hey everybody! i hope you all are ready to get back to the swing of things. this week with Athletic Training has been crazy but also really fun so i'm ready to get back to everyone being here and lets be real SOFTBALL!! all this sports like soccer and stuff make me extremely excited for season! can't wait...and i can't wait for sunday yippy! see you all there! :)

HHHHIIIIIIIII :) Life is a crazy mess right now, but I'm enjoying every minute of it. I got the job at the YMCA in Liberty! Only one more day lovelies! Can't wait! I probably start this whole packing thing before tomorrow.

hey ladies! this week has been crazy with finishing my internship and packing and saying goodbye to everyone. I finally finished my mental book last night. I'm trying to overcome procrastination this year(mental note). Mom's car is loaded down and I will be leaving Knoxville here in a bit. I'm so excited to be back. I realized a lot this summer about myself so it wasn't a total loss. Well gotta get finished getting ready! miss you guys!

Well...after many arguments between my parents and I about if my stuff would fit in their car and mine (I would like to add with much pride that I won that argument =P haha) we started the drive up today.  I drove the whole way and found out that 10 hours of driving by myself is not all it's cracked up to be!  But I am here and will be moving in tomorrow YAY!  I am visiting my uncles and aunts over the weekend but I can't wait to see everyone sunday evening!!

well I finally started packing today. It's bittersweet I guess. I am excited to finally be in a nice dorm (: Workouts are going good and I am excited to work out at Otterbein instead of my boring gym. Who all is moving in on Saturday?

Hi ladies! I hope everyone is having a good week! On Sunday we are going to get together for dinner. We will meet at the campus center at 6:15pm and then walk/drive/however else you want to move, to Casey and my house for a delicious spaghetti dinner! We will hang out afterwards and probably play a game or two. This is a great way for everyone to meet each other so we would like it if everyone made their best effort to be there! Casey will be sending out an email and a facebook message as well to make sure everyone knows. See everyone Sunday!

hi girls! i feel like i haven't posted in awhile and im bored at work so i decided to do this haha. workouts have been going fine, they are getting boring and im sick of working out by myself. i can't wait for everyone to be back so that i don't have to do them by myself anymore :) i am actually also excited for school to start! it will put me back on a schedule and while i need to work it will at least slow it down and give me something different to do. there is going to be a team dinner thing on sunday but more details on that is to come :)

hey everyone! so i'm about half way through my mental book, which is mind gym, and i plan on finishing it tomorrow. reading it goes by pretty fast which is a good thing! i also have homework already so i'm trying to read this 110 page pdf file for my marketing class. very exciting...it's about shoes? anyways i'm looking forward to our meeting tuesday! see you all there!

Today I began packing up my stuff, and well i'm pretty sure i don't know how I got it all to fit into those tiny little dorm rooms last year. I feel like its going to be a clown car in my room ;) but im excited to move in, and to see everyone again, and actually to start practices!! Hope everyone had a great summer!

Hi ladies! Hope everyone is enjoying their last week of summer! I know I'm scrambling trying to finish a few things I should have been doing all summer, like my thesis haha. Anyway Casey and I were thinking about having a get together that involves food this Sunday, just to welcome everyone to campus and to meet everyone. We have done this in the past and it is always a lot of fun. We aren't sure on the exact location or time but we will let everyone know via facebook or this blog. It will probably be Sunday afternoon. Well enjoy your time before school starts and I can't wait to see everyone again!

well the car is loaded and im ready to leave in the morning...the whole family has sent me away with enough cookies and brownies to last all year. the only thing i have left to do is get my butt of the internet and finish my common book assignment, which i still have to start. cant wait to meet everyone!!!

