My Weekend of Sports...

Friday Night (05/23/2008)

*Red Sox Vs. Oakland @ Oakland.

Pitcher: Wakefield

OAK 8, BOS 3

During the Top of the 4^th my boy Pedroia homered to deep left!

In the Top of the 5^th Ellsbury singled in my other boy J.D. Drew!

In the Top of the 7^th Ellsbury singled again this time bringing in Lugo.

3 Runs

6 Hits

0 Errors

*Lee USA Speedway

After 3 weeks of trying the fourth time was the lucky charm and they were finally able to get in a full night of racing! I was there to watching rookie Joey Lovejoy race his #23 Late Model and wasn’t disappointed! Starting out the night in his second time every driving ANY kind of racecar I was a little on the nervous side on what to expect. However I was very surprised at the level of what must be raw talent? After working so much on the crew of Ben Rowe it looks like he might have picked up on some of the winning techniques. He held his line, stayed on the white line, and most importantly stayed out of trouble. They held double features and no heats due to the rainouts that had yet to start the season. The first feature he finished just outside of the top 10 in 11^th position and in the second feature he claimed his first top 5! I’m glad I went it made the trip there and back worth it!

Saturday Night (05/24/2008)

*Red Sox Vs. Oakland @ Oakland

Pitcher: Beckett

OAK 3, BOS 0

0 Runs

1 Hit

0 Errors

*NASCAR Nationwide Series

Winner: Kyle Busch

Kyle is the man this year. He can fall into a pile of shit and still come out smelling like a rose.

*NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Winner: Donny Lia

Watched the last few laps…weird….Donny Lia? Seriously? Hmm okay.

*Beech Ridge Motor Speedway

My hometrack, my friends, my family … and all are still a bunch of idiots. This was the night of the Super Sportsman 100 one of the few events that are looked forward to all year. My “team” that I’m with races this division and while I decided to show up right before the green flag versus my 4 hours earlier to sit in the hot sun watching tempers flare … it didn’t take long before I caught up to speed on what happened earlier in the day.

Perhaps that is because the same thing happens over and over again. Regardless of where I am and who I’m with. The race took an extraordinary long amount of time to complete because people couldn’t open their eyes. (However, it was still shorter then the next days Coastal 200 appeared to have been). I got out of there around 1115-1130. Fun stuff!

Sunday Night (05/25/2008)

*Indy 500

Winner: Scott Dix

Didn’t watch much of this race…just the highlights (which happened to be more of a mad Danica storming off then the actual winner Scott Dix)…I like the history of it but I just can’t watch Indy or Formula 1 or those….they sound like bees…

I hate bees.

*Red Sox Vs. Oakland @ Oakland

Pitcher: Lester

OAK 6, BOS 3

Top of the 1^st D. Ortiz homered to deep right

Top of the 5^th M. Ramirez singled to center and scored in both J. Lugo and D. Pedroia!

3 Runs

7 Hits

0 Errors

*NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Winner: Kasey Kahne

I like Kasey…I do, honest. However I would have liked to have seen someone else win – especially since his win in the All-Star challenge he’s become a very rich guy in the past 7 days! Maybe I liked last years better because the winner was my boy, my underdog! Who knows…but in between all the other races locally going on that I was getting updates from and the other things on tv it was an “alright” race…but I happen to like the longer races that go from day to night becuase you really start to see who’s crew is on their “game” not just in preparation but mentally as well. Many teams changed 180 percent from the green flag to the checkered!

*Portland Sea Dogs Vs. New Britain Rock Cats @ Home

Pitcher: Kyle Jackson

PSD 15, NBR 11

15 Runs

20 Hits

2 Errors

Now I will admit that watching baseball on TV is sooo much easier just like in Football (they have the lines to show me where they play from!). Anyways…it was hard for me to follow it like I can on tv but it’s something I will have to learn and learn to appreciate…which basically means I have to actually watch the game and not just the cute boys in uniform!!!

But it was a great game…albeit hot. I had a lot of fun and I can see myself going back many times…for 9 bucks you can’t beat it! … well maybe if you throw in an extra dollar you get a race … that might beat it! =)

I've learned ... that money doesn't buy class.

I've learned ... that it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

I've learned ... that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

I've learned ... that the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?

I've learned ... that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

I've learned ... that the less time I have to work, the more things I get done.

HIKE: Libby River Farm Trail

Completed my first hike. Okay so it's not REALLY a hike but a nice 1-3/4 to 2 mile walk through the woods. But for me it was a great beginning...it's very level with only one big elevation change and that is at the end. I could definitly tell that by the end I wasn't in any shape to tackle some of the other ones on my list that are 5+ miles...those may have to wait till end of season.

