30 Things

1.) Forgot to set alarms

2.) Got to work 15 mins after my students

3.) Very COLD in the ATR

4.) Storms north of here... please come on LIGHTNING!

5.) Exhausted

6.) Missed a spot on my upper lip shaving last night

7.) I have really gotten old

8.) These freshmen where born in 1991!!! AGH!

9.) My students ROCK!

10.) Today is highlighter yellow shirt day

11.) I missed the shirt memo

12.) I'm wearing red today

13.) I always wait to put my socks at the office

14.) We are all wearing pull-overs this morning

15.) Did I mention the ATR is COLD?!

16.) We use over 4000# of ice yesterday afternoon!

17.) I can't wait for our new COWS to get here... the 15 year old models are dying a slow death

18.) I love Chili's chips, salsa, and ranch combo

19.) I wish I was a lil' bit talla

20.) I'm holding on... barely breathing.... (new song I like)

21.) I miss Texas Country Tuesday in the Lockerroom

22.) I miss Western Wednesday in the Lockerroom

23.) I haven't eaten breakfast yet this morning

24.) It's amazing what all you hear come out of an athletes mouth

25.) Women Soccer Night Fundraiser at Chili's was fun

26.) I was told by a 5 year old..."It looks like you have gotten taller, good for you!"

27.) I love it when I see freshmen in college where their old high school stuff

28.) Stim is not the cure for everything

29.) I say a t.u. shirt yesterday that simply said "O-WHO" i was sad for my sooner friends

30.) The BEARCATS are coming to town next week!

30 Things

1.) 5:45 at the office

2.) 6:00 no one showed up for treatment

3.) 6:35 1st patient showed up

4.) 7:30 Called and wished Andi a great day

5.) 8:00 got in my truck and headed south

6.) 8:15 arrived Abilene Sports Medicine & Orthopedics

8.) 8:17 dropped off stuff for one of team docs

9.) 8:25 consulted with another athletic trainer on the best mouthguards

10.) 8:45 left ASMO

11.) 9:02 arrived at Fast Signs

12.) 9:05-9:25 ordered Fast Signs

13.) 9:26 learned Fast Signs is not so fast... will get my signs on Wednesday.

14.) 9:37 arrived at Athletic Supply

15.) 9:45 left Athletic Supply

16.) 9:49 arrived South Side Baptist Church

17.) 9:53 said HOWDY to Kurt and Tim

18.) 9:55 left SSBC

19.) 10:15 arrived HSU

20.) 10:17 check-mail

21.) 10:20 chatted with Grubby

22.) 10:35 arrived back in office

23.) 10:36 visited with my GA

24.) 10:45 day changed for the rest of the day

25.) 11:30 ate lunch with Andi

26.) 12:30 opened the training room for treatment

27.) 1:15 went to a meeting

28.) 1:30 worked in the database

29.) 2:30 met a new student athlete

30.) that's all I can do... I am tired!

30 Things

1.) I love my Church

2.) Great to see all the college students back at church - it will be nice to see everyone next week

3.) Cross-Country check-in was quick

4.) I miss the old Saturday Night Live

5.) A walk with Andi and Rollie tonight was relaxing

6.) In 37 weeks Andi and I are in a wedding in Houston

7.) Showers are so refreshing

8.) The Time Traveler's Wife... getting mixed reviews, but we liked it

9.) GI Joe will be seen this week!

10.) My NW Missouri State Bearcats are ranked #1 and we will get to see them play ACU in two weeks.

11.) I wish teachers made the money they deserve to make, it's a travesty that they don't make what they are worth.

12.) Looking forward to seeing what is new this year with the University Ministry

13.) My favorite TV show is Nightline now a days

14.) Is Abilene lost?!?! I mean people around here seem so resistant to change

15.) It was 101 today

16.) Had to speak truth and reality to a football player today. He had to take early retirement

17.) The Texas AGGIES scrimmaged today. My boy Tannehill needs to step it up or he will be #2 QB

18.) We need rain

19.) My students make me happy, sad, mad, and glad

20.) My GA's frustrate and amaze me

21.) My Assistants get frustrated at me and vise versa, but we work so well together

22.) Andi and I want to go on a cruise over the Christmas break

23.) Looking forward to starting back to work on my EdD in a couple of weeks

24.) My feet remind me of Fred Flintstone

25.) Whatever happened to Looney Tunes? Can you watch these GREAT cartoons anywhere?

26.) Hullabaloo Caneck, Caneck

27.) Can I get a WHOOP!?!

28.) Looking forward to loosing some weight

29.) I can't wait to be a dad, anyone reading this... please pray we get pregnant in the near future

30.) Looking forward to our fist football game.

30 things

30 things I learned this week.

1.) Athlete check-in will always have speed bumps

2.) No matter how many times you set up the field, students will forget something.

