Mellow Mushroom

pizza is ok. Yes, I said it. OK. It isn't worth $30, that's for sure.

It was really nice of Mrs. Scaife to get me some pizza though. I interpreted for her and some other teachers earlier this week for a parent/teacher conference. Man, my Spanish was rusty. I forgot a couple of words, but I think that I did well overall. I'm just glad I got to help out. Anyway, she said that she owed me lunch and bought some pizza from Mellow Mushroom today. It was quite funny to see the look on all the kids' faces when they saw my delicious looking pizza. They all were so jealous. haha suckers.

Last weekend was fun. I went tailgating with some friends before the Auburn/Arkansas game (sorry Pastor Pat). I didn't really feel like going to the game so I didn't waste my time looking for a ticket. Instead, I just stayed at a tailgate with Buns and some other friends and watched the game. It was perfect. Flat screen tv, eating food every 30 min, and beautiful weather. Plus, I didn't have to stand up the whole time!

It was good to go to church finally. It had been 2 weeks since I'd been. My boys had a game on Sunday. We lost 4-1 but the score doesn't reflect how we played. We played the hardest team we will ever play this year, so I was proud of my boys. Bible study has been awesome. I am really getting interested in Bible history and researching things. Right now my bible study is going through Luke. We have such great conversations about things. I love my friends, they are so encouraging and supportive. I know that I could confide in any of them.

Tori and I and some friends went to a Ben Rector concert last Friday. Ben always gives a good show, however it was sad to only hear like 5 songs out of him. You're better than that Ben!! The venue was cool though. It was out at some house/farm out in the middle of nowhere (which was hard to find btw). It was nice and cool. Had to sit on a blanket and keep warm. Hot chocolate. Clear sky with beautiful stars in the sky. As a matter of fact, there was a giant shooting star during the concert, during which everyone cheered. The poor band didn't notice it at the time, so they thought everyone was cheering for them haha.

The guy from Ecuador emailed back last week. He said that he would love to have me and my friends down there for a summer. Supposedly they just built a new soccer field and want to start some summer soccer camps and a league, but they would need people to help out and coach. So, that's where we would come in. I want to do this soooo bad!! For two whole months in Ecuador? Are you kidding me? That would be amazing!

I'm excited to go back home for Thanksgiving. I might have already mentioned this, but it's just that I'm so ready to see Manhattan again. It's been too long!!

Had the opportunity to play against the Auburn men's club soccer team. It was pretty fun. We lost like 3-0 but it was 11 old guys who have never played with each other against a team of guys who have been training for 2 months straight. You can imagine how out of shape I was, having not trained or run for the past 3 weeks haha. It was funny to get the ball (I played center mid) and turn to find all of my forwards to be standing huffing and puffing. We were all spent after the first 10 min of the game!

My favorite song right now is "Background" by Lecrae. It's sooo sick!

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

Hope you all are doing well! Give me a call sometime so we can catch up!

Mocha :)

Man... this week flew by!

I can't believe it's already Friday!

I've had a normal week.

Monday was a normal day. Nobody wants to be back at school. Extra dose of coffee. Worked out after school with my buddy Buns and then went grocery shopping. I spent way too much!! I needed the food though... man my cabinets resembled a barren wasteland.

Same routine on Tuesday, as usual. I picked Tori up from work after I got off, then went home to take a quick nap. Then awoken and got ready for practice, which always consists of watching an episode of King Of Queens and Seinfeld ha. Then went to practice.

Wednesdays are the always the same as Mondays. Work, work out, hang out with peeps.

Thursdays are the same as Tuesdays except for a couple of little twists. I decided to make my week crazy by having my boys scrimmage the u-17 girls team for practice!! I know... I like to live on the edge. And those stinkin' girls are good!! I wanted my boys to lose so we could work on our mistakes, because apparently there are a lot of mistakes to be corrected considering we've tied 3 of our last 4 matches!! ugh...

Oh... and I got a flu shot. I didn't cry.

