Me and My World

Cholesterol is at 189 from uncountable

Triglycerides are at 150 from over 700

Yea!!

This is Shanta and mom when we were hiking.

Mom, David, and I at Dave's birthday party.

Shanta and David just before we left.

These are from the trip Mom and I took to Belton, TX to see my Uncle David while he's home on leave from Iraq. The other people in the pic are his girlfriend Shanta and her son Devonte. We had a good time. We also met up with my in-laws. We had dessert on Friday on the way down with Janet, and spent Sunday night at their house. It was all good. We had safe drives even in all the rain.

As you know, the olympics is almost over. We got several more medals in gymnastics, and you've probably heard about Michael Phelps' 8 gold medals. This is a new record for one game. So, cool.

Mens gymnastics got a bronze as a team. That was great. They stood a chance for silver b/c Japan was slacking off, but they pulled through. It's higher than the Athens games. So, we're slowing moving up! All these men were at their first olympic games as well. 

Women's: With 2 suddenly out with ankle injuries, it lowered spirits. We ended up with Silver behind China. They've been a powerhouse in both men's and women's this year. If we had held tight in beam and floor, we might have pulled gold, but it is what it is. Silver is nothing to scoff at.

I now have 2 tickets to the passion play left, if anyone wants them.

This weekend, mom and I are going to Texas to see my uncle Dave while he's home on leave from Iraq. We're excited to see him. We will be stopping on the way down for a bit to see Jer's mom. It's good timing, I have stuff for them. This way, I don't have to send them via Rebecca. :-)

And Bobby, if you're reading this, POST!!! you're only a few months behind. Lisa, if he doesn't read this, you can tell him I said this. :-)

If you remember the Hamm twins from 2004, you'll remember how great they were. Paul esp., he took All-Around Men's Gymnastics Gold. They were both slated to go this year, but due to injuries they are both out. Paul is replaced by Raj Bhavsar. He is awesome, and I'm very excited he gets to compete. He was bummed about not going last time or this time, but he is able to compete after all. Morgan's replacement is Alexander Artemev. He was only put in the day before the competition started. So far, the entire men's team is looking pretty good. We don't stand a gold or silver as a team or any metals all-around, but there are a few individual medals we could pick up.

On another note: Jer and I enjoyed Silver Dollar City. We rode two rides, went to the magic show, and shopped. It started raining around 2:20 and we just wanted to get a quick snack and do the cave tour at that point anyway. It was too cool for water rides in our opinion. The cave tour was temp. closed when we made our way up there, so we decided just to call it a day. So, after a wet hour, we climbed in the car and drove into Branson to go to the Coleman outlet. We needed some replacement camping gear, like stakes...ours were bent up and whatnot. Then we went to McFarlan's (McFarlands?) for dinner. It was a nice low-key meal. I got my favorite, open face roast beef sandwich and mashed potatoes. Their potatoes are too salty, but oh well. We also share two desserts, the blackberry cobbler and coconut cream pie. The cobbler was too syrupy sweet, but the pie was great. Over all, a good day. We esp. didn't mind not doing much at Silver Dollar City since we didn't pay to get in!! :-)

Opening Ceremony:

If you missed it, you missed something spectacular.

the birds nest stadium in general

the drums-esp the countdown

the giant LED screen on the ground

synchronized blocks that you think are hydraulics...no, no, it's human done!

the synchronized lights and fireworks OUTSIDE the stadium

total of 15,000 participants--no duplicates

great stuff!

What else has been going on? Last weekend we went to Branson and did some shopping. It was tax free weekend for school stuff, so all clothes were tax free. State tax free anyway. We had fun doing that. Jer got two new drills b/c his were dead. We also went to Red Lobster and had a scrumptious meal. Other than that our lives are pretty normal. I finished all homework...ever!! I very thrilled to be done with all that!!! 

Also, for working at the play I have 6 free comp tickets to everything except food. So, if anyone wants them, let me know. They're good through October. Lisa's parents might be claiming 2, but I will know after this weekend hopefully if that's true. You local people can go for free this year, otherwise I'd be asking everyone around me.  

Oh, liver stuff came back ok, i guess. He didn't change anything and I don't have hepatitis.(not that I thought I did...it's just the only thing i know they specifically looked for)  That's all I know. 

Today, i had to go back to the dr. for some more blood tests. they found that my liver functions are high? don't know what that means, and they said, "it could mean lots of things." so we'll see after these results come back. pray it's nothing of importance...like changing my meds or something.