World Series Champs!!!

So to continue from my last post, I did go downtown on Friday night to watch the game from the streets with a few friends. For some reason, word must have gotten out that the Cards were going to clinch the series that night because the streets were packed...we could barely get close to the fence where we had been standing just 3 nights earlier for game 3. The crowd was excited, we were pumped, and everyone's eyes were glued to the screen. During the ninth inning, the gates opened and they let everyone into the stadium which led to a stampede of people trying to get a better view. We got in and found a view of the field just in time to watch Wainwright strike Inge out to end the game! We all went crazy! Strangers hugged strangers, everyone was high-fiving, and confetti was flying everywhere. Unfortuneately, they had the SWAT team out and they wouldn't let anyone on the field. Since we couldn't get on the field, we headed up to the next level to get a better view. After celebrating for a while in the stadium, we headed out to look for some of the vendors that were selling the stadium edition newspapers on the streets and we loaded up on those cheap souviners...hey they only cost 50 cents each. We celebrated on the streets for awhile with a few thousand of our closest friends...Pat even ran through the streets without his shirt on-granted he did warn us before the game that he was going to. We finally headed home, honking and screaming all the way out of the parking garage and town. Go Cards!!!

Conference Champs!!! Oh, and Don't Forget Those Cardinals!

I meant to write this post earlier this week, but due to one reason or another I had to keep pushing it back...whoops! Anyway, so I just want to take the opportunity to congratulate the mens Cross Country team for winning their conference meet for the third straight year! My roommate Pat took 13th place and topped his own personal record (PR for those who are familiar with the "running" lingo), and as the fifth and final point scoring member of the team, ensured the teams victory. I don't think that I need to add that he was pretty pumped when he got back to the apartment that day. Make sure that you congratulate the team if you happen to run into them, or if you don't go to school here yet but are really fast, come here next year and help the team clinch for the a fourth straight year ;)

In other sporting news, the Cardinals are now up 3 games to Detroit's 1 in the World Series! If it doesn't get rained out, the game tonight could, and will (I'm an optimist, what can I say?), make our St. Louis Cardinals, World Series Champions for the first time in 24 years! And the baseball world said that the Cards had no chance...we'll show them! I don't know about you, but I will be at the stadium tonight watching from the fence, the street, a nearby parking garage, or anywhere with a partial view of the field, and when the Cards win I will celebrate with 50 or so thousand of my closest friends.

P.S. I will add some pictures from the game tonight/previous nights as soon as I can get them ready

A Pictures Worth a Thousand Words...

So I just got my first digital camera today, which means the disposable cameras that I have been used to using will be gone once and for all. My friend Keri helped me pick it out online and helped me get a good deal. I had been eagerly anticipating the arrival of my package all week when the box finally popped up today. Ok, so that sounds a little lame; I was just trying to overly exaggerate the process to make it sound more intense. So anyway, back to the story. I really wish that I could have gotten a camera a lot sooner, cause right now, the only pictures I have to remember my college years are those of other people. Its been kind of fun playing around with the different functions all day and getting used to how to use it. Unfortunately, cameras can be kind of expensive. Not only do you have to buy the camera, but you have to buy the case, and extra battery, and another memory card because the one that came with it only holds like 8 pictures which doesn't get you too far. I may have to cut back on my Applebees visits for awhile!

Pulling an All-Nighter

So, I was definitely a lot groggier this morning than I am most mornings, but for good reason. I was up til 4:30 in the morning the night before studying. This was officially my first all-nighter of the semester. I had put quite a few things off due my busy schedule of the week before of midterms and 8 week class finals. On top of my heavy workload, the Cardinals are in the play-offs, so I spent the weekend down at Busch Stadium watching the Redbirds through the fence as only a poor college student could enjoy; Saturday night was amazing but Sunday night was a bit of a disappointment. After spending two hours watching the birds get slaughtered, we headed back to the apartment to begin a long night of studying and paper writing. Pat, our friend Chelsie, and I sat in the living room of the apartment studying til the wee hours of the morning. It would be an understatement to say that we got a little slap happy--we were down right loopy! We kept taking breaks from our work to watch Chris Farley skits on YouTube, which added to the craziness. Somehow I was able to finish writing my paper and submit it via Blackboard right around 3:30 leaving me an hour or so to study for my Anatomy quiz. Chelsie left around 4 leaving me and Pat with the decision to stay up and watch a movie or try to get some sleep...yeah so we chose sleep. It was pretty difficult to roll out of bed the next morning, but hey, my paper was done.

Friday the 13th

Well today is Friday the 13th. To most, this means watching out for black cats and broken mirrors, but for me it is just another day. I am not really superstitious or anything like that, so I really just enjoy laughing at others stupidity, because its fun to watch others make fools of themselves. I actually find amusement in walking under ladders, spilling salt, and breaking mirrors in front of others, just to see their reactions. Oh the bliss.

