Gotta love Tony’s shirt!!!

and of course—tony and jeff—what is a girl supposed to do?

so many racers—so little time

TGIF
yes…thank god it is friday. this means in two weeks i will be at TMS (Texas Motor Speedway)! Can’t wait!

Blogging
i have been doing this blogging thing for about a year now. it has been an interesting learning experience. i have found it to be somewhat fun. i never kept a diary or journal as a child–i guess i just wasn’t very disciplined enough. This is soooooo much better. i found several interesting “blogs” during this process, some i read every day with out fail and others…well, come on people, if you want to keep me interested post something—damn it! i will be the first to admit that blogging takes time–some days i don’t have it, but here lately i have been some what a fanatic about making sure i post something of some interest. for those of you who have recently ventured into the “blogasphere” welcome. it’s free and definately way cheaper than a therapist.

Squish
i don’t usually talk too much about things in my personal life on this particular blog, but i just have to on this one thing. i had my first mammogram yesterday–that’s right folks i got “SQUISHED”. it wasn’t as bad as i had played it out in my head–i was thinking there it was going to be some medievel torture device the way my doctor described it, but it wasn’t all that bad–i was in there maybe 15 minutes. the lady who was there was pretty nice–could have been a little more friendlier and understanding of why i was there, but all in all not too bad of an experience for me—everything turned out ok. so don’t be afraid of the Squish!

March Madness
March Madness has struck again! last night Duke (#1 seed) was beaten by LSU…Gonzaga was beaten by UCLA after Gonzaga DOMINATED the entire game–UCLA scored the last 11 points of the game…and Texas beat West Virginia…even though i am all about state pride—i really wanted W VA to win…as an alum from TTU it is very difficult for me to rout for Texas to win in anything…i will admit i did want Texas to beat USC in the rose bowl–state pride and all, plus all the media was just falling all over USC–Texas clearly was the better team at that point. Last night’s results really screwed up my husband’s bracket–HE ALWAYS PICKS DUKE TO GO TO THE FINAL FOUR–not this year baby! I hope Texas doesn’t win the tourney–UGH–that will mean more people wearing burnt orange–not a good color on most people.

NASCAR
Last but certainly not least—NASCAR! It’s short track time! I love to watch short track racing–all the beatin’ and bangin’ going on–tempers flaring–makes for some EXCELLENT racing! Good Luck boys!

As you may know accoridng to my blog I live in Raiderland–aka Lubbock, Texas. For those of you who don’t know where that is–it is someone where between middle of nowhere and BFE. Don’t get me wrong, I like living in Lubbock, but the weather here can sometimes be a BITCH!

Here is a little sample of the weather over the last several days

Saturday, March 18: Rain (which we needed)–hadn’t had a decent rain since October. With this rain came the usual flooded streets–we are flat out here with an ok drainage systems and playa lakes.

Sunday, March 19: Rain–sort of on and off throughout the day–thunderstorms rolled on trhough during the nighttime hours–this gave our local meterologists something to do…gotta love dueling Dopplers.

Monday, March 20: FREAKIN’ WIND!!! For those of you who don’t know Lubbock has 5 seasons–the usually spring, summer, fall, winter and our fifth Windy Season. It is a sight to behold to see half of New Mexico blow in during one of these wind storms. Some times when this happens and it rains—your get to see the phenomenon of what we like to call “raining mud”. Luckily, since it rained over the weekend the dirt was too wet to be lifted by what seemed like hurricane force winds…UGH!!!

Tuesday, March 21: Not so bad–someone closed the barn door–it was breezy, but not like Monday. The sun was out and it was kind of a nice day.

Wednesday, March 22: COLD!!!! feel it down to your bones COLD!!! and here’s the kicker—THERE’S A CHANCE FOR SNOW (1-3 INCHES) of course the weather people assure us that it won’t accumulate! It is March people. This is the first week of spring, what is the deal???