This hike is part of the Scarborough Land Conservation Trust. The Scarborough Land Conservation Trust (SLCT) is a non-profit organization committed to protecting open space within the Town of Scarborough for water quality, wildlife habitat, and recreational benefits. Since 1977, SLCT has protected more than 1,000 acres in Scarborough and has constructed trails and parking areas on 375 acres for the enjoyment of the public. To view the map for this trail click here

I took many pictures however I'll have to wait a day or so to get them off my camera...I seem to have misplaced my camera cable...oops!

I couldn't believe something as nice as that was literally in my backyard! The end of the trail goes along the marsh and there are lots of nice sights that I'm too busy to see when I drive by. So it was a very nice walk with the exception of all the mosquitoes and flies that felt me a disturbance to their habitat...mental note...don't forget the bug spray next time!

Pictures coming soon!

I've had a good week but yet my diet and weight on the scale doesn't show it. HA I haven't really been watching what I eat but I have been taking more steps to be active. Being active isn't hard for me. Harnessing my food is. So since I'm not on a diet I'm working on a lifestyle change I'm going to just focus on being more active in the next few weeks and then battle the food issue when I'm stronger physically and emotionally.

I didn't gain the weight over night, I gained it over years so ... why would I think I could loose it overnight? I have finally gathered enough courage for lack of a better word to accept that it's going to be a long process that's going to have a lot of hills but you know what I'll still get over them just like an old fashion coal train going up Mt. Washington ... it may take 3 hours to get up there but it always does!

I love to live my life.

My life is my life to live.

Living my life means loving myself.

Plans are finally starting to come together and I can't be more excited!

I have finally decided where I want to camp. Now I just have to settle on the dates. I want it to be a wednesday night thru saturday but we'll see.... I may have to settle on thursday night through saturday.

I have my hikes planned, my caches planned, my other activities planned...I can't freaking wait! and the best part is it'll be a trip with just me =)

Here's to hoping it will work out!

Random Thoughts from the past few weesk

It's been awhile since I posted last so here are some random thoughts and lessons I've learned lately....

* Never let yourself get jealous at your "close" guy-friend when he only did something you did a month earlier and to you it was "no big deal"... let it go.

* Best quote of the day: "Who are to judge me? I know I'm not perfect and I DON'T claim to be. But before you start pointing fingers, make sure your own hands are clean."

* I would imagine that if you have a gambling problem, especially one that has you in the hole almost $400,000.00 dollars one would think you'd want to go back to playing basketball to keep your free time to a minimum becuase well the TV thing isn't cutting it apparently.

"Do I have a gambling problem? Yeah, I do have a gambling problem but I don't consider it a problem because I can afford to gamble. It's just a stupid habit that I've got to get under control, because it's just not a good thing to be broke after all of these years," -Charles Barkley said in an interview with ESPN

Well Charles, according to the grapevine, you can't afford it. According to the article in Mercury News, you still have that debt and even though you say you have plenty of money and can pay it .... it dates back to October of last year...and this acknowledgment was only after the announcement you may face criminal charges.

* At what point will someone realize that the situation they are in is bad? Is the mind truly that powerful to not let you see the things that are right in front of you?

* Racing this season is .... I don't know I can't quite figure it out. Maybe it's the attitudes? Maybe it's the drive that people are lacking? The racing when it's there is mostly great - but it just seems like it's missing it's luster this year. Then again it could just be me.

* Kyle Busch.

You love to hate him. Funny thing is....I used to hate him when he first got on the scenes he was just another punky kid trying to live on the coattails of his brother....now he's flying high on his own coattails. I love him for the fact that he makes news. He makes headlines and he's being noticed. A lesson I learned at a VERY early age racing on the ACT tour of Curley with Kevin Lepage and Gardiner Levitt. It was better to be booed that to leave the race on lap 50 and not be noticed. More and more I'm growing to like Kyle Busch and that is a scary thought.

* According to Jayski the CWES from IOWA will play at 5pm Sunday on HDnet...wonder if I have that channel?

* Today is

* Leaving for Boston at 3am on Sunday is not something I'm looking forward to especially since i'll be home before my roommate even wakes up....how do I get myself into these things?

Did I miss the weekend?

Rain happened to take away most of my weekend or at least most of my weekend plans...

I hate plans.

The past week my body finally became victim to the same sickness that's been going around for months that I thought I was in the clear from. I had no voice, sore throat, weak muscles; I had it all. But with that I never went to bed early and never slept in...that was...until this weekend. Friday night I finally let myself put everything I had to do aside and go to bed early.

That was at 10pm.

I woke up at noon the next day. Apparently my body needed some rest.

The rest of the weekend was spent with friends going and coming and sharing lots of laughs and great food. So even though we didn't get to go racing yesterday I still had a great time laughing so hard that I couldn't breath because I was having a coughing attack. My lungs apparently are still not feeling their best.

I love the fact that when I finally accepted that life isn't perfect and I can't make it perfect...it becomes just that! =)