So after much complaining and delay...I was finally forced to buy a new phone today...my phone only holds a charge for two minutes if I have a call but I can text for forever...great!  So I ended up going to verizon today and got the octane which actually does turn out to be similar to the EnV3...so thank you Brooke for that help!  Other than that, just running the last few errands before packing up to drive out on Thursday =)  I have to talk to the incoming history majors on Friday and since Chelsea Beeler is going to be one of those freshman...I expect total attention from her Bahahaha!  Good luck packing and moving in everyone!

helloooo. i have soo much to do still before we go back to school. my mom and i were out today from like 1-7 trying to get stuff done but we seriously only got one thing accomplished in those 6 hours (2 things if you count eating) lol. but i babysit the next 2 days so looks like i won't start packing til friday.. that should be fun. good luck getting everything done this week can't wait to see everyonee!!

All my bags ar packed ! Can't wait to move in tomorrow !

Fall Meeting! Please read!!

Hey girls! Coach should be sending out an email too but just wanted to let you all know that we have a mandatory meeting on Tuesday August 30 @ 8 p.m. in the classroom in Clements. If anyone doesnt know where that is let me know and I will help explain it to you. We will just be going over the fall and new things going on! If you have any other questions let me know!!

5 more days!!! It's so crazy right now with trying to get a job, lifting, running, trying to squeeze in time with my friends and family before I head off. I can't wait to be at school. I went through interview 1 of 3 at Life Time Fitness to be a lifeguard. I'm supposed to have the 2nd interview thursday morning and I have to swim a 400m :/ YIKES. I also have a lifeguarding interview at the ymca this evening. That's all for now! Bye!

hello ladies! hope everyone's last week of summer is going well, im babysitting every day this week which makes it a little hard to get all the other things done but im just dragging the girls with me haha. im most of the way packed though so i feel a little bit accomplished! i also found out this week im going to be helping coach a 10u stingrays team and our first practice is saturday so im excited about that. hope everyone has a good last week or last day or so for you freshman!

I can't believe we start school in a week! Not sure if I'm ready to start classes again but I can't wait to see everybody!! I still have so much to do before I leave. I have started packing though! Workouts have been going good, still kicking my butt though :( hope everyone is doing well! See everybody soon!!!

ohh heyy everyone! so school starts in like a week :( so excited to see everyone not so excited for this crazyy schedule i'm about to have!!! I went to work this morning and nothing new really happened. Than i went to workout and saw Rachel :) I felt like the lifting went by so much faster because we talked the whole time!! I'm getting readyy to go to Dime a Dog night with some friends!! I'm not really the greatest fan of baseball i'm really just going to be with my friends and get a hot dog for 10 cents! lol hope everyone has a great week!!!!

heyyyy! so today was my day off from athletic training. It was great haha i slept in a little longer and studied a lil well reviewed my anatomy and athletic training stuff...i also did some of my athletic training homework like reading journal articles and stuff...anyways just got done working out and saw paige :) that made me happy! but now i am about to go eat so i best be going...i got people waiting on me! welp later ladies hope your last week is going amazing! :)

hey guys! so this week was good. today i had my last pitching practice with my pitching coach...well sorta. he is still going to help me out when i need him too :) so next week is officially the last week of summer...i'm excited to see you all but not excited to go back to school lol. however i am kinda excited for my german class as long as there are nooo speaking tests! weird right? ok well i hope everyone has a good last week of summer!

Hi everyone =)  So today was my last day of work and unlike every time I ever leave to go back to school, I was seriously sad to leave everyone there.  Our group became super close during the summer and crazy hours and I will really miss them and the four people I trained for the last 2 weeks.  Hopefully everyone will still be there when I come back for the holidays but there is always a good chance that someone leaves.  Anyways, good news is I am officially...procrastinating...at packing =)  Haha I will be driving up on Thursday and I am hoping I leave all of this humidity behind!  Hope everyone is doing well and yes Woody, I am lookin forward to moving in...but definitely not the going back to class part!

hey everyone, nothing has been really going on. Just working and packing really. Trying to get in as many hours as I can before school starts. I am excited to move back in just not attending class :/ can't wait to see everyone soon!

