MAT and breaktime

So today I took the MAT test. I think I did alright. The one good thing about this test is there is no cut off score--yet. I have been told that they(whoever they are?)are trying to come up with a cut off score.
So what is left for me to do? well I think I will take the rest of today and tomorrow off, then I will get back to doing research for my Thesis.
I want to do a correlational study between Vo2 max, aerobic exercise and cholesterol. Sounds like a lot, but not really, I am really excited and I know what direction I want to go with it, but I think I need a little break before getting back into it. I have to give Dr. H a rough draft by the first of the year!! Yikes you may say, but I say bring it-- I love the pressure.
Bike riding was totally awesome today! One of the last mud baths for the year. I just did fabuuulouuus simple 2 hour ride, by myself and loved every minute of it. I did not want to go back, but I had that test to get ready for.
I hope tomorrow is just as nice because I am taking a nice long ride I dont care what anyone says!! I think I deserve it! (oh who am i kidding, I not only deserve it, I desire it!!!)
TATA for now!! :)

last "final" (finally) day

Today was the last day for finals. I was suppose to give my WS final at 8am, but we had yucky weather last night so the test was cancelled until 10:30 am. Which was good for me. It usually takes me about 45 minutes to get to school, today-it took me two hours! Yep, the roads were just a sheet of ice, and I did not get over 20 miles an hour. Just as I was reaching Dardanelle, I hit some ice and slide a couple of times, I was more concerned about the person who had been riding on my tail for most of the trip. Afraid he/she would rearend me if I did have a problem. But I made it just fine. The really cool thing is that I had my last final at 5 pm tonight, but the teacher cancelled it, and is giving us the grade we already have!! (I have an A). Well I did not realize how late it was until a friend starting texting me about school, and when I got ready to leave it was already 3 pm, it took me over an hour to get home. I know some people are thinking why would I drive to school when I could have had someone else give my final for me--well, call it the love of teaching, and I wanted to be there for my students. When you like your job, it does not fill like you are going to work. This is how I fill about what I am doing with my career right now, and hope that I will have an opportunity to progress forward with my teaching degree.
Crazier, yet my christmas break will be taken up with bike riding AND working on my Thesis. I just had a meeting yesterday with Dr. Holeyfield, and she is allowing me to change my Thesis. I am going from a sport psychology thesis to a exercise physiology thesis!! I did not like my first one, but now I am really pumped about my new one. I have to give Dr. Holeyfield a rough draft before the first of the year. No pressure! I like being under the gun, I get more done when I have the pressure on me! I even got up early this morning and starting research on my thesis. This is how pumped I am about it!! It is going to be just faaabuuulous!!

weekend trails

yipee, another day on the trail!! We went back to Little Blakely to finish up trail work. All that is left is for people to go out and ride their bikes on it. I will take one for the team -and go back and ride. I think I will even do some much needed camping to make it last a little longer. Here are a couple pictures of before and after of a section of the trial.

Sue-where are you!
oh my gosh, I see the trial, but no Sue!

another really cool thing--it is official I am riding the 80 mile race in the spring. Yes, the single track mountain bike challenge. I need to train so hard I will have to even train while I am sleeping!! How cool is that?