Thursday, September 30, 2004
Stop watching the Epee acrobatics!! Mitchell stop distracting my sabres or I'll beat you!! Mitchell was balancing his epee on his chin and than on his nose and walking around while Talon was explaining the order of go for electric to us. I never knew you could do that with an epee.
I won all my bouts today except against Pete and Gina. I think I did pretty good against Pete, minus the nice stripe I now have across my shoulder. It was weird fencing electric and having alot of people watch, but fun.
Because of my dumb knee I won't be fencing in the tournament this weekend, but Talon said that he'd take Mary and I to the one in Columbia in two weeks. I'm excited!!
I was finally feeling less stressed today, but the stress returned later...let's not go there.
I was going to actually post something deep, something more than just what happened today, but I don't feel like it. I'm sorry. I know I havn't posted anything other than surfacey stuff since I came to Clemson, but I'm adjusting. I'll get back to my old posting style eventually.
I had a ditsy day today. I put my shirt on backwards (and didn't realize until at lunch), forgot my towel, took the wrong bus, and did something else that gave someone a good laugh but I don't remember who it was or what I did. Yeah...not as bad as my suete mate....ask me if you really want to know the story. I don't feel like typing all that much.
I won all my bouts today except against Pete and Gina. I think I did pretty good against Pete, minus the nice stripe I now have across my shoulder. It was weird fencing electric and having alot of people watch, but fun.
Because of my dumb knee I won't be fencing in the tournament this weekend, but Talon said that he'd take Mary and I to the one in Columbia in two weeks. I'm excited!!
I was finally feeling less stressed today, but the stress returned later...let's not go there.
I was going to actually post something deep, something more than just what happened today, but I don't feel like it. I'm sorry. I know I havn't posted anything other than surfacey stuff since I came to Clemson, but I'm adjusting. I'll get back to my old posting style eventually.
I had a ditsy day today. I put my shirt on backwards (and didn't realize until at lunch), forgot my towel, took the wrong bus, and did something else that gave someone a good laugh but I don't remember who it was or what I did. Yeah...not as bad as my suete mate....ask me if you really want to know the story. I don't feel like typing all that much.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
I didn't realize how emotionally stressed I was until I started talking. I deal with things by putting them out of my mind, so I never realized how much junk had built up. I'm scared ya know. No, I have friends and they are awesome, it's not that... it's....
Oh well. Now I don't even have my stress reliever though. The doctor has banned me from running (stupid injured ligaments in my knee) and I can't horse back ride. At least I still have fencing. I'd go crazy if I didn't. I'm allowed to fence as long as I'm really careful when I lunge. Yea... a sabre being careful while lunging.... Talon made be promise him twice that I'd be careful since there are only four girl sabres. My knee gave out in practice last night. It was so wierd though. When it happened I was expecting and hoping that no one noticed, but when I looked up, all the epees and sabres had stopped dead in the middle of their bouts and were looking at me with shock and worry. Come to find out a girl last year really messed up her knee when she fell while fencing.
House church was good tonight. Our family group split into a girls group and a guys group and we just shared how life has been going and prayed for one another. I really needed that. It was also so wonderful to get to hang out with just girls. I don't get to do that much.
Well, I should stop rambling now or I'll go on forever about nothing at all. If you don't believe me, ask Ammons. =-)
Oh well. Now I don't even have my stress reliever though. The doctor has banned me from running (stupid injured ligaments in my knee) and I can't horse back ride. At least I still have fencing. I'd go crazy if I didn't. I'm allowed to fence as long as I'm really careful when I lunge. Yea... a sabre being careful while lunging.... Talon made be promise him twice that I'd be careful since there are only four girl sabres. My knee gave out in practice last night. It was so wierd though. When it happened I was expecting and hoping that no one noticed, but when I looked up, all the epees and sabres had stopped dead in the middle of their bouts and were looking at me with shock and worry. Come to find out a girl last year really messed up her knee when she fell while fencing.
House church was good tonight. Our family group split into a girls group and a guys group and we just shared how life has been going and prayed for one another. I really needed that. It was also so wonderful to get to hang out with just girls. I don't get to do that much.
Well, I should stop rambling now or I'll go on forever about nothing at all. If you don't believe me, ask Ammons. =-)
Monday, September 27, 2004
Not all who wander are lost . . . Except for most people.
