Charlieeee

Charlie is the name of my mini schauzer dog. I love him soooo much. He came into my life last christmas and never seems to disappoint me. Whenever I would leave the house he would be waiting for me by the door when I came home. I love playing with him, whenever I'm on the floor he always comes over to me and starts licking my lips. He is a little bit of a barker though, but I don't care cause he is awesome. Charlie runs through my house so fast, he goes threw chairs and tables without even hitting a leg. I'm thinking of putting him in one of those dog competitions. Over the summer when I would come home from work he would be barking for me to pick him up. As soon as I put my work things away I would pick him up and hug and kiss him for at least 10 minutes. He truly is a man's best friend. I take him for walks every night. Again he barks at everyone that goes by. Charlie is my first dog, I am sooooo happy that he came in my life. I can't wait to go home for our first break so I can see his happy face and his tongue hanging out when I walk into the door.

My trip to Central City Bar & Grill

Soooo, Corso's pops and brother came up last Saturday and we needed a place to eat. I know of this cute little bartender that works at Central City so I decided to suggest that place. I had never eaten there before, but I had heard they served delicious food. We went in and sure enough we got a seat right in front of the bar. With a great view of the Yankee game & pretty girl, I sat down and relaxed and wondered what exactly I was going to order. Pork chops, steaks, sandwiches, pasta, I mean this place has everything. After throwing back a pitcher of bud light, I decided on a Cajun Chicken sandwhich with sweet potato fries. MMMMMMMMM..it absolutely hit the SPOT. Another pitcher or two later of bud light, I was stuffed and in the zone. The Yanks were winning, I had a good buzz going, bartender girl was giving me the eyes, and the best part was..I wasn't paying for a thing. It's always a treat when you get to go out to dinner with family friends. I think I'll take my family there when they come up to watch some games...I'm getting RIBS next time...I want it NOW! Okay bye.

Favorite

If there was a place I could be right now...I'd say it'd have to be the beach. Not just any beach, but a beach with white sand and clear water, a hammock, and a corona with my name on it. No school work, no hockey, no worries, no annoying people, just me and my favorites. You know, I felt bad for Tom Hanks on that deserted island when he started talking to the beach ball, but I mean, that wouldn't be too bad would it? It's paradise. Coconut is my favorite scent, the sand is good for your skin because it acts as an exfoliating scrub, and it would be stress free. I'd go fishing, lay out and get tan, climb some palm trees, and if I was feeling adventerous enough, maybe I'd go treasure hunting just to say that I did it. Anything would be better than Cortland at this very moment. I'm sick, the weather is icky, my body is sore, I'd love to go home right now, yada yada yada. The summer is the best time because of the beach. Being relaxed and being with my friends is comforting and always a fun time. I'm thinking about going on a cruise to the Bahamas for spring break. Maybe I'll run away when the ship pulls over, find myself a piece of sporting equipment that I can befriend, and enjoy the rest of my life listening to the waves and eating seafood. No worries.

Not feeling well : (

Like clockwork, I'm sick again. Just like last fall. I'm all kinds of drugged up right now on Sudafed and Theraflu and some nasal spray that made my nose burn. Food has lost it's taste, team workout today was brutal, and writing this blog is making my head hurt worse. I woke up this morning all sweaty, but that's at least a sign that my fever broke. These are the times you just want your mom to bring you soup in bed and lay around all day and do nothing in your pjs.
Right now I'm just watching the Yanks and eating some leftover pork chops that Liv made. She went out and picked out some great drugs for me at CVS before...let's hope they work all through the night. Getting a good night sleep is so hard when you're sick. I always toss and turn and get that nasal drip and wake up and then I can never get back to bed. It's not like it's just like this for one day either, it lasts for at least 4-5 days and just when I start to feel better, here's the weekend and I party and then I feel gross again. The Yanks winning right now at least is a good thing. I can't wait for the NHL games to start up. I'm in a Fantasy hockey league with a bunch of people and I have high hopes for my players to do well. The best part will be gloating when I win :). Well, time to relax...maybe I'll go enjoy a nice cup of chicken broth. AWESOME!

