New Year Round The Corner - 2010 Here I Come

Its coming to the end of the year, and we all set these resolutions that we don't maintain past Jan 10. Ok that was a little harsh Jan 12. lol

I have been reading other blogs and saw a post which struck a cord.

I paraphrase when I say it went something like

As the year closes, we need to clear out our closets. Get rid of pieces we are or have been holding onto cause we are too scared to let it go. Trust, that floor length pink fur coat is HORRID. Oh, by the way, I'm not talking about clothes! I'm talking about getting rid of FRENEMIES that your to afraid of confronting. People who don't match with shit that you have going on in your life

I like it!!

On a another note I'm headed back to Atlanta. Its been great seeing and hanging with the family. My Nephew never ceases to amaze me with the things he says and does. Hes such a character.

2010 is around the corner and training alone in London has not been fun I can tell you that much. But, I have put the work in (deposits in the bank) and I will be drawing on this and all the other work I have put in during the 2010 season. 

Quickish Xmas turn around

I’m headed home today for a xmas. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been missing my family a lot. Phones calls and emails just are not enough. So I’m looking forward to sitting up on my mum’s sofa watching cartoons with my nephew. Sitting in the kitchen with my sister having a proper catch up with a cup of hot chocolate and a packet of chocolate digestives and being dragged around IKEA by my mum.

It got me thinking about the small simple things we do that we over look until we are unable to do them. Now I’m not going to go into some long dialogue about the little thing s or anything like that. Lol

I have not blogged about practice for a while cause there is not much to report. We have all just been knuckling down and getting on with the work.
We have several new people in the group. So let me give you give you a roll call of whose in the group now.
I’m going to list in alphabetic order so no one get offended. Lol

Me'Lisa Barber


Danielle Carruthers


Walter Davis


Perdita Felicien


Steve Flemming


Ebonie Floyd Broadnax


Justin Gatlin



Karl Jennings


Fanni Juhasz


George Kitchens\


Avard Moncur


Travis Padgett



Dwight Phillips



Angelo Taylor


And last but not least we have an additional coach
Rana Reider


I had best add Loren Segrave before he feels left out



lol

Quote of the day

Ladies:::: Dont cry if a relationship falls apart.. The next man will probably be checking for a girl with a smile!

Rev Run

And no I am not going through any relationship crisis I really just like the quote

lol

WHY????????????????????????

As I write this post i'm on hold with British Airways customer services. I just happened to look at the Metro newspaper online and saw this headline "Christmas travellers hit by 12-day BA strike" like WTF

Yep my dates fall well in between these 12 damn days. To say I am pissed is an understatement.

Really? Enough of the hard balling what about your customers British Airways?

The website don't tell you Jack and phone line puts you on a 20 min hold.

Update coming for sure


Update:Tuesday December 15th 3.36pm Wait till tomorrow for a high court decision on a possible injucntion stopping them from striking.

Update result of the High Court decision

Hmmm

When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

I hope not!!

Which makes me think I should revisit my bucket list and get to checking off some of my items.

New year around the corner and all that. I need to pick at least 10 and see how I fair.

But, for real we do talk a lot of hot air. lol

Ive learned

I would like to share this list

I've Learned-
that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I've learned-
that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.

I've learned-
that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned-
that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I've learned-
that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.

I've learned-
that you should never ruin an apology with an excuse.

I've learned-
that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.

I've learned-
that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do.

I've learned-
that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I've learned-
that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I've learned-
that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I've learned-
that you can keep going long after you can't.

I've learned-
that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I've learned-
that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I've learned-
that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

I've learned-
that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I've learned-
that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I've learned-
that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I've learned-
that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.

I've learned-
that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I've learned-
that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I've learned-
that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

I've learned-
that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

I've learned-
that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.

I've learned-
that your family won't always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't biological.

I've learned-
that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you are to learn to forgive yourself.

I've learned-
that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I've learned-
that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I've learned-
that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.

I've learned-
that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

I've learned-
that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I've learned-
that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

I've learned-
that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I've learned-
that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.

I've learned-
that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

I've learned-
that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I've learned-
that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

I've learned-
that it's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings, and standing up for what you believe.

I've learned-
that people will forget what you said, and people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Quote of the day

Every choice in life either moves you forward or keeps you stuck.-----------------
Oprah Winfrey

If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?

I personally try not to be that person. People might think me selfish but, I try to march to my own drum. I have taken so many now I look back on them CRAZY chances. But, hey they worked out in the long run.

I remember hearing a speech by Steve Smith at the European Championships one year. His words stuck with me. Whats not surprising is that Steve went on to become a great motivational speaker used by business and professional sports people.

So what did he say?

It went something like this
"Your time in short so don't ever look back and say. I could have or I should have"

His words stuck and so for example when I took a redundancy package from a good full time job an announced I wanted to do contract work. I was given the side eye by friends. I have not had a full time job since. Contract work works for me.

Or when I flew to South Africa as a 20 something year old for a months training camp by myself. My Mum gave me the 'oh hell no you aint look at the airport when we realized no else was travelling with me. I made a friend in Agnes Samaria on that trip. Who is still a great friend of mine to this date.

I could go on with the some of the weird random things I have done.

All I say is take a chance you never know where you might land

The 36 Rules of Life

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often.



3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.


12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
1 4. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a muffin in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.


19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.



21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides nice contrast to the real world.
25. It ain’t the jeans that make your butt look fat.
26. If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not achieved it’s full potential, that word would be ‘meetings’.
27. There is a very fine line between ‘hobby’ and ‘mental illness.’
28. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
29. You should not confuse your career with your life.
30. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
31. Never lick a steak knife.
32. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
33. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.


34. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
35. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that deep down inside we ALL believe we are good drivers.
36. Your friends love you anyway.