Umm...Yeah....I did it again. What started out as a nice short trail ride turned into a never ending trail with us praying to reach the end, but at least this time we had an excuse....sorta. We hit the trail late afternoon due to a mix up in where we were riding and headed out on a trail the stable manager said should be clear (one of the only clear ones after the storm hit). About twenty minuets into the ride we finally found the trail they were talking about (yeah... they gave terrible directions). It started out nice and clear like they said, but about 30 minuets into this supposedly "clear" trail, we came across the Great Wall of China made of fallen trees. Not wanting to turn back, we figured that we could just find a way to circle around it and catch the trail on the other side. With amazing cross country skill we managed to get around it and find the trail again. This worked for about the first two or three Great Tree Walls, but the last one we were not so lucky on. Two hours into the ride (which by this time we were already hoping it would end soon because we were already sore before we started riding), we got lost. We could not find a trail marker on any dumb tree, standing or not. What should you do when you find youself lost in the woods as the sun is setting? Wander around until you find a marker (yeah...okay... so maybe we're not the brightest of all lost people, but it always seems to work for us...thankfully!!). We wandered for about an hour before running across a man cutting up trees.
"Which way is the fastest way back to the main stables?" The directions he gave appeared straight forward until we realized that he had put us back on the trail we started on going in the same direction that we started in and to turn back would have meant more cross country exercises and to go forward meant losing the trail again. So what now? Let's just try a random direction in the woods and see what happens. Thankfully, we eventually ran into another woman who gave us better direction and within an hour of meeting her we made it out of the woods. By this point it was dark. The stable manager saw us coming and called out: "Have a good ride?" We just kept walking. To even try to say something might have caused some French to flow forth. But all in all it was a good ride. We had fun overall and the horses did great. I realize how much I miss riding, but fencing helps to make up for it.
Hmm...I need to grab lunch before I'm late for my next class.
Umm...Yeah....I did it again. What started out as a nice short trail ride turned into a never ending trail with us praying to reach the end, but at least this time we had an excuse....sorta. We hit the trail late afternoon due to a mix up in where we were riding and headed out on a trail the stable manager said should be clear (one of the only clear ones after the storm hit). About twenty minuets into the ride we finally found the trail they were talking about (yeah... they gave terrible directions). It started out nice and clear like they said, but about 30 minuets into this supposedly "clear" trail, we came across the Great Wall of China made of fallen trees. Not wanting to turn back, we figured that we could just find a way to circle around it and catch the trail on the other side. With amazing cross country skill we managed to get around it and find the trail again. This worked for about the first two or three Great Tree Walls, but the last one we were not so lucky on. Two hours into the ride (which by this time we were already hoping it would end soon because we were already sore before we started riding), we got lost. We could not find a trail marker on any dumb tree, standing or not. What should you do when you find youself lost in the woods as the sun is setting? Wander around until you find a marker (yeah...okay... so maybe we're not the brightest of all lost people, but it always seems to work for us...thankfully!!). We wandered for about an hour before running across a man cutting up trees.
"Which way is the fastest way back to the main stables?" The directions he gave appeared straight forward until we realized that he had put us back on the trail we started on going in the same direction that we started in and to turn back would have meant more cross country exercises and to go forward meant losing the trail again. So what now? Let's just try a random direction in the woods and see what happens. Thankfully, we eventually ran into another woman who gave us better direction and within an hour of meeting her we made it out of the woods. By this point it was dark. The stable manager saw us coming and called out: "Have a good ride?" We just kept walking. To even try to say something might have caused some French to flow forth. But all in all it was a good ride. We had fun overall and the horses did great. I realize how much I miss riding, but fencing helps to make up for it.
Hmm...I need to grab lunch before I'm late for my next class.
Monday, September 20, 2004
Awww, my poor roommate is snoring over her history book.
Gotta love random starts to a post.
I started to write about fencing and all the cool crazy people I'm meeting at fencing, but I think you all are probably sick of reading about fencing. But than again, it's hard not to. I fenced 30 hours this last week with the clinic and my time outside of fencing was spent mostly with the fencers because we only had enough time to eat before going back to fence some more. I feel kinda bad. I know that my friends know I'm not ditching them or whatnot, but I still feel guilty for not being able to hang out with them so much this last week. It feels weird to not be hanging out with them, because up until now, I spent almost all my time with them. Than again, it's also fun to be meeting even more people.
