golden girl gabs

Still slacking in the blog world...my rotation at Baptist and Auburn football are keeping me busy!
Ever since watching the end of the Ryder Cup last Sunday, I've been wanting to write about golfer, Boo Weekley and include some of his hilarious clips from interviews. He is quite a character. AND... he is related (somewhat distantly) to my roommate, Lauren!
I'm back in Auburn for the Tenn game tomorrow - I'm confident we will pull out a W. I'm NOT looking forward to hearing "rocky top" again and again and hope we can get ahead early so to lessen the chances of it playing.
My little brother is flying to Ohio today to play in the NCAA preview tournament (for the championship in the spring). My parents are leaving tomorrow to join him. Sad thing is, he has had vertigo over the last week since returning from Japan. It has really hindered him from practicing this week - he can't balance himself and feels like he is going to fall over when he swings! Please keep him in your thoughts - I hope he is better for this tournament that starts Sunday.
More to come when life slows down (if ever)...

Before the game:

• It's GAME DAY!!! Corso and Herbstreet have picked us to win
• The home team has won the last 8 meetings...we must take advantage of the home team position
  
• Optimistic about our offense - I believe we will look much improved this week
• Trusting our defense to keep their points low
  
• Tailgaiting all day...seeing friends (newlyweds Sarah & Adam, Amy P., Katie & Ben, Joy & Jordan, Kelly & Chip, Ashley M., Molly A. and many more)
• Decked out in orange and blue, LSwho pin, AU face tatoo...super excited for the big day!
  

After the game:

• Sad day... :-(
  
• Hard-fought game; dominated first half but lost steam in the 2nd
• Defense struggled in the 2nd half...
• 5 lead changes kept it intense
  
• I think I need to be on anti-anxiety meds during these big games - I could not stop shaking the entire game...I don't want to admit it but that's bad.
• "I believe" videos are AUsome...especially the one with Bo Jackson - they get me fired up!
  
• As the OA news put it..."It was weird. It was wild. It was a barnburner without the fire."
  

I love my cute little house in Homewood! I finally bought an Auburn flag to hang outside and support my team! Yesterday I barely pulled on one of the branches of this "dead" tree in my front yard and it totally broke off! (You didn't know I was that strong did you? :-)

This past weekend I had the privledge to keep the Speaks boys - Jackson (11), Harrison (9), Griffin (7) and Sullivan (5) in Auburn. I had a great time and they kept me busy! I took a few pictures of their "air-soft" war Saturday afternoon. They had 2 boundry lines set up in the backyard and had 5 other boys from the neighborhood participating with them. It was hilarious! Growing up I would have never thought to do this. Me and the girls in the neighborhood instead played school in my garage or started our own "Babysitter's Club" in middle school. It's so fun to see how different boys and girls are! I had a great weekend being "mom" and I look forward to the day when I can have my own!! :-)

WOW...3 to 2!! You don't see that much in College football. It was definitely a defensive battle. If you're looking for a super high-scoring game...you probably won't find it when AU plays an SEC team.
Now...I do not like to be negative and I hate to see all the negativity in the media and from other SEC fans - because honestly, what does it benefit? I know our offense is struggling a bit (I'm being positive), but we still have time to work out the kinks of the new spread and besides, our defense is amazing! They held Miss St. to 116 total yards and 0-for-16 on 3rd downs. In the first three games, the defense has only allowed 16 points, 9 of which were generated by our fabulous offense. It's a team sport and if our defense keeps playing like they have, we will win many ballgames this year. I just hope the team can ignore all the negativity this week and work hard to get ready for the big game next weekend - Reason #1: we must win, but Reason #2: I live with a die-hard, abnoxious LSU fan who will not let me live it down and I might have to move out if we lose! :-)
WAR EAGLE!

BUSY!!



I have started slacking in my blogging since my new rotation at Baptist Princeton. Even though it has required really early mornings, late nights of studying and long days in between, I LOVE IT! This type of job is exactly what I want to do with my pharmacy degree - I'm just not sure which population I want to do it in. Peds? We are working with the Internal Medicine Staff team and are able to round on all their patients with them. It is neat to see how pharmacy fits into their teaching/learning experience and the ways in which we can help. Yesterday, I had the chance to catch an error in the chart about a certain hypertension drug and able to make the recommendation to do something different - and they accepted it! It was exciting...


Last thursday I had to drive to Auburn for the Rho Chi/Scholarship banquet. Ashley drove from Mobile and Jenna from Huntsville to represent the officers. I also got my hair cut shorter and a little darker...I like change...
Tailgaiting at the AU-Southern Miss game - I suprised my dad with his copy of my blog book. I was very happy with the way it turned out and glad I have a book to capture my Africa experience.


Richelle and I at the AU-LA Monroe game labor day weekend!

Ok, I finally figured out who sang one of my new favorite songs - it is Ronnie Freeman. Here are the lyrics:

"In you I live and move and have my being,
I find my heart beat in your love.
So I sing and dance, because I've been forgiven,
You've taught my heart just how to trust.
And all of this, a reflection of your grace, not for any other reason.

For your glory I was made, to bring you honor, to give you praise.
For your glory you have saved my soul, and you call me your own,
For your glory.

For your glory I was made, by your grace you came and saved my soul, saved my soul.
For your glory I was made, by your grace you came and made me whole, made me whole.

For your glory I was made, to bring you honor, to give you praise.
For your glory you have saved my soul, and you call me your own,
For your glory... For your glory!"

Simple, but true. We are here for HIS glory. It's not about me, it's all about Him!

As I was driving back from Auburn early this morning for work, while performing a mini-concert to the album 'Pages' by Shane & Shane, I decided to share some of my favorite lyrics with you from the album: ashley mix, #11. But I have been looking for the past half hour and can't find the song title... Maybe I need to go listen to it again in my car at lunch. It goes something like this, "For your glory I was made, For your glory I was saved...." Does anyone know that song and who sings it? It's a good one, maybe I'll share it with you soon.

I have to admit that I was not very excited about this election, the choices and the drama of it all until last night. Sarah Palin did an amazing job. I was extremely impressed with her confidence, attitude, experience and humor. McCain made a wise choice in her and I am more excited about this election than ever before (well, this is only the third time I can vote...). I know I'm not very knowledgeable about politics, the important issues and government proceedings, but I can sense that Sarah Palin means what she says and brings a lot of hope to the Republican ticket. The next 60 days or so should be very interesting.

"In politics there are some that use change to promote their career and then there are those like John McCain who use their career to promote change." -Sarah Palin

Did anyone else see Aubie's great sign at the game Saturday? It read,




Isn't that awesome? If Auburn were it's own country, its 18 medals would rank in a tie for 14th in the world with Spain and Canada! Our 31 athletes represented us well. It's great to be an Auburn Tiger!

http://ocm.auburn.edu/olympic_facts.html

I'm sure everyone else but me knows this... I have recently discovered some of the problems associated with the Vista-64 bit operating system on my laptop... I bought a Palm Treo smartphone last week so I could use a drug information system on it during my pharmacy internship. Little did I know that Palm OS and many other popular systems (iPhone) are not compatible with Vista-64!! I even tried using bluetooth to sync the phone with my computer and had no luck. So in my frustration I bought another Windows-based Palm on ebay yesterday and hope to have it in my hands by the end of the week. With that said, I have a like-new Palm Treo 755p for sale if anyone is interested! I'm listing it on ebay later this week.
I'm left wondering why no one warned me against getting Vista-64?!?