DMB Concert

This summer I got to go see Dave with a bunch of my friends. It was the highlight of the summer by far. I drove up with my friend Ryan and his girlfriend to Hartford, Conn. We didn't hit that much traffic if you were wondering. Anyway before we left we went to the deli to get sandwiches and beer to fill the cooler. I am sooo excited to see Dave because it was going to be my first time. When we get there, I couldn't even guess how many people were there and my friend Ryan said that there is going to be around 40,000 people here. We pull into the VIP parking area in the Mercedes Parking lot. Everyone is partying, listining to Dave blasting out of there car, BBQ's. It was an awesome wave of excitment. We tailgated and pregamed for a bout 3 hours then starting walking into the show. Dave was absolutely amazing. Some of the songs he played were Don't Drink the Water, Shotgun, Seek up, crush, and my favorite too step. The show lasted a bout 3 hours and when we were leaving I decided to buy a Dave shirt which is amazing by the way, so comfortable haha. I still had another sandwich left in the car so i was set for food on the way home. After I ate it i passed out, ryans girlfriend drove us home. I'm not going to lie but the ride felt like 10mins cause i just passed out and woke up when she was pulling into her drive way. Ahhh it was soooo awesome I will never forget it.

Last Friday Night

It all started on friday afternoon after my last class. My housemate and I went out for run and did a couple of sprints. Then on the way back we picked up a 30 rack of keystone and if your wondering we are both 21. So we bring the beer back to my house and order a pizza. As we are waiting for food we decide to play some darts and of course I won 8 of 10 games. Anyway the food arrives and we are so happy cause we were soooo hungry from running. We end up finishing the pie in a bout 15 mins or so. Its getting to be around 8:30 -9:00p.m and people are starting to show up at our house. We start playing beer pong to warmup our skills before the crowd comes and so we can stay on the table. We won 8 games straight and finally lost in double overtime. So then we decided to play a card drinking game called kings for about an hour. It was a bout 11:30 when we decided to go down to the bars. Our walk is pretty far to the bars, its a bout 10-15mins walking. We finally get there and we head into the red jug to meet up with our friends and teammates. We end up stayin til the bars close. Now even though my housemate and I ate a whole pie by ourselfs we are hungry again. So I told my friend we are not leaving the bar until you order DP dough and of course he did cause he wanted it also. So by the time we get back to our house the food arrives 15mins later and the rest is history.

Tuesday and Thursday Team Lifts

On mondays and wednesdays the hockey team does conditioning. On tuesday and thursday we do a 15min warmup outside doing sprints and quick feet drills then we are in the weight room. We use the wrestlers weight room so we can workout as a team. This workout consists of 4 stations doing 2 different excercises at each. First is the front squats, 10 reps of warmup weight, then after you do that you have to do 10 pullups. Rest for about 45 secs then do it again with more weight then do 10 pullups. Then your going to do your third set maxing out of the front squats into 10 pullups again. Each station should take no more then 9mins. The next station consists of leaning over back rows then ab bridges for 45 secs. Again your going to do this for 3 sets starting with a warmup into maxing out at the end. The third station is hang cleans into a press and leg raises for abs. Again we are doing 3 sets of both with increasing weight then finishing with max weight. The final station is bench press the twists with a 45 pound weight for abs. Same as all the others, 3 sets starting with a warmup then finishing with max rep. This whole workout shouldn't take more then 45 to an hour. I think it's a great routine and I'm glad we are doing it.

Monday Conditioning

Hockey season is starting up now and that means conditioning. This is used as a team building and to get inshape before the season starts next month. It is very strenuous on the body. Our team works out monday through thursday, friday we have off, but we have a 8am workout on saturday morning. Yes I know the saturday morning is pretty rough, but it helps because we won't go out as much and party. So on mondays we do dryland for a bout an hour and a half. This consists of a 15min warmup which is not easy, doing short sprints,lunges, squats,etc... Then we do the ladder workout which helps with quick feet. What we do is start in pushup position and go through a bout 20-25 ladder holes with our feet doing different exercises then into a 10 yard sprint. After that we do the box workout which helps for latteral movement and back peddling. Finally we finish with eight 100 yard sprints with doing 25 sets of pushups, crunches, and squats at the end of each sprint. Now you might think that this workout is hard and it is but it is also very necessary if we want to have a great season and finsh strong. I don't mind doing it because I like staying inshape.