I'm so tired and I've been sick for a week now. Not bad sick, just a cold, but it still sucks. I'm complaining like an epee now aren't I? I guess if I complain on here I won't complain outloud. So if you don't want to hear me whine, skip this paragraph. My knee is killing me. Fencing is really bad for it I'm finding. I think in the long run, it will be good for me because it will strengthen the muscles around my knee, but until than it's really hurting it. I tried to stand up twice unsuccessfully this morning after I lowered myself down from the loft. I don't know how I'm going to survive practice tonight. They better not make us do too much conditioning. I hurt my ankle in fencing the other day to. I went to lunge and didn't keep my front foot straight and I fell. It wouldn't have been bad, but I had my hand tied behind my back and couldn't catch myself and wound up falling on my ankle. I had my hand tied behind my back because I'm trying to train myself to keep it there. Wow that was alot more whining than I planned on doing. Oh well, I'm too lazy to delete any of it.
There is something really bugging me, but I don't want to post about it right now.
"I don't understand anything anymore and this world that I'm tired of is taking me right up these walls
Can you save me from this world of mine before I get myself arrested with expectation."
Gotta love random starts to a post.
I started to write about fencing and all the cool crazy people I'm meeting at fencing, but I think you all are probably sick of reading about fencing. But than again, it's hard not to. I fenced 30 hours this last week with the clinic and my time outside of fencing was spent mostly with the fencers because we only had enough time to eat before going back to fence some more. I feel kinda bad. I know that my friends know I'm not ditching them or whatnot, but I still feel guilty for not being able to hang out with them so much this last week. It feels weird to not be hanging out with them, because up until now, I spent almost all my time with them. Than again, it's also fun to be meeting even more people.
I'm so tired and I've been sick for a week now. Not bad sick, just a cold, but it still sucks. I'm complaining like an epee now aren't I? I guess if I complain on here I won't complain outloud. So if you don't want to hear me whine, skip this paragraph. My knee is killing me. Fencing is really bad for it I'm finding. I think in the long run, it will be good for me because it will strengthen the muscles around my knee, but until than it's really hurting it. I tried to stand up twice unsuccessfully this morning after I lowered myself down from the loft. I don't know how I'm going to survive practice tonight. They better not make us do too much conditioning. I hurt my ankle in fencing the other day to. I went to lunge and didn't keep my front foot straight and I fell. It wouldn't have been bad, but I had my hand tied behind my back and couldn't catch myself and wound up falling on my ankle. I had my hand tied behind my back because I'm trying to train myself to keep it there. Wow that was alot more whining than I planned on doing. Oh well, I'm too lazy to delete any of it.
There is something really bugging me, but I don't want to post about it right now.
"I don't understand anything anymore and this world that I'm tired of is taking me right up these walls
Can you save me from this world of mine before I get myself arrested with expectation."
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Hmm.. who knows where this post is going to end up...
Did I mention before that I had to write a poem on the creation-evolution argument and include at least one scientific fact in it for my biology class? I spent a whole weekend on the dumb thing. But it was worth it, my professor loved it (which will hopefully make up for the paper he completely tore apart). If you are really interested in what it was about, ask me, but I doubt anyone is.
Fencing last night rocked!!!! I got to fence against the experineced people. I got my butt whooped but learned alot and had a blast. This week I have practice every night and a clinic this weekend. I love it, but this has to happen on my test week. Lovely.
For some reason my whole breakfast group woke up hyper. I ate breakfast with Tara, Matt and David this morning. When we got back to the dorm Matt and David and James were singing and we all played Duck-duck-goose (which started from Tara and I muttering gibberish that turned into kuskus, than goose-goose, than duck duck goose).
I went running before class yesterday (7am) with Josh. I don't know the best place to run yet so I decided to try Perimeter Road. We ran down the massive hill by the pit to perimeter, down perimeter and up a random road in the direction of campus (that I hoped would get us back to the dorm without having to run up the massive hill by the pit). As we rounded the corner I grinned because I could see the library, but my smile soon faded. "Those stairs are massive!!" I forgot about the Strom Wall. The stairs on that thing are small, steep and many in number. Josh and I decided to go for it and we sprinted for the wall. By the top I was panting and thought my legs would fall off, but was not ready to stop yet. We jogged the rest of the way to the dorm and ran up our dorm steps. The crazy thing is that I'm planning to do it tomorrow. I'm dumb, what can I say.
