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I've found that this sliver of time in between church and work on Sunday's works well for blogging. It doesn't offer me as much time as I would like to process my thoughts thoroughly, but if I didn't do it now, I wouldn't do it at all. Especially with today being Superbowl Sunday. So, right now I've got pasta boiling on the stove and I'm eating some apple pie that I baked earlier this week. Nothing special, just a Sara Lee frozen pie, but it is delicious. 

I had quite the action packed weekend. Yesterday, UD held it's first indoor track meet in the new Chlapaty Recreation and Wellness Center. I caught most of the field events, but couldn't stay for the running portion because I had to get back to work. The place is very nice, but it looks kind of bland. It could use some banners or murals to liven things up. One of my former teammates said there were about 10 men's and women's teams there, but I didn't verify. I will post a link to the results here and you can see for yourself. (I haven't had a chance to look at them yet.) Men's Results | Women's Results 

At the meet I ran into sports information director Paul Misner who said he recently received a plaque with my name on it. Turns out that it was the ESPN The Magazine Academic All America Team Award I earned this past year.

After work yesterday, I helped out with a volunteer appreciation banquet for our church volunteers at The Bridge. The Bridge meets on the UD campus, but doesn't not have any real connections with the school. For our banquet, we borrowed the Tri-State Community Church basement on the north side of town. The menu consisted of turkey breast, bake potatoes and toppings, tossed salad with strawberries and glazed pecans, and an assortment of desserts. I didn't have time to bake, so I brought a rhubarb pie and a blueberry pie from Hy-Vee. They turned out to be a pretty big hit. After dinner, we played a couple large group games to get to know one another a little bit better. I had a good time because I got to learn a whole lot more names than I do by just going to church on Sunday morning. 

Well I've finished my pasta and it's time to head to work. Looks like I'll have to change there. I've still got my church clothes on. 

More pictures from the track meet.