Outlook for Sunday and Monday–70 degree weather!!!!

So this means we have had every kind of weather except a tornado—of course I am not going to rule out that either!!!

hope the weather is good where you are!

The race got underway on Monday and I was NOT able to be home to watch it! DAMN—work sure gets into the way of my happiness!!!! But I did get to listen to it on Trackpass–whoopee, freakin’ do! If you have every listened to any kind of sproting event on the radio, you know my pain. Listening to a NASCAR race via the “radio” is bad especially when the announcers get all excited.

Kasey Kahne won the race and it sounded like Mark Martin was giving him a battle–noticed sounded like–for all I know Mark could have been further back…UGH!!

Jeff G. finished 4th while Tony finished 5th his best finish since Daytona.

On to short track racing boys—Bristol!!

Buckle up boys—-it is going to be a bumpy ride!!!

Well–the race was rained out today in Atlanta. They will try to get the race underway tomorrow. Great–I won’t get to watch the race, however since I have Track Pass, I will able to listen to the race.

I have felt lost today. I didn’t know what to do without my racing. It’s different when there’s an off week. I am prepared and do other things, but today…i just didn’t have anything to do.

Well–I will just have to listen and look for highlights on ESPN and the web.

UGH–good look tomorrow boys.

Rolled the dice and crapped out! Tony finished 21 after running good all day. Which didn’t help my chances in the Pick ‘Em contest I am in. I picked Tony to finish 7th and if he had finished in the top 10, I would be sitting pretty right now. Oh well–on to Atlanta.

Still don’t know what him and little shrub are squabbling about?? Tony–get the hedge trimmers and show shrub what it is all about. You were just racing. Hey–little shrub–quit whining and race. You did finish better than Tony. I believe you were one of three Hendrick drivers to finish in the top 5.

Jeff G. had a great race finishing in the top 5. Great race Jeff!

Yes the green/white checker came out again. Poor Matt Kenseth–that last caution really killed his chances of winning the race. If it had stayed green he would have won–Jimmie would not have caught him. But I guess that’s what racing is all about.

Funny how Jimmie has been running good since Chad’s departure. One more race without him. He will be back at Bristol.

On to Atlanta boys—see ya there.

you can’t fix stupid–why can’t you fix stupid? there should be some kind of medicine you could give someone and POOF, no more stupid. or if that doesn’t work give me some kind of booster shot to protect me from the stupid people of the world–here are some other people that i feel i should have some kind of booster shot for or at least a stun gun to get rid of them

people i love to hate
1. people who wear too much perfume and/or cologne or don’t take baths–we don’t want to smell the stink either way
2. drivers who don’t use turn signals–i’m not psychic
3. drivers who MUST feel the need to share their music with everyone else in traffic–i do this occassionally because sometimes you gotta jam, but when i approach an intersection i turn my radio down–i don’t think the car load of gray hairs want to hear bon jovi–if they do…rock on!
4. Pedal on the right–green means go–red stop.
5. stupid people–no one in particular today
6. pedestrians who don’t look both ways when crossing the street–i will run over you!
7. people who tell you it’s imperative you contact them and then when you do and you leave a message don’t return your call— you stated it was imperative i get a hold of you–i don’t have time to play phone tag
8. junk email–come on–do you really think i am going to send my personal information to you???
9. shoes that hurt my feet–not really a person–it’s just my feet are killing me
10. co-workers who can’t keep their mouths shut–i really don’t care that jim bob is having a prostate exam–if i wanted to know that jim bob was going in for a prostate exam i would have asked jim bob myself
11. people who drive in parade mode–there’s a speed limit for a reason–if are going to be in parade mode, GET IN THE RIGHT LANE!!!
12. papercuts–not people, but damn those things hurt
13. people who wear clothes that are too small/tight/not age appropriate–just because they make in your size doesn’t mean you should wear–mirrors are a good thing
14. politicians

whew–that’s a lot of people–i am tired