hey everyone!! so im back at otterbein! haha moved back yesterday and i have been busy ever since i moved!!! busy with Athletic Training stuff and busy unpacking and remembering where i pack and then in return unpacked them hahah but its all good here for the most part...im about to go do a workout since yesterday i couldn't with moving in and things so yeah...umm hope all is well and its like almost less than a week before classes start!! CRAZY! welp got to go see all of you soon!! :)

hey everyone! so my new computer won't let me post on the blog for some reason, so i finally found one that did (dave's computer lol). but this week school started for my student teaching and my kids are awesome!! I have 4 sections of AP World History and a Honors US/Global History so most of the students want to be there and at least try. My cooperating teacher is fabulous as well, and we get along great!! the only bad thing is getting up at 6 am every morning... i could definitely do without that. but hope everyone is doing well and can't wait to see you all!

Ello. It's been a minute since I have written on here so I thought I would update you with boring news about my life. Work is still lovely as always, working out is still hard to do and Pops and I workout on the field about once or twice a week. Looking forward to hearing stories when we get back to school. We are so close!

Hello my fellow softballers. I am counting down the days until we are back in good ol westerville :) I miss all of you and can't wait to hear about your summers!

Hey everyone...so this kid totally forgot about these blogs until someone reminded me last night. Workouts are still going well. i've been trying to pack but everytime I start i just end up staring at everything and not doing it. I cant wait to leave and get to school even though last night I may have had a little bit of a break down. These past few weeks have slowed down a lot since summer ball ended and its driving me nuts. I think all I've really done is go to work, eat, workout, and sleep. Well anyway I cant wait to get up there and meet everyone!!!

hey everyone. so i've been a busy beaver this week working at the hospital and now i started my other job today as well. i can't believe that i go back up to ohio next friday. i'm defiantly not ready to go back yet. toooo much packing. i miss everyone though!! workouts are still kicking my butt but they are good. pitching is still going great, just wiring on new grip for my movement pitches. well hope everyone is having a great week. can't wait to see everyone here in a bit!

I can't believe school starts so soon! I'm not sure if i'm ready for this! nothing knew has really been going on besides that i applied for a babysitting job today, for a 3 year old boy about 20-25 hours a week. $12 an hour so i'm okayy with it! I really hope I get this job because i don't know how much longer I can handle Bob....I really don't like him very much! always making me work overtime and calling me in on my days off! & some the customers I could punch in the face and not feel bad about it at all! okayy kidding i'd probably feel bad eventually! Can't wait to see everyone. y'all will have to come to the fortress and hang out once school starts & when i say fortress I mean my house! lol I think Knox came up with the name! lol Have a great weekend everyone!

hi girlss! babysitting this week has been very very stressful. i think they get worse and worse as the summer progresses. i love them but sometimes they just do notttt listen! i can't believe i move back to school in almost a week! i haven't even thought about what i need to take back and things i need to buy still and stuff. i'll save all that fun stuff til next week sometime lol. well hope you guys have a good last week of summer! see you all soon!

hi guys! so i'm a little depressed about school starting so soon! i'm already getting emails from my professors about books and HOMEWORK?!? ugh. anyways i'm still doing practices with my little league team and i'm trying to come up with hitting drills for them but the league they're in has some of the stupidest rules for example, they're not aloud to hit soft toss at all...but oh well.

Hi everyone =)  So I just found out that I will be certified to work in the lunch line (sandwiches, salads, soups, etc) at Panera, which will complete the certification process to become an associate trainer.  I have to take a one-day class this Christmas in order to make it official, though.  That means that the next step would be to become a manager!  But I highly doubt I would ever want to be a manager so right now I am happy for the future promotion =)  Packing is going...not so well...mostly I just stare at everything and then put if off for another day..oops...I think I like unpacking better than packing!  Workouts are awesome but I am itching to be back on the field with all of you and the newcomers =)  My new catcher's mitt is breaking in well and I think all you pitchers are really going to like the snap it gives...think of my old glove times 5!  Have a great week!

