ahhhhhhhh!

1. I haven't heard officially from my clinical site in OKC yet. Interpretation: The clinic hasn't officially sent word that they are expecting me. Worst case scenario is that I will not get to go to OKC and end up in po-dunk, armpit of Texas somewhere for 8 weeks.

2. I'm coming to the realization that I will not have a place to call my own for about the next year. Living the life of a nomad will be fun for a little bit, but sometimes you just want your own space.

3. I'm going to be done with PT school before I know it. Yep, I'm starting to get a little scared. Scared and excited all at the same time though. Change makes you nervous, but you can never be afraid of it or you won't get anywhere. I'm ready.

4. I have made some of the greatest friends during my time in Amarillo and will miss each of them more than words can say. Love.

Boo!

We had our last halloween party this year at Jodie and Evan's new house. We went with tradition and played rock band at the party this year. Everyone did great with their costumes. Although I think Ronald McDonald and the Hamburgular was my personal favorite!

Pottery!

So here are some pics from pottery class. We had so much fun the first six weeks that we decided to take six more weeks of class. It's something we look forward to every week and helps to keep us sane in lovely Amarillo.

Shawna trimming her pot

This particular week we just trimmed a bunch of pots and didn't make any

new ones.

My pitcher that I am very proud of!

Becca and Kent.

I have deemed Kent the pottery wizard because he fixes everything we

screw up and makes some beautiful pots.

Please Read

Disclaimer: This is not meant to be a pro obama or pro mccain post. While the video is in favor of obama, my intention was to prove a point regardless of who I am choosing to vote for. The most important part of this video I believe comes at about the 4:30 mark. If you don't want to watch the entire thing please just fast forward to this section and watch it for about 2 minutes after. I don't know how to insert the actual video, but please go watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs43RR7IiNU

As voters we have the right and responsibility to critique and research candidates to decide which we think is best fit for the job. Too often we let the media and the candidates themselves wage war on morals and "who loves the country more" talk. When I listen to people discuss who they are going to vote for it seems that too rarely are they actually discussing policies, but are simply repeating what they have heard on television; Obama is a terrorist or equate McCain to Bush. It's ridiculous...we are smarter than that, give yourself more credit. I feel they each have a deep love for this country and trust that they both have upstanding values. I hope that each of you will be responsible voters and look at the candidates policies on health care, Iraq, the economy, energy and so on, and decide for yourself which one will best carry them out. This is the actual difference between the candidates, not whose moral fiber is thickest. The fact that we even have this opportunity is the beauty of democracy, please take advantage of this freedom.
www.barackobama.com or www.johnmccain.com

A good week in amarillo

Monday- This day consists of my weekly dose of bad reality television that Shawna and I can't help but watch.."The Hills" need I say more? I'll be the first to admit that the show is really pointless, but it's like a trainwreck, I can't help but watch!

Tuesday-Pottery class! So Shawna, Becca and I are participating in a pottery class tuesday evenings for a few hours and it is so much fun. So far we have each made a few "bowls" or objects that resemble cylindrical structures. By the end of these six weeks I'm pretty sure we are going to be amazing. Our instructor Kent is awesome and makes some really beautiful things. He's so passionate about what he does which is great. I love to be around passionate people that love what they do, it's so refreshing. The name of the gallery is Blue Sage Pottery http://bluesagepotteryandartgallery.com/default.aspx He throws the pots and his wife is the painter...check it out!

Wednesday- Even though we had a test on Friday Shawna, Jodie, Bridgett and I headed to the Midnight Rodeo (I know, don't judge me) to see Stoney LaRue. He's one of my favorite"texas country" artists and we didn't get to see him last time he was here so we sacrificed a few hours of sleep and went to see him. And I might add we all did well on our tests on friday...no harm done!

Thursday-Grey's Anatomy...finally! Okay, so from this post it seems like my life might revolve around tv, but come on it's been so long since Grey's has been on...and this is really the only show that I can't miss. The 2 hour premiere was pretty great. A few things I'm questioning though. 1) The new lesbian relationship is interesting...I mean I have no problem with it, but it just seems a little awkward. We will have to see how it pans out. 2) What was with Izzy and Denny at the end? Are we not over him, I mean he's dead...there's really no where for that story to go. 3) I'm getting a little tired of Meredith pulling the same old shit...give us something we aren't expecting. 4) Finally...I want cute army boy to come back fo sho!

Friday- MOUNTAIN BIKING! So the more I go out to the canyon the more I fall in love with riding. This time, Shawna, Caroline, Becca, Jake, Josh, Jeremy and I all went out. The girls and Jake rode the lighthouse trail while Josh and Jeremy rode the trail that Josh was riding in his race on Sunday. It was so fun...I'm starting to do little jumps and trying to keep up with Jake a little more...baby steps. Below are some pics from our trip.



Saturday- In the morning Shawna, Kat, Kyle and I "raced" a.k.a. walked for the cure. There were a ton of people out which was great to see. We walked a 5k around downtown and people had decorated their houses with pink streamers, boas and stuff. It was great to see how many people supported the cause! Later in the afternoon we had our annual "Bags" party at Dean Hooten's house. For those of you that don't know "Bags" is like washers but with bean bags and some plywood boxes with holes cut in them. It was cool to hangout with everyone but it was really hot! I'm ready for fall to get here and for the weather to cool off. Saturday night Shawna and I went out with some of the second years. We headed out to Burberry's to have a few drinks and catch some live music. It was really fun...those kids are hilarious. More good times to come I'm sure.

Sunday-I'm a nerd so I went to The 806, a local coffee shop, a studied for a few hours. I actually got quite a bit done which is good considering I have a practical and a test this week! AND Cheddars just opened in Amarillo and I am so pumped...so Shawna, Chris and I are getting ready to go...yesssssss!

I'm so proud...(tear)

So after almost 2 years of convincing Shawna FINALLY bought a mountain bike. She actually got a really good deal on a Specialized mountain bike. I would just like to add that this purchase is in addition to the tent, camp chairs, sleeping bag and fishing pole that she now owns (like I said, so proud). Anyways Thursday afternoon, Shawna, Josh, Jeremy, Jake, Greg and I decided to head out to Palo Duro Canyon to break in Shawna's new bike. For those of you not familiar to the vast greatness of west Texas, Palo Duro is a state park about 30 min away from Amarillo that has some great camping, hiking and mountain biking trails. You can actually forget that you are in flat, tree less west texas when your down in the canyon. Anyways, Shawna did great and I think she actually may have enjoyed herself a little. For those of you that have tried mountain biking you know that the first time you go, it's a little rough and takes time to get used to using certain muscles and figuring out how to ride. Here are some pics and an entertaining video from our little excursion. (please note shawna's face at the end of the video)

Palo Duro Canyon This is the "Lighthouse"
this is also our favorite trails at the canyon

Shawna tearin it up! Shawna, Josh, me and Jeremy
Josh, me and Jeremy

Josh

Me....ha ha kidding mom

lay off the high ones....i like the high ones

This summer some of my classmates and I decided to be in a co-ed softball league. Actually our brilliant coach Josh pretty much put everything together and we've been playing wednesday nights for the past couple of months. When we started during the summer we were awful...i mean really bad. This was partly due to the fact that the organizers put us into the second highest league! Yes, were all superstars when we reflect back on our highschool days (i think the older we get the better we were) but we are old and out of shape! I was so sore after the first game, it took me a good 2 weeks to recover. Thankfully we started to get a little better as the season went on and ended up winning 3 games...we even run ruled on team. Here are some pics from our last game