3.) Early mornings and I don't get along

4.) Our puppy doesn't like us right now... no quality time with him

5.) 189 football players is a ton of testosterone

6.) Coach Keeling loves old Roger Miller songs

7.) Coach Neiman doesn't use his diaphragm when he is yelling... 4 days in and he has lost his voice

8.) Coach Burleson has the ability to develop great offensive linemen

9.) Wade speaks four languages

10.) Wade is hard to understand just speaking one

11.) Adrian looks like the little mushroom guy from Mario Bros (yes we talked about this)

12.) Cole always has a camera at his disposal (mobile uploads are his friends)

13.) The Jonas Brothers are just another band that will fizzle in a year or two

14.) The cafe food has declined in just a years time

15.) One of our football players played his freshman year at a D-I School that a good friend of mine was the head AT, small world

16.) We have an old man (who I nicknamed "pops") is playing slotback

17.) Pop-up tents and wind equal, mangled mess

18.) Mike Carroll has good Facebook postings

19.) Student-athletes have difficulty reading and following directions

20.) I am capable of being an educational researcher

21.) George Strait new album "Twang" has a song called "Hot Grease and Zydeco"

22.) I am not as young as I used to be

23.) No matter how much you plan, you always need a back-up

24.) Read emails thoroughly

25.) Lowes has a ton of great stuff, but sometimes they don't always have the right stuff

26.) freshmen crack me up

27.) My students love the safety highlighter yellow t-shirts

28.) I am so not as young as I used too be

29.) we are a behind getting stuff done

30.) I need sleep

30 Things

This was a relaxing exercise last night... will continue this... let's see how long it lasts!

1.) Mike Carroll's facebook account is great to follow...

2.) Mike Carroll is the Head Athletic Trainer at Stephenville High School

3.) Fake Birthdays are fun, especially when you get to dance on a chair in the middle of a crowded restaurant.

4.) My wife is the greatest woman to ever live (side note - should have been #1)

5.) If I had track change ability in this text tool... I would track change #4 to #1

6.) My Ed.D. CoHort appreciates #5

7.) I made a 94 on my action research design... I may implement it... try to get it accepted for a conference in the spring

8.) I like being a student again

9.) I feel smarter

10.) Don't look smarter, just more fat

11.) The breeze was great today in Abilene

12.) Chili's chips and salsa with ranch is AWESOME!

13.) I got my "baby back, baby back, baby back ribs...."

14.) I know so many people that enjoy running marathons, I really wish that I was physically able to do that

15.) When I was a kid (before the bone disease set in) I loved to run (insert Forest Gump line here)

16.) Working along side my college mentor is fun, challenging, and interesting daily

17.) My staff is great

18.) I am enjoying this time sitting here typing

19.) I miss Andi's mom, she was a sweet funny lady

20.) Rollie is a great dog!

21.) Dateline seems to be on all the time

22.) Sams Club was slow today.

23.) Get Ready, Get Ready, Get Ready.... (you Cowboy's out there know what I'm talking about)

24.) Wade makes me laugh

25.) I miss Rohde

26.) Adrian says some pretty crazy things without even knowing it...

27.) I need a sprinkler system in my yard

28.) Glad I have a water well

29.) Wish I was a lil bit taller... wish I was a baller

30.) Wonder what interesting stuff is gonna come across Carroll's facebook tomorrow.

New Start - 30 things...

Here we go.. a new posting:

1.) Summer II is over... at the end of the week I will have completed 10 hours towards my doctorate. December 2012 is just around the corner.

2.) Andi and I are TAMU Century Club members: Our plaque reads Andrea Gililland '02, DJ Gililland '12 - shocked us both! But I guess that makes it official huh?!

3.) Summer was a blur, only 2 weekends in Abilene all summer.

4.) Sold the Lake House after 2 years on the market

5.) Paid Andi's car off before we sold the lake house (and paid off a big student loan at same time)

6.) I got a TAMU Grad School Scholarship! WHOOP!

7.) Almost applied for a new job

8.) Spent 2 weekends in College Station this summer... it was fun

9.) Spent a week on vacation - 3 days in White Deer, 4 days in Ozark, AR

10.) My sisters facebook school throwback picture creeps me out.

11.) G. Rollie (our 6 month old golden retriever) is getting big, but he is sure sweet and fun

12.) HSU Cowboy's #5 in the nation

13.) TAMU Aggies picked 12th out 12... looking to prove all the skeptics wrong!

14.) Andi taught 2 weeks of gifted education camp

15.) I am one of 2 guys in my TAMU Cohort

16.) I have gained a ton of weight (not really 2000 lbs, but a lot)

17.) I am a committee of one

18.) I am the regional representative for the College University Committee for the Texas State Athletic Trainers Association.

19.) Gilliland, Texas (not spelled like mine) is approximately 100 miles north of Abilene, Andi, Rollie and I will go there soon.

20.) I am tired, but don't want to go to sleep.

21.) Have you ever been annoyed by the Progressive "discount" girl on the commercial? She annoys me.

22.) All our students are back for the fall seasons - dinner was good, but kicked'em all out at 8:00

23.) Am I old?

25.) New uniforms for the Cowboys this year

26.) Didn't get new staff polo's this year

27.) I am taking 6 hours in the fall, class start 8-28.

28.) Christmas Break is 122 days away and counting!

29.) Where did they come up with the name Widget?

30.) Sunday night TV on ABC is my time for relaxation before sleep.