Also exciting, someone apparently has my credit card number and has been trying to spend hundreds of dollars in Illinois at Home Depot and some grocery stores. It's peace of mind to know that Visa has their fraud prevention services looking out for me so everything is DECLINED! Yikes.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
We just wanna make the world dance / forget about the price tag
The summer has been a whirlwind, as has been the last few years. So many great things happened in the last few months.
In June, we played at Gender Blender in lovely Fergus, ON and, despite having a more random group of teammates than we usually do, we had even more of a blast than usual. We camped in the rain, set up a live version of the popular smartphone game Angry Birds, enjoyed some flip cup and did crazy things all weekend. It was exhaustingly fun.
This year, Juggles and I started a mixed club ultimate team called Sidecar! which was very well-received by the community. We had 70-some people try out for our team, making decisions for 20-some roster spots very difficult. After we whittled the team down, we had a fairly successful season, taking 5th at Mars, 2nd at Motown Throwdown, 12th at CHC, and losing our regionals spot to Overhaul in a game we finished 15-11. The season had its ups and downs, but, all-in-all, I am so glad to have gotten to make friends with such a diverse set of people -- from U of M players to Detroiters, to other talented people we found lurking within our local league. It's been so fun to get to know everyone.
Juggles also spent a week in the Bahamas with his brother in July, while I played at Chicago Sandblast, then took a short course on statistical methods in genetic epidemiology. That sounds pretty lame, I know, but I'm a geek enough to appreciate this sort of things because it helps me think about my work a little differently.
Later in July, my friend Harrison happened to make a quick run through Detroit for a conference, so we got together and went to our first Tigers game. It was so great to catch up with him. He's someone I've known since the tender age of 11 or so, have always kept in touch with, and he's just turned out ... so awesomely! I'm glad we've stayed friends over the years, despite random distances between us and such.
This summer, also, a number of my close friends got married. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it back to Minnesota to celebrate with most of them (Adro and Carley, Da, Michelle) because it's an expensive plane ticket, but I am so thrilled for all of them. I did make it home for my best friend Lindsay's wedding in August -- probably a good thing since I was her maid of honor. And, honored I was! It was a tiring weekend, for sure, but filled with smiles and festivities. Juggles came along for the ride and did a great job helping me stay organized while I was running around Duluth. While we were in MN, I also got to introduce him to the Minnesota State Fair to eat a lot of fried foods, Sweet Martha's Cookies, and check out some mighty fine pigs and cows. Unfortunately, we didn't have a whole lot of time to see friends, but we did get some good eating in, at the very least, and a really great hike in Cherokee Park. Now the autumn has come. The last few days have been rainy, but our dahlias are still in full bloom keeping in a nice fiery view of summer sunshine
It's time to focus on things aside from just sports and friends, I suppose, but at least I'm afforded the luxury to take a break from my work on occasion and catch some frisbees on the beach. This fall has exciting things to offer -- papers to publish and women's ultimate to coach at Eastern Michigan. Now it's time to get it started!
In June, we played at Gender Blender in lovely Fergus, ON and, despite having a more random group of teammates than we usually do, we had even more of a blast than usual. We camped in the rain, set up a live version of the popular smartphone game Angry Birds, enjoyed some flip cup and did crazy things all weekend. It was exhaustingly fun.
This year, Juggles and I started a mixed club ultimate team called Sidecar! which was very well-received by the community. We had 70-some people try out for our team, making decisions for 20-some roster spots very difficult. After we whittled the team down, we had a fairly successful season, taking 5th at Mars, 2nd at Motown Throwdown, 12th at CHC, and losing our regionals spot to Overhaul in a game we finished 15-11. The season had its ups and downs, but, all-in-all, I am so glad to have gotten to make friends with such a diverse set of people -- from U of M players to Detroiters, to other talented people we found lurking within our local league. It's been so fun to get to know everyone.
Juggles also spent a week in the Bahamas with his brother in July, while I played at Chicago Sandblast, then took a short course on statistical methods in genetic epidemiology. That sounds pretty lame, I know, but I'm a geek enough to appreciate this sort of things because it helps me think about my work a little differently.
Later in July, my friend Harrison happened to make a quick run through Detroit for a conference, so we got together and went to our first Tigers game. It was so great to catch up with him. He's someone I've known since the tender age of 11 or so, have always kept in touch with, and he's just turned out ... so awesomely! I'm glad we've stayed friends over the years, despite random distances between us and such.
This summer, also, a number of my close friends got married. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it back to Minnesota to celebrate with most of them (Adro and Carley, Da, Michelle) because it's an expensive plane ticket, but I am so thrilled for all of them. I did make it home for my best friend Lindsay's wedding in August -- probably a good thing since I was her maid of honor. And, honored I was! It was a tiring weekend, for sure, but filled with smiles and festivities. Juggles came along for the ride and did a great job helping me stay organized while I was running around Duluth. While we were in MN, I also got to introduce him to the Minnesota State Fair to eat a lot of fried foods, Sweet Martha's Cookies, and check out some mighty fine pigs and cows. Unfortunately, we didn't have a whole lot of time to see friends, but we did get some good eating in, at the very least, and a really great hike in Cherokee Park. Now the autumn has come. The last few days have been rainy, but our dahlias are still in full bloom keeping in a nice fiery view of summer sunshine
It's time to focus on things aside from just sports and friends, I suppose, but at least I'm afforded the luxury to take a break from my work on occasion and catch some frisbees on the beach. This fall has exciting things to offer -- papers to publish and women's ultimate to coach at Eastern Michigan. Now it's time to get it started!
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