September 4th, 2007

Today is Tuesday and I leave on Thursday so I am starting to get everything together for the trip. It is a very exciting time of year right now because this upcoming trip is for the world championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. I am so excited to wrestle in this tournament and compete again. I don’t remember when I have anticipated a wrestling tournament so much. I think that it is going to be a lot of fun.
We just finished training camp last Friday. They really put us through the ringer on that one. We were wrestling live twice a day everyday for the most part. They gave us some good rest days, but the training was definitely intense. I am glad that it is over now, but I think it was just what we needed to put some finishing touches on our conditioning and readiness. The whole team looks good right now. We are all looking to have a huge year this year.
Yesterday as you know was labor day. I think it is funny that nobody works on labor day. You would think that by it’s name everyone would work extra hard that day. I suppose that is one of life’s little ironies. Sarah and I went to a church barbeque yesterday and had a great time. We took two of our dogs, Newton and Mozart. They behaved pretty well at the start, but as the day wore on they started to bark at some other dogs incessantly.  Sarah took them home, and she made it back in time for the water fight that took place. She didn’t really participate much, but my friend Justin Ulrich and I had a great time. We nailed quite a few kids with some waterballoons. I got drenched myself though so I don’t know if I ended up winning or not. Either way it was a great time.
Please be patient as I get some more things together for the site. I know that I said that I would post some pictures and video on the blog, and I will. It might have to wait until I get back from Azerbaijan. Take care everyone.