a little more procrastination

after a day of sleeping and not much else.

i've decided that my sunburn from yesterday's midwest intercollegiate rowing championships is constantly draining my energy. i haven't been this burnt since the first day we were in hawaii when i was a sophomore in high school and when we were in okoboji for our family reunion back around 2000. it's definitely a good burn and i've been doing everything i've heard of to try to prevent it from peeling, including lots of aloe, vinegar compresses, and tea bags. i'm afraid of carrying my backpack tomorrow...

the regatta went fairly well. the eight was the first race of the day, which was probably not the best idea dan's ever had, but oh well. we weren't warmed up very well and hadn't gotten rid of our nerves yet. we raced our race though, that's for sure. i am confident that we would have gotten that tulsa boat if we'd had another 200 meters or so. oh well. we placed fourth behind smu, drake, and tulsa respectively. it was a good race nonetheless and by far was the best competition we've seen all year.
i had a long break after the eight before the fours. the lightweight four was a blast even though there was only one other boat in the race. the best part was that britt kept telling us that the ocu lightweight four was going to be awesome because that's what they really focus on. well, they had us by a seat or two after the start, but we had pulled even by the 1000 meter mark, and once we hit the 500, we were gone and beat them by 12 seconds. that was one of the more enjoyable races i've had in a four, especially since we'd never practiced that boat and wendy hasn't sat port (or stroked) all year long.
we chilled on the dock for a few minutes before hot seating for the varsity four b. this was another really awesome race. i haven't coxed that boat since our duel against smu after spring break, but they really have a lot of power. our start was not very good, so we started out in 4th or 5th place, but once we settled in, the power came out. we walked smu straight away and then went to work on the drake four. it was pretty similar to the lightweight four race. we broke even with them by the thousand, and then really made our move at the 500. we beat drake by 3 seconds, but were 12 seconds behind tulsa. it was a sweet race though and everyone enjoyed it a lot.
we ended up winning the women's overall points by just 31 points over drake and 33 points over tulsa. i think dan was really happy that we were able to win since we had just done the naming of the M2 after the education professor, karin levine. after awards, wendy and abby threw me in the lake. they weren't going to do it until they realized that i wasn't trying to get away from them. the water was as nasty as expected (being closed to swimming due to toxic algae and all), and was horribly shallow off the dock.
overall, the whole day was a lot of fun and was a great way to end our last home regatta.

we got back from the boathouse just in time to see the second and third period of the avs-stars first playoff series game. i freaked out when i saw the avs were losing 2-1 after the first period, but they rocked the second period. a rookie scored to tie it up at 2, and then two minutes later, my boy robby blake scored the game-winner. the final score was 5-2. the next game is monday night, still in dallas.

i didn't get any homework done yesterday, and i have yet to get much done today, so it is probably time i get to work on the stuff it would be nice to have done for tomorrow: latin quiz, theology essay (due wednesday), physics project presentation (tuesday morning), and studying for my huge english lit exam on thursday.

but before i do any of that, it's time to put more aloe on...