C-A-T-S CATS! CATS! CATS!

UK is finally having a good basketball season. It has been a long time since we have been this good. The new freshmen on the team and Patterson returning really helped with that. We are 6-0 and hopefully we can stay undefeated for a little while longer. And hopefully at the end of the season we can get to the Final Four and maybe even the championship game. I know we have a first year coach and a lot of unexperienced freshmen but it could be the big year for us. We are also very close to earning 2,000 wins which would be amazing. We are the winningest program in NCAA basketball and those wins would certainly prove it. But even if we don't go all the way this year it will defiantly be a major step up from the past few years.

RIP JJC

Over Thanksgiving Break, Josh Calhoun was buried. I was at the funeral and I'm pretty sure it was one of the most depressing funerals I have ever been to. The family cried, his friends cried, every single person in that room cried. And most people bawled their eyes out. I happen to be one of those people. The Toby Keith song "Cryin' for Me" and seeing those guys break down at the grave site just got to me. Now every time I hear that song on the radio it gets to me. Josh's very close group of guys were all pallbearers along with his two brothers. They all wore camo because that is what Josh loved. After seeing them carry their friend out to his grave and listen to "Simple Man" they just couldn't walk away. They stayed and hugged each other, close friends, their girlfriends, and family. Most were speechless and definitely didn't want to go back into the church to eat. It was a very sad way to start Thanksgiving Break but it gave me a good reason to be thankful on Turkey Day. Rest In Peace Danni Boi!

Cryin' For Me lyrics:

Got the news on Friday morning
But a tear I couldn’t find
You should me how I am supposed to live
Now you should me how to die
I was lost til Sunday morning
I woke up to face my fear
While writing you this good bye song I found a tear

I’m going to miss that smile
I’m going to miss you my friend
Even though it hurts the way it ended up
I’d do it all again

So play it sweet in heaven
Cause that’s right where you want to be
I’m not cryin’ cause I feel so sorry for you
I am cryin’ for me

I got up and dialed your number
Your voice came on the line
That old familiar message
I have heard a thousand times
It just said, sorry that I missed you
Leave a message and god bless
I know that you think I am crazy
But I just had to hear your voice I guess

I’m going to miss that smile
I’m going to miss you my friend
Even though it hurts the way it ended up
I’d do it all again

So play it sweet in heaven
Cause that’s right where you want to be
I’m not cryin’ cause I feel so sorry for you
I am cryin’ for me

Oh

So play your upsidedown, left handed
Backward bass guitar
I’ll see you on the other side superstar

I’m going to miss that smile
I’m going to miss you my friend
Even though it hurts the way it ended up
I’d do it all again

So play it sweet in heaven
Cause that’s right where you want to be
I’m not cryin’ cause I feel so sorry for you
I am cryin’ for me

I’m still cryin’
I’m cryin’ for me
Oh
I’m still cryin’

Thanksgiving

What exactly is Thanksgiving about? We always focus on the wonderful food we get to eat. But Thanksgiving is supposed to be about the time you get to spend with your family and friends. Of course the food is great but I am thankful for the time I get to spend with my family. We are all really busy and we don't spend as much time with each other as we should so Thanksgiving gives us a good time to see each other. And of course it also gives me and my dad an opportunity to watch some football together. That is my favorite part of the day. Well, that and the dessert.

Heels

I am not EVER wearing heels to school again. Yesterday we had to dress up for the Veteran's Day luncheon because Beta Club was helping. So Sherri and I got the brilliant idea to wear heels to school. HA not going to happen again. The first 2 periods were ok because I was mostly just sitting down the whole time. Then we went to the assembly and had to stand up again and again. Then the luncheon came. I ended up cutting the banana pudding and running it to the desert table. That would have been tiring if I was wearing comfortable shoes. I cut 3 big trays of banana pudding and took it to the table. By the end of that I was ready to walk around school without any shoes on. But thankfully I brought flats to wear when the luncheon was over. But I didn't get a chance to put them on before we had to stack chairs and clean off the tables and take them down. I am used to doing that at work, but there is a reason why I don't wear heels to work. Then I had to walk all the way down to Mr. Hays room to get my backpack which had my flats in it. I couldn't have thrown down my stuff and ripped of those shoes any faster.

Obviously I learned that I am not a heel person. I already knew that just from the few weddings and funerals I had been to. But that was only a short period of time that I had to wear them. Yesterday I learned that heels are not for me and I should stick for the more fashionable flats.

Just A Thought

Last night on my way home from work I started to think about things. One thing that seemed to keep me awake was why do bad things happen to good people. Not all good people have really bad luck, but it just seems like more and more, you see one thing after another happen to a good person. My friends dad is one of the nicest people you would ever meet. He went to church, was involved, and was a genuinely good person. He recently got a liver transplant that he desperately needed. But days after the transplant, they found fluid in his lungs and it could possibly be pneumonia. Now he is fighting to stay alive. Him and his family don't deserve that, but it has happened anyway.

It seems like with things like that going on, that some of the mean people in this world would get their turn for something bad to happen to them. I'm not just wishing for all the mean people to get pneumonia or anything, but everywhere you look, they are getting the luck of the draw. The liers, cheaters, jerks, and downright awful people are the ones getting married to the love of their life, winning the lottery, or even just passing the test, or getting the good grade in a class. I'm sure they deserve some good in their lives, but shouldn't the people who care more about others than themselves be the ones who get lucky more often?