So today, in honor of Friday the 13th, my boss and his wife invited everyone in the office over to their house for a Baptist style party, and by Baptist I really just mean we were all eating because there was food. I made my first ever pot of chili in my very own crock pot and brought it as my contribution, and it wasn't bad if I do say so myself. So we all ate and watched the Cardinals game but the highlight of the evening was the couples pumpkin carving contest. As I am single, I did not participate but I did enjoy watching all of the married couples/Faith and Arthur work on their orange canvases. All of the pumpkins turned out great, though we were all leary when Aaron told us he and his wife were doing "The Last Supper"; none of us were sure how this was going to work , but it actually turned out pretty sweet. We were all amazed that the little holes he was making transformed into the picture of "the Last Supper". Aaron and his wife won of course. I never knew that someone could be so creative with a pumpkin.

Somehow I progressed from superstition to Christ and the Last Supper in this post...yeah I'm not really sure how that happened. Oh well...stay safe everyone!

Finding time to Sleep

So I was definitely falling asleep during class today; not to say that what my professor was talking about was boring me, I was just tired. I probably run myself to ragid, but that's what college is about right? Making the most of every second of every day? Well that might be exagerating a little. Anyway, back to today. So I was sitting in class and I kept nodding off during lecture. I am very glad that my professor didn't catch me because I know she would have been disappointed in my lack of attention. So as soon as she got to a stopping point, I bolted out of class in search of a place to "lay my head." I had to take a break from my search for shut-eye when I came across some friends throwing around a football in the quad; it's kind of hard not to be distracted with the ball flying towards you, so I caught it and tossed it back. I slowly made my way over to the tree near the flagpole to determine whether or not it would be adequate for resting but unfortuneately there were too many people running around and I was afraid I would be stepped on or annoyed here so I moved on. I finally decided that the couches in Bywaters would be the ideal resting place so I moved in and found an empty three-seater, just long enough to stretch out on without having to take on a position that would lead to the cramping of my legs or neck. I had just planned to rest my eyes, so I laid there, listening to the conversation around me, relishing the time not spent working or studying. I was very relaxed...so relaxed in fact that my eyes slowly closed and the conversations faded away. I suddenly opened my eyes to find that everyone that had been sitting around me earlier had dissapeared and someone else was sitting near me. Naturally I assumed that I had been sleeping for hours and that I was quite late for work. Fortuneately, I was not late which was a relief, so I slowly gathered my things and headed for the office. There is just nothing like a mid-afternoon nap to make you feel ready for the rest of the day.

"I Like Smiling, Smiling's My Favorite!

So, we had some friends over last night to watch a movie. After about 25 minutes at Hollywood video, it was decided to just stay put and watch Elf, which by the way is my favorite Christmas movie of all time. Halfway through the movie, a couple of us decided we had cravings for Frosty's from Wendy's so as soon as the movie was over, all six of us headed out for a late night dairy fix. To our dismay, our neighborhood Wendy's was closed "due to technical difficulties"; it was an upsetting moment for all us, and the guy's idea of mourning was to remove our shirts and run around the parking lot shirtless while the girls just shook their heads...why we thought this was a good idea I am still not sure but somehow it eased the pain of not getting our chocolatey treats.

We decided to go to Steak N Shake instead, where our waitress was quite flirtatious (is that how it's spelled? Wasn't sure)..."Tulula" is now our friend on Myspace. While waiting on our food we decided to play "Heads up Three up", as their were only six of us. Theres nothing better than sitting in a crowded restaurant and reverting back to grade-school games with your friends. All in all, it was just another crazy night as a Mobap student.

Cardinals!!!

WhooHoo!!! Our Cards made it once again! I for one am very excited to see the Redbirds in the post-season, no more excited than my sports crazed roomie Pat. He has been yelling at the TV for the last month or so, during the *cough* slump *cough* that the Cards entered for awhile. I am slightly apprehensive to view his reactions to the post season games, but it is actually kind of funny to watch him get all riled up over the games. I am looking forward to watching the games myself and cheering my team through to the Series...I am an optimist after all! Oh, and for those of you out there that happen to have acquired tickets to any of the games, give me a call...I would gladly be your friend for a night ;)

Fall Retreat

So I just got back from a weekend of camping and bible study in central Missouri with Campus Crusade for Christ. We camped at Turkey Hill Bible Camp and our theme was "Epic" as related to the epic story that God is writing and that we are characters in. Our study was focused around John 14:6, where Christ tells his disciples that he is "The way the truth and the life". We were asked to reflect on this statement and how Christ should be in the center of our "story", while encouraging each of us to rely on each other for growth. I learned a great deal from the speakers, but I really enjoyed the chance to hang out with some of the new freshmen and get to know them. I look forward to the opportunities of discipleship with them to come.