Then... the dreaded K-state vs. Nebraska game. I've never felt so embarrassed while watching a K-State game. I mean, giving up 48 points?? I'm surprised Bill didn't have a heart attack... I almost grabbed the remains of my whopper junior and aggravatingly threw it at my buddy's tv I was so disgusted. But, instead i controlled my anger and held it in so that it would take me 30 minutes to fall asleep later in the evening (which option would you choose?). Poor Manhappenin, probably wasn't so happenin last night (or happy, for Manhattan is also known as Manhappyness). I bet the bars in Aggieville had nothing to complain about, they've probably never "harvested" such great business from Cornhusker fans. Oh well, it's just a game right?? Besides, at least Barcelona won't disappoint me any time soon. Viva la Azulgrana!!

Today (Friday) has been great. FCA at the crack of dawn. Eating donuts after singing some worship songs? I'm not complaining. Paul and Mikiela have been great today. Gotta love those kids. Gonna work out here at the school afterwards. Then Brent and I are traveling to Birmingham to stay with his parents tonight so we don't have to drive 4 hours in the morning to get to our game in Huntsville tomorrow. My boys play at 1 p.m. After that Brent and I will make yet another pit stop at his parents place on the return journey to Auburn, where the next day we will play another game at 9:30 a.m. Following the game, we may go to the Auburn women's soccer game for "kick's" and giggles. Then, as always, we will proceed to Bible study :).

There you have it!

Big shout out to the MNU boys for tying Baker, good job with Culver, and good luck on Tuesday.

Peace and Love

Mocha

Is that cool weather that i feel???

Fall has finally come to Auburn! Yay! I definitely would rather be warm than cold, but I have to admit, I'm ready for some change in weather. It is beautiful! 70's... you kiddin' me? you can't get much better than that. At least I'm not sweating in the mornings anymore ha.

I went to Huntsville, AL this weekend to coach my boys. It is supposedly a 4 1/2 hour drive to Huntsville from Auburn, but my buddy Brent did a wonderful job of driving at a comfortable speed of 90 mph so we could get there in a whopping 3 1/2 hours. The game went alright. We ended up tying 1-1 though. I'd rather tie than lose, considering it was an away game. It would have been terrible to drive all the way there to lose. I was proud of my boys though. It was a God awful field so obviously our possession style of play would not do as well. But, they fought through it and came up with a decent result.

The rest of the weekend was the shiznit. My friend Brent and I stayed in Birmingham at his parents' place and just chillaxed hardcore. We ate pizza and lisaugna (spell check) and drank about 8 cans of Dr. Pepper a piece while we watched football. Finally, a relaxing weekend!! We spent some time walking on the campus of Samford University. It was a beautiful campus. We also went to a really nice church, Brook Hill's. It was great.

Picture day!!!

And oh it was joyous!! Haven't taken a school picture since high school. Boy oh boy was i excited. Paul and Mikiela looked great too. They were quite stylish. Apparently I get free copies of my pictures and a free yearbook. Could life get any better? I mean, forget the full-time benefits like medical and dental insurance haha.

So let me tell you how awesome this friday has been so far. TGIF... miss those shows (Hangin' with Mr. Cooper). First, i arrived at work to find free donuts. I had 3. Then I went to the pop machine to get a Dr. Pepper and lo and behold 3 delicious soft drinks came tumbling down. 3 for the price of 1!! Then I got my picture taken. THEN Paul and I watched Lord of the Rings, specifically the part where Gandalf fights the Balrog. "YOU. SHALL NOT. PASS!!" Paul really gets into the movies, more than i do, which is surprising. He even almost started crying when Gandalf fell off the bridge, which is funny because Paul even knows the fate of Gandalf. He knows that Gandalf comes back in the second movie. Why does he get sad you ask? The answer is simple. Paul and Gandalf carry a special connection, but shhhh, it's supposed to be a secret. Anyway, it was precious.

Tonight should be fun. Tori and I are going out to eat at some nice restaurant called Hamilton's. After that there is supposed to be some block party downtown with a band so maybe we'll go walk around a lil.

My team has a game this weekend. I hope that goes well!

Well... gotta help with some math problems!

Hasta Pronto,

Mocha