Babbling On...

I figured that if I was going to have a webpage, I should be able to have a place on that page to voice my opinions and just well, babble on. I know that by posting stuff, people aren't forced to read it but it at least makes me feel like I'm voicing my opinions (you see, I don't know if you read it or not). So, here are some thoughts...

Hopefully, you've already read my essay, One More Chance at Life, A Gift from a Stranger about my aunt and her transplant. I wish that everyone that reads my essay could have met my aunt, she was truly a magnificent person! It's hard to explain to people who didn't know her just what she was like. She was an extremely unique individual that could never be replaced. I miss her every single day but I'm so thankful that I had those three extra years with her. In the time after her transplant, especially the last year of her life, she was such a healthy and happy person, a person that I had never met until she received that second chance to live. I can't express how thankful that my family and I are for being able to see her healthy and being able to have the little girl that we all think of as our "miracle baby".

I would have never had the chance to meet my healthy aunt or to hold Delaney Lorraine in my arms if it hadn't been for the selfless act of an individual and their family. By turning their own tragedy into a gift of life, they gave us and other families a chance to see our loved ones in a way that we had never seen them. I cannot stress enough how important it is that people make the decision now to become organ donors and that they share that decision with their families. Unfortunately, none of us know when we are going to leave this world, it could be fifty years from now or it could be three hours. You can't put off making a decision that could be needed at any minute. Please make the choice to save lives!

On a lighter note...

Why is it that UK has such horrible parking? I mean we pay outrageous prices for parking passes and then they tell us that just by buying a pass, we aren't guaranteed a parking place. THEN when you can't find a parking place in your lot, you have to park in a different lot and everybody on campus knows that if you park somewhere that you don't have a pass for, you WILL get a ticket. GRRRR...

Football is such an awesome sport! It drives me crazy when people say that football is just a bunch of guys running around without a purpose, hitting anybody that gets in their way. This is so not the case. Football takes a lot of intelligence to play; you have to learn your plays, the other team’s plays, the cadence for each play (that tells you when to go), where you’re going, where the guy next to you is going, who you’re suppose to block, what happens if the guy next to you misses his block, you have to be able to look at the other team’s formation and change your play in a matter of a split-second. Maybe these things aren’t taught in an actual classroom but it does take a kind of intelligence to learn and remember all of this. I have so much respect for these players. They get up and workout at 6:00 in the morning, then go to class. After class, it’s back to football for lifting or meetings. Most are completely exhausted by the time they get to go home for the day, after a night class or a mandatory tutor. They have a playbook with hundreds of plays and formations to learn. Studying for football on top of studying for classes and doing homework doesn’t really leave them with a lot of extra time. Some of these players wouldn’t have ever had the chance to attend college if it wasn’t for their football scholarships. But having one of these scholarships isn’t a free ride, they have to work for it and they know that if they don’t put forth the effort, they’ll lose their scholarship. These players put their bodies on the line everyday they go on the field. They know that there’s always the possibility of an injury, everything from a mild ankle sprain to a career-ending knee blowout. They go through surgeries and rehabilitation just to go back out on the field and play. They know that every other player on the field is counting on them and everyone of them does their best to make sure they don’t let their teammates down. Football truly is an awesome sport that takes a lot more than most people think. So next time you see a game, think about everything those players have to go through to get on that field and everything they put on the line when they do step out there. I think that you’ll appreciate the game a little more. Man that one was long!!

I've lived in Kentucky all my life but I'm still not used to this weather! I almost feel sorry for some of our football players and other students that are from warmer climates and that have never experienced weather like this! A couple weeks ago, I was talking to someone and I said something about the ice storm of 1997 (I think that was the year!). Well, one of the players from Mississippi, asked me what in the world an ice storm was. I guess he found out! ANYWAY, I wish that this weather would hurry up and get warm to stay. I have spring fever!

Hey people, if you can't talk on your cell phone and drive... DON'T!!! I'm not saying that I think that we need to have laws banning talking on cell phones while driving. I'm just saying that you know if you can't drive and talk, and if you can't, then don't ruin it for everyone else and put other people in danger by trying to! It drives me crazy when people do something stupid things while driving because they're too busy talking to drive.

Does anyone know if it is normal for cats to drool? My boyfriend's cat drools when she purrs. I have three cats at home and none of them drool. Just a conundrum I had.

As I've said a bunch of times, I'm still new at all this html stuff. If you know about making web pages and have a suggestion, or don't know anything about making them but still have a suggestion, please let me know ! I'm completely open to suggestions and learning new things.

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