Monday, January 31, 2011
Powerwashing... Just Lovely. :)
I've been powerwashing the past few days. I learned my lesson and wore some rain pants the next day. haha :)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Three Words. Out of Shape.
near the beginning of October I had this incident where i jumped over a fence to get a soccer ball and my foot got destroyed when I landed. It has been 3.5 months since this happened and it still is bothering me. I haven't been able to run like I normally do and recently I have felt the effects!!
Last Saturday I played in a Church Basketball game and my foot was feeling awesome! I was excited to be able to play. I got in the game and "tried" going full speed. My attempt did not last very long. I came out of the game and pretty much died. I sat down, clutching my chest because my lungs weren't used to breathing like an athlete. After that I decided to take it a little bit easy and the results: My lungs were happy.
This morning I got up and said, "I want to work out." I lifted for a bit and I was fine. Later I decided to go on a bike ride and meet my mom for lunch somewhere... I wasn't so fine. Where i live, there are lots of hills. Up and down. Up and down. The downs were pleasant but the ups were like trying to pin the tail on an invisible donkey... nearly impossible. When I got to Baja Fresh, I realized that was only half the journey. I enjoyed eating with my mother and she suggested I put my bike in the car and drive home. I was happy to accept the offer.
All in all my day was pretty good. It ended up being sunny, which isn't very common during the winter months in Vancouver Washington.
Last Saturday I played in a Church Basketball game and my foot was feeling awesome! I was excited to be able to play. I got in the game and "tried" going full speed. My attempt did not last very long. I came out of the game and pretty much died. I sat down, clutching my chest because my lungs weren't used to breathing like an athlete. After that I decided to take it a little bit easy and the results: My lungs were happy.
This morning I got up and said, "I want to work out." I lifted for a bit and I was fine. Later I decided to go on a bike ride and meet my mom for lunch somewhere... I wasn't so fine. Where i live, there are lots of hills. Up and down. Up and down. The downs were pleasant but the ups were like trying to pin the tail on an invisible donkey... nearly impossible. When I got to Baja Fresh, I realized that was only half the journey. I enjoyed eating with my mother and she suggested I put my bike in the car and drive home. I was happy to accept the offer.
All in all my day was pretty good. It ended up being sunny, which isn't very common during the winter months in Vancouver Washington.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
A Day of Growth. A Day of Sleep. A Day of Confused Cheerleaders.
Today started at 12:00am like it does every day. Except last night i was still awake and at a friends house. Earlier I had said goodbye to some friends that i won't see for a while. I did the same thing at 1:00am when I said goodbye to Chelsea and Bailey Rhodes. It was fun while it lasted.
After I went home and slept, i got up at 8:00am had breakfast, got ready and did a job shadow at Hoffman construction. I got to see everything that a project engineer does in a day. It was amazing seeing how much work and detail is put into buildings. I was impressed with the technology used and many different skills that go into a building.
Next came the time of day that i will be regretting in about an hour or so. . . My long nap. Naps are pretty good normally. This one was great except for the fact that it was almost three hours! I don't have much else to say about my nap because it was pretty uneventful.
Taking down the last of the christmas decorations and putting them under the house while watching the Arkansas v. Ohio State game wasn't very productive. I would get distracted by the game and forget that i needed to be working and then i would get working and forget about the game. In the end it all worked out and i was able to complete both tasks.
FUNNIEST MOMENT OF THE DAY!!!!
I went to watch the end of my former high schools girls basketball game with my little freshman sister. During the game, the ball bounces into the hands of an opposing team's cheerleader. Cheerleaders, being the oblivious little balls of giggles they are, have no clue what to do when this happens. The cheerleader trows the ball in the opposite direction of the ref. The ref kicks her out of the cheerleading area thinking that she threw the ball out of anger! haha she was even more confused then because she probably had no idea who the man in the striped uniform even was that kicked her out. On the verge of tears, she goes and sits next to her coach and watches her fellow cheerleaders cheer their team on to a disappointing loss to Skyview. :)
Well, thats all folks. Good night.
Dallin Shirley Photograph of the day:
After I went home and slept, i got up at 8:00am had breakfast, got ready and did a job shadow at Hoffman construction. I got to see everything that a project engineer does in a day. It was amazing seeing how much work and detail is put into buildings. I was impressed with the technology used and many different skills that go into a building.
Next came the time of day that i will be regretting in about an hour or so. . . My long nap. Naps are pretty good normally. This one was great except for the fact that it was almost three hours! I don't have much else to say about my nap because it was pretty uneventful.
Taking down the last of the christmas decorations and putting them under the house while watching the Arkansas v. Ohio State game wasn't very productive. I would get distracted by the game and forget that i needed to be working and then i would get working and forget about the game. In the end it all worked out and i was able to complete both tasks.
FUNNIEST MOMENT OF THE DAY!!!!
I went to watch the end of my former high schools girls basketball game with my little freshman sister. During the game, the ball bounces into the hands of an opposing team's cheerleader. Cheerleaders, being the oblivious little balls of giggles they are, have no clue what to do when this happens. The cheerleader trows the ball in the opposite direction of the ref. The ref kicks her out of the cheerleading area thinking that she threw the ball out of anger! haha she was even more confused then because she probably had no idea who the man in the striped uniform even was that kicked her out. On the verge of tears, she goes and sits next to her coach and watches her fellow cheerleaders cheer their team on to a disappointing loss to Skyview. :)
Well, thats all folks. Good night.
Dallin Shirley Photograph of the day:
Monday, January 3, 2011
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