The Lord has really blessed me with my friends. Its neat to be around strong Christians who believe in a big God and not the Sunday school one. And it's a blessing to have such a supportive church family. I feel like I'm growing spiritually. Continue to pray that I will seek after the Lord, but that I will also have the wisdom to know what to say and when to speak out in class.
This place has slowly been feeling more like home. I keep starting to plan when I'm going to go home for a visit, but something always comes up here. I do miss you people though, so I'll come home at some point. Its weird cause I'm happy here, very happy, yet sometimes I miss home (the people, the place, everything like that). Since I live in Holmes, we always joke Home Sweet Holmes (yeah...that was random) (yeah...we're nerds, oh well). I miss horseback riding too. Am I complaining too much now?
I had come this long without anyone here knowing I was ticklish, but daggummit a couple have figured it out!! They still haven't snuck up on me yet and tickled me like you all use to do thank goodness!! That was the worst!!
Well, I have a test at 6:30 tonight and anothe rat 9am tomorrow and fencing tonight, so I better go study. Love ya'll!!!
Did I mention before that I had to write a poem on the creation-evolution argument and include at least one scientific fact in it for my biology class? I spent a whole weekend on the dumb thing. But it was worth it, my professor loved it (which will hopefully make up for the paper he completely tore apart). If you are really interested in what it was about, ask me, but I doubt anyone is.
Fencing last night rocked!!!! I got to fence against the experineced people. I got my butt whooped but learned alot and had a blast. This week I have practice every night and a clinic this weekend. I love it, but this has to happen on my test week. Lovely.
For some reason my whole breakfast group woke up hyper. I ate breakfast with Tara, Matt and David this morning. When we got back to the dorm Matt and David and James were singing and we all played Duck-duck-goose (which started from Tara and I muttering gibberish that turned into kuskus, than goose-goose, than duck duck goose).
I went running before class yesterday (7am) with Josh. I don't know the best place to run yet so I decided to try Perimeter Road. We ran down the massive hill by the pit to perimeter, down perimeter and up a random road in the direction of campus (that I hoped would get us back to the dorm without having to run up the massive hill by the pit). As we rounded the corner I grinned because I could see the library, but my smile soon faded. "Those stairs are massive!!" I forgot about the Strom Wall. The stairs on that thing are small, steep and many in number. Josh and I decided to go for it and we sprinted for the wall. By the top I was panting and thought my legs would fall off, but was not ready to stop yet. We jogged the rest of the way to the dorm and ran up our dorm steps. The crazy thing is that I'm planning to do it tomorrow. I'm dumb, what can I say.
The Lord has really blessed me with my friends. Its neat to be around strong Christians who believe in a big God and not the Sunday school one. And it's a blessing to have such a supportive church family. I feel like I'm growing spiritually. Continue to pray that I will seek after the Lord, but that I will also have the wisdom to know what to say and when to speak out in class.
This place has slowly been feeling more like home. I keep starting to plan when I'm going to go home for a visit, but something always comes up here. I do miss you people though, so I'll come home at some point. Its weird cause I'm happy here, very happy, yet sometimes I miss home (the people, the place, everything like that). Since I live in Holmes, we always joke Home Sweet Holmes (yeah...that was random) (yeah...we're nerds, oh well). I miss horseback riding too. Am I complaining too much now?
I had come this long without anyone here knowing I was ticklish, but daggummit a couple have figured it out!! They still haven't snuck up on me yet and tickled me like you all use to do thank goodness!! That was the worst!!
Well, I have a test at 6:30 tonight and anothe rat 9am tomorrow and fencing tonight, so I better go study. Love ya'll!!!
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Wow it's been awhile since I last posted!!
That game last night sucked!! We soo should have beaten them. I don't think I want to sit on the hill next time. Although I had the coolest view of the game, and all the school spirit was awesome, I didn't enjoy having a group of drunks behind and infront of me. Oh well, Matt and David showed them (Matt the human ramming log).
My parents visited today!!!! I was soo happy. They came to church with me than out to lunch with Jared, Jared's parents, Robert and I. Chinese was a nice break from the usual. Mommy made me brownies. Jared and Robert played the guitar and sang so them. I love hearing them play!! It was especially fun to see them dance while playing Oh What A Night.
