Just One More Thing

I had to go to Greenville a couple days ago to pick up a suit I'll be wearing for the rest of the week as our SCSL-Clemson delegation will be trekking down to Columbia today for our once-a-semester session. Feeling stressed, driving to Greenville in the middle of the afternoon leading into rush hour when I'd already been awake for 10 hours after having gotten very little sleep throughout the entire weekend was not my ideal way to spend the day. That sounds like a lot of complaining and it totally is. I was not having yesterday. I bumped my knee (it still hurts as I write this), it hurt to swallow, I jammed my hand on a doorknob, my rent was due before I left for Columbia, I had a major paper to write (I hadn't started), and it was my turn to provide dinner for the apartment and I'd totally forgotten. When I type all that out, it sounds like my day was miserable. But it really wasn't. And I think I can attest that directly to my parents. When I got to the hospita...

Being on a college campus, the one thing I hear a lot is “Well, I would, but I don’t have TIME .” And more often than not, I’m the one saying it. Whether it's hanging out with someone or needing to finish an assignment, I find myself wanting more TIME to do whatever it is that needs done. -- We meditated at the end of my class yesterday, and while that sounds kind of funny (it was) the message was clear that we as a society are always on the run and rarely have TIME to just sit. Or just sit and think. Heck, I’ve read lots of research this semester on many families and their hectic lifestyles, running from ballet practice to ballgames to school concerts, and it seems that plenty of people find themselves wanting more TIME to themselves, more TIME to sit and think. -- As I’m nearing the end of my first semester of my junior year of college, I’m having to start thinking about what I want to do with myself upon graduating. I’ve thought about what job opportunities I could ...

I was inspired for this one when my buddies and I were watching football last week and we got to arguing about the top quarterbacks in the NFL. I was arguing my case for Ben Roethlisberger (shortly before he fumbled in the redzone and the Steelers remained winless on the season, but that's beside the point). So I sat down, and like any reasonable person would do, went to ranking all 32 starting NFL quarterbacks. Again, this is starters based on last week, pre-injuries in last Thursday's games to Manuel and Hoyer. Don't judge me. Do feel free to judge my rankings, though. *1. Peyton Manning Watch a Broncos game sometime. 2. Aaron Rodgers The next three in this Holy Quartet of QBs are always shuffled depending on the individual ranking them. I’ll take the more well-liked of the two A-Rods here based on his ability to both fling it and move really, really well. 3. Drew Brees This guy’s arm is legendary. He makes smart decisions more than he doesn’t and the nu...

Goosebumps, tearing up, pure joy and excitement on par with that of a kid on Christmas morning. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one going through such a wide range of emotions last night as the entire nation watched my, no our, Pittsburgh Pirates knock off the Cincinnati Reds in front of an absolutely raucous crowd. I said earlier in the day that I wished I could be there to witness the bustle of the Burgh as thousands of people swarmed upon the nation’s best major league baseball stadium, PNC Park, to watch our beloved Bucs try to shake off the ghosts of 20 seasons past. Kinda sums up my emotions of the night. I started getting the butterflies and feeling my growing hype for the game around 5 pm and had to rush home from a club meeting to catch the game, but I got six straight green lights on the drive and could only smile to myself as I knew my Nana was doing her best to help me get home quickly. I thought about her a lot over the course of the night, as well as the rest of my Ca...