Another Week Done

Tonight I am writing about how this past week went.  As you know, I had the little incident with the whole closet falling on my foot and having to go to the hospital.  Besides that it was a good week! School wasn't too hard and I got a lot done.

We had our first two fall baseball games today and I pitched and did well.  I am very happy with that! I know we are going to have a great season this year and hopefully we can make it to the NCAA College World Series.  We came close last year, so this year is our year.

So far school is good.  Classes are good, friends are good, and I am loving it here.  I do miss my family and friends, though.  Not seeing my family for over a month now is sad.  That is the one bad thing about going to college in a different state.

I can't wait to see what this upcoming week has in store for me.

Crazy Week

Well, I am glad this week is finally over.  Monday night, after I got back from the pool with some friends, I returned to my room to find my roommate in some trouble with his closet door.  The door came off the rail and was falling apart.  I told him I would help him.  As I lift the heavy door, it hits the top of the rail and drops right on my foot.

As I was weeping in pain I manage to call my friends to come to my room to help, as my roommate decided to leave and get food.  The next day it is swollen as can be and many different dark colors.  I finally decide, after many friends telling me to go, to the trainer and she was she has to say.  She looks at it, sends me to the Clinic on campus, who then sends me to the hospital.

After a few hours at the hospital and a few x-rays later I find that it isn't broken.  Just deep bone contusion.

Now, it is Friday, I am out of the boot, and I can walk better.  It is still bruised pretty bad and many different colors, but I am just happy that I can walk.  I only had to miss one baseball practice.

Moral of the story....don't drop closet doors on your feet.  It isn't a fun ride.

Just had my first full week of baseball practices with our coach.  It is everything I dreamed off.  Every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday we have practices.  Monday and Wednesdays are our strength and conditioning days.  They can be pretty hard, but in the long run it is all worth it.  I was sick for a few days during baseball which made it a lot harder.  Being sick is never fun and having to run with a bad headache and sore throat isn't the easiest thing I have ever done.

I am trying to get involved in things here at Wartburg besides just the baseball team and school, but it is very hard to manage all the things I have each day.  I am not sure if I can add anything more at this point, but I defiantly want to be involved in more things as I continue my time here at Wartburg.

First Week

Just finished my first week full week of college.  I had a lot of expectations going into college, and I can fully say now that college is the best thing ever.  Yes, the homework is hard and there is a lot of reading, but it is awesome.  All my classes are fun and the Professor's are all excellent.

I am playing baseball in college and I am finally fulfilling my childhood dream of being in the NCAA and playing college baseball.  We started practice this week for our fall season and it is everything I dreamed of.  All the guys are nice and inviting and we have a huge team unity that I have never had before.

College is great and I cannot wait to see what else it has in store for me.

Today I am answering the question: What is the value of education?

I believe the value of education is more than a piece of paper that says diploma and where you attended college.  I believe it to be the start of a new chapter in life.  The start of something new and with that education you can do things with your life that you never could have done before.  So many people go to college and truly don't know what they are getting in those 4 years or 2 years at the college, but what they are getting is something amazing and something that not everyone has the opportunity to receive.

I am at college for a few reasons.  One.  Everyone is my family has gotten a college degree and it is something that I grew up planning on doing.  Two.  Getting a college degree is important in finding and keeping a job when you get older.  It is vert hard to get a well paying job without a degree.  I am here for other reasons too.  I feel that God brought me to Wartburg College to do big things here.  If it is with baseball, or school I am supposed to be here.  

Going to college is more about the fun, parties, friends, and peer expectations; it's about putting yourself in an environment to learn and further your education to make you a smarter person and addition to human society.