A lady gave a three pizzas Friday!! Is that not awesome or what!! Clemson people are so nice.
I have my first three tests next week. I'm nervous and I've been studying by behind off. Pray for me if you think of it.
I'm going to try to write something that made me really laugh on every post (yeah, I know, I'll forget to do it, but oh well). So here it is: I look across the hall and see Matt and David jumping around holding shoes and throwing them and yelling.
Me: Is there a bug? I thought guys were suppose to be good with bugs.
David: That is not a bug, that is cockroach. Cockroaches are massive, way too big to be bugs. It's like a friggin' rat with a shell!!!
I love my friends!!
I have a fencing tournament the first weekend of October. It'll be sooo awesome! But I have a bad feeling that I'm going to get my butt whooped by people who have been fencing their whole lives. Oh well, it'll still be fun.
I had to drop off the intramural ultimate frisbee team in order to do fencing and house church. But I don't mind cause I still get to practice with the team which is more fun anyway.
That game last night sucked!! We soo should have beaten them. I don't think I want to sit on the hill next time. Although I had the coolest view of the game, and all the school spirit was awesome, I didn't enjoy having a group of drunks behind and infront of me. Oh well, Matt and David showed them (Matt the human ramming log).
My parents visited today!!!! I was soo happy. They came to church with me than out to lunch with Jared, Jared's parents, Robert and I. Chinese was a nice break from the usual. Mommy made me brownies. Jared and Robert played the guitar and sang so them. I love hearing them play!! It was especially fun to see them dance while playing Oh What A Night.
A lady gave a three pizzas Friday!! Is that not awesome or what!! Clemson people are so nice.
I have my first three tests next week. I'm nervous and I've been studying by behind off. Pray for me if you think of it.
I'm going to try to write something that made me really laugh on every post (yeah, I know, I'll forget to do it, but oh well). So here it is: I look across the hall and see Matt and David jumping around holding shoes and throwing them and yelling.
Me: Is there a bug? I thought guys were suppose to be good with bugs.
David: That is not a bug, that is cockroach. Cockroaches are massive, way too big to be bugs. It's like a friggin' rat with a shell!!!
I love my friends!!
I have a fencing tournament the first weekend of October. It'll be sooo awesome! But I have a bad feeling that I'm going to get my butt whooped by people who have been fencing their whole lives. Oh well, it'll still be fun.
I had to drop off the intramural ultimate frisbee team in order to do fencing and house church. But I don't mind cause I still get to practice with the team which is more fun anyway.
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Matt is such a sweetie!! Tara and I had moldy glasses and coffee pot in our room. So, I went to Matt's room to clean them 'cause we didn't want to wash all the nasty stuff out in our sink (we were going to clean his sink out with bleach after we washed our dishes anyway). But I couldn't clean them. Everytime I tried to clean it out I started gaging (it was soo nasty!!). Matt came over, took the glasses and cleaned them for us without making us feel guilty. Those glasses would probably be still nasty if he didn't help, or I would have thrown up. And he did all this after spending half an hour helping me fix my computer. He's such a sweetie!
It rained for the first time today (since I've been here). But I was in class while it rained, so I still havn't had to get wet yet. Wet Yet. That's fun to type. But my hair is showing the affects of the rain and my knee is complaining about it.
I get to fence tonight!! I'm excited!!!
I think I made a mistake by saying I'm Ashley from Asheville, to help them remember my name. Now, when walking to class I hear "Hey Ashley from Asheville" yelled from across the street or in my ear, lol. Not that I mind, I just think it's funny. Yeah... Okay...I'm rambling now...
Well...I'm going to go work on my "real" website that I have to make. Here at Clemson they make us create websites. It's actually fun.
It rained for the first time today (since I've been here). But I was in class while it rained, so I still havn't had to get wet yet. Wet Yet. That's fun to type. But my hair is showing the affects of the rain and my knee is complaining about it.
I get to fence tonight!! I'm excited!!!
I think I made a mistake by saying I'm Ashley from Asheville, to help them remember my name. Now, when walking to class I hear "Hey Ashley from Asheville" yelled from across the street or in my ear, lol. Not that I mind, I just think it's funny. Yeah... Okay...I'm rambling now...
Well...I'm going to go work on my "real" website that I have to make. Here at Clemson they make us create websites. It's actually fun.
