jumping again!

so much for feeling better today! i actually feel worse than i have all week. the sore throat was gone to be replaced with a stuffed up nose (i am kind of losing my voice as well, but part of me has always wanted to do that since i've never lost it before...is that weird?). yeah i pretty much can't breath through my nose. my legs are also sore from weight lifting yesterday, but not as sore as my nose. my nose is bright red and raw from all the rubbing of tissues...much like this happy face guy :0) notice...still smiling! anyways...moving on since i'm sure no one want to read an entire post about my nose.

so, why am i still smiling? well, even though i wasn't feeling physically all that well today, i did get to high jump!!! that made my day! only made 4'4" today, but i figure that isn't so bad for the first day back. it was fun! especially the adventure of setting up the hj pit. with the help of the throwers and the long jumpers, we set up the mat and standards. hannah, matt and i wanted to lay on the sections of mat as they carried them...it's not like we have a reputation to protect here. most of the track team already hates us because they think we lay around all day, so why fight it? but, just for the record, we are VISUALIZING! coach even said by the end of season 80% mental 20% physical...visualizing counts as mental. haha! it was a good day.

something else that sort of fits with track, well, maybe not so much. my high jump coach, coach jim, has been reading my blog for the past few months and today he told me that from reading my blog the two major things he has learned about me are 1. i love tennis. :) and 2. i'm more competitive than meets the eye. if my mind is set on something, i'll get it done. i was turning it over in my brain and realized that this is very true of myself. i just thought it was funny how you can learn things about people you know by reading some of their personal experiences, coming from their perspective. the tennis is an obvious one for me...it is probably one of the main things i mention on here, but i guess i've never really realized how i can be competitive when i really want something. i just thought that was neat and quite observant.

well, i must now leave you all because i still do have some home work and it's getting to be my sleepy time...hopefully i can sleep off this cold or whatever i have!

peace out!