.

The Houston Astros had an evening game against the Chicago Cubs. This is usually a great battle between these two NL Central teams. Unfortunately Roy Oswalt and The Astros could not beat Carlos Zambrano and The Cubs score was 4-2). I got to see this game on TV since The Rangers had an afternoon game.

I am looking forward to following The Astros and yes The Rangers this year.

On a different topic, what is up with this weather? Yes I know I was begging and pleading for winter-like weather in a previous posting, but the DFW area is under a freeze warning tonight. No precipitation, just COLD weather. I keep asking coworkers about Dallas Spring and Summer seasons. They say Summers are miserable. I can't wait to see what their definition of miserable is.

If you haven't had a chance to see the bluebonnets, I got to see a good number of them between Corsicana and Huntsville. I wish I had a camera to stop and take pictures.

Hope everybody has a Happy Easter weekend.