My song of the week

I am loving this song right now.

Its not your birthday Joice...................... Hell everyday is my birthday. lol

This must really be a week for birthday. Today is my training partner D.O's.

Because they were all pissing off to Penn Relays today to race we went out to dinner on Tuesday night. The co-ordinating of the dinner was down to Jack. There were so many different permutations of what we were doing.

A- Jack to cook dinner out our apartment

B- Us to go to venue 1 for dinner

C- Aub back tracking and us again eating at our apartment

D- Joice sweet talking D.O into us going out to eat venue 2

E- Jack scouting restaurants and choosing one that was not even open. As we drove past on a reckie (yes Jack I said reckie or for those who don't know reconnaissance) lol. We find they are hiring. Hmmm not a good look when we are trying to eat that same night.

F- D.O's suggestion a restaurant called Brio. Jack and I went to check it out. So D.O who you been here with? hmmmmmm. I liked Brio because they had Lobster Bisque my favourite. So sorted Brio it is. lol.





For the record Randy (Strength Coach) I know its not my birthday and I should not be choosing the restaurant. But, oh well. A girls gotta do what she's gotta do to get her Lobster Bisque.

Practice was staggered which did not help matters as the hurdlers and jumpers were first. I was 2 hours behind them but determined to make the 8pm reservation that we booked.

So the night went well.

Here's a few things that happened.

a - The guys D.O, Aub and Joel were early so decided to go shopping. hmmmmm

b - David not content to eat his own meal helped Jack order her food so he could eat off her plate.

c - David eating Jacks asparagus not knowing it was an aphrodisiac. lol

d - Aub showing off his muscle power by breaking the knife.



e - Jack arranged for Sassy our waitress to present D.O with a desert with a candle. Simple you might say. Nope. D.O's face when it came out was a picture. He was unimpressed with the presentation. Not good enough for him. Plus she had the nerve in his opinion to bring out six spoons. Like D.O had any intention of sharing. lol

All I can say is this picture below is the fakest thing I have ever seen in my life. The smile does not reach his eyes. He is so pissed off and cant even hide it.(no dimples you know he's happy when the dimples are out). D.O your a spoilt brat but we still love ya. lol

This guy was so pissed off he managed to blow out the candle, by just complaining over it.




f - We had the pleasure of the costume change by D.O mid way through desert as he spilt food on his shirt. So that earlier shopping trip came in useful lol. So all the dinners had the pleasure of the shirt off action from D.O. Hmmmmm where has he done that before? That would be everywhere. lol

All an all we had a good night. My cheeks were hurting from the laughing.

Happy B'Day kid


So I'm home alone no Louisanna this weekend for me.

Hmmmm what trouble can I get into? While the cats away.................. lol

My babies had birthdays

In pursuit of Beijing........I missed my babies having their birthdays this week.

Maxwell turned 3



and

Taylor turned 1




They are both very speacial as Maxie is my sisters first (my sister is my best friend) and Taylor was born premature (so we always thank God that she is with us)



Oh well Auntie Joice can only do one thing to make it up to them in missing their birthdays. SHOP!! for them of course. lol

I have extended days off practice this weekend and might go to Louisanna to hang out with my good friend Stephanie Durst. If not the Malls in Orlando will just have to do.

Kisses all the way across the atlantic to my babies.

Auntie Jx

‘If you don’t like it there is always something you can do’

Why is it that we allow others to affect our moods?


Those people who know me really well, will tell you that I can’t stand to have my slept disturbed with thoughts of other people and their actions. Be it good or bad Joice loves her sleep.

So for me to be up blogging at this hour means I must be pissed off. Lol

I have always prided myself on being true to my word. Really, if I don’t want to do something I won’t. The line ‘I don’t want to’ comes out of my mouth a lot, and honestly? I don’t care what others think. I know I have not promised anything so don’t expect anything from me.

There are so many cliché lines that spring to mind

‘Treat people how you want them to treat you’

‘A person’s plate is never full if they are interested in something’

‘A person’s word is their bond’

The one line that springs to mind today is a line that an ex boyfriend ALWAYS used to drop on me ‘If you don’t like it you know what to do’. Yes he’s an ex so I did do what I needed to do eventually. Lol

Since my little episode with him, I have adapted his signature line to ‘If you don’t like it there is always something you can do’ lol

So a word to the wise people who cross Joice’s path and wish to be her friend.

Don’t promise to do something and then let her down. It irks her more than you will ever know. Because, her word is her bond she expects the same of you.

I don't know why this song springs to mind but it does






So vent over lets see if I can get some sleep. Lol

Greensboro update

The meet in Greensboro went pretty well. Still putting the jigsaw puzzle that is Joice's season together, piece by piece.

The 100m got better in that I had a good finish. Which was at the sacrifice of my start.

The main thing I learned about this weekend is being able to refocus. The meet timing schedule went a little belly up. There were delays for events by hours which for warm up purposes is not good. I think I faltered mentally for the 200m. I had no clue by then what time my race actually was.

Brooks was pretty impressed with the my races yesterday considering all the factors that threw me for a loop. His comments even surprised me because I thought he would be harder on me.

I'm looking forward again to this week in practice as now I am able to focus and work on things after evaluating my races.



Results

Event 71 100 Meter Dash College/Open Women
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Top 16 times advance to Finals
Meet Record: R 11.33 4/21/2007 Shalonda Solomon, USC
Name Year Team Prelims Wind H#
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Preliminaries
1 593 Mahan, Shayla South Caroli 11.23q 5.1 4
2 297 Osayomi, Oludamola Nike 11.27q 2.3 2
3 777 Whitman, Nicole Unattached 11.44q 5.1 4
4 65 Currie, Lamarra Charlotte 11.45q 3.5 3
5 591 Glenn, Gabby South Caroli 11.47q 3.5 3
6 988 Rhett, Armandi Unattached 11.47q 1.4 1
7 1001 Gaines, Chryste Unattached 11.51q 1.4 1
8 762 Fant, Felicia Unattached 11.52q 3.5 3
9 586 Brookins, Lakya South Caroli 11.57q 2.3 2
10 767 Maduaka, Joice Unattached 11.59q 2.3 2

Event 71 100 Meter Dash College/Open Women
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Top 16 times advance to Finals
Meet Record: R 11.33 4/21/2007 Shalonda Solomon, USC
Name Year Team Finals Wind H#
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Finals
1 297 Osayomi, Oludamola Nike 11.18R 1.5 1
2 593 Mahan, Shayla South Caroli 11.31R 1.5 1
3 988 Rhett, Armandi Unattached 11.47 1.5 1
4 777 Whitman, Nicole Unattached 11.51 1.5 1
5 767 Maduaka, Joice Unattached 11.58 1.4 2

Event 107 200 Meter Dash College/Open Women
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Meet Record: R 23.07 4/21/2007 Debbie Dunn, Unattached
Name Year Team Finals Wind H#
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1 295 Hooker, Marshevet Adidas 22.84R 2.0 1
2 306 Dunn, Debbie Norfolk Real 22.89R 2.0 1
3 1006 Woods, Sherese Adidas 23.28 2.0 1
4 225 Smith, Angelique GW Express 23.37 3.4 2
5 294 Hennigan, Monique Nike 23.69 3.4 2
6 767 Maduaka, Joice Unattached 23.69 2.0 1


Full results





Positives
I was able to get progressively more aggressive in the closing stages of the 100m

Negatives
My ability to refocus with several schedule changes was not acceptable