Nothing new has been going on! I did have a good day at work though! Yesterday I helped with the middle school vball team's practice then megan, amy and I ran at the track then took some reps on the softball field! It made me really excited to start up practices again! I feel like I have so much to do in only a weeks time :( I'm starting to feel the stress already! Oh yeah somone's birthday is tomorrow by the way!!! :) big 20! hope you all are having a good week!

hey girls! nothing real exciting is going on in my life right now. i feel like i have been working a lot more than normal because i dont have as much to do so i work instead haha. it almost makes me ready for school to start so that i get some variety in my days. workouts have been going fine. its crazy what a week off can do to you. i only lifted on monday last week because i didnt know what was going on with my finger at that point and let me just say that todays lift sucked! i have a feeling i will be sore again tomorrow, when am i not sore!! i am excited for everyone to be back around again so you can all come visit and have fun with us at our house :) we love visitors!! have a great rest of the week and weekend everyone!

So my mom has been training for this bike thing that she is doing, and she bikes everywhere. Well today I decided I would go with her on a trip into town and back, which is about 25 miles!! I think that my legs might be sore tomorrow. :(

Hi ladies! Not much going on here. I worked my first real shift at Red Robin, and it went well. I have been taking it a bit easy on my workouts because of my ankle. I'm just sort of stressing a bit because I'm really starting to look at graduate schools and deciding which programs I actually want to go into. I feel like I'm a senior in high school again, but this time it's much more difficult to decide haha. I also am scrambling to put together my experiment for my honors project. If there is anyone in a 1000 or 2000 level psych class and needs research credit or you want the chance to win a fantastic prize you should probably participate in mine, because you'll get credit and the chance to win a $25 gift certificate for either iTunes or Starbucks! And you'll get to play the Wii. Haha ok I'm done self-promoting, hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

brooke albright this message is specifically dedicated to you as i sit here eating pirogies and thinking about how much i love potatoes! and i know you will love that ha. anyway only ten more days until we move in i cant believe it! summer has flown by! hope everyones workouts are still going well and your ready to come back to school!

Hey girls,

wow I feel like so much has happened since I last wrote on here! Well this weekend I went to the browns game against green bay with my family and oh wow was it fun! we had 2nd row seat in the end zone .. it was amazing! but other than that I have been just trying to enjoy my last few weeks of summer before my friends leave and before we head to school. I hope everyone is doing great! only 10 days till i get to see you all yay :)

hey all! sooo last thursday/friday night was officially my last night of packing pads...im done working well since i have to move back to school on FRIDAY! i know friday right? crazy! but its because im training for mens soccer for those who don't know but yeah its crazy to think that its already to go back...like im ready but then again im like omg am i ready to study again....hi my name is rachael puthoff can i please go study? like am i really ready to be that girl agian haha oh well its coming faster than i think!! soo yeah...alright well going to go watch my sister run a cross country race thing soo best be going! later :)

ohh heyy so brooke and I just got finished working out and hitting! lets just say the hitting did not go as well as brooke or i planned! lol but i'm getting ready to go home and see my family for the first time in like a month! I'm pretty excited i know at least my dogs missed me! lol & then tomorrow i'm spending the whole day with my mom and sister because i finally have a DAY OFF!! first day off in 16 days! I have literally been exhausted! ohh i watched rio last night....everyone better start quoting lines now because rach and I will be starting that up in the fall! okayy well i hope everyone has a great rest of the week!!!!

Hey everyone, I went to go see Elyse this past week and Kayla accompanied me along the way, it took 3 hours to get there!! Ridiculous! It made me excited to move back in and start school again. I hope everyone is having a good summer, that is about to come to a close.

Hello all! So this week has been kinda rough..my little sister and I both had our wisdom teeth taken out :( I am so glad I never have to go through that again!!! I am still sore and can't eat much hard food. I did enjoy eating all the ice cream I wanted without feeling guilty though :) I can't we move in two weeks from today! Craziness!! Well I hope everyone has a good week! I can't wait to see everyone :)

hey guys! so this week has been good. Saturday i had practice with my little league players :) and then Sunday i had pitching. my pitching coach is retiring :( so he gave me some pitching stuff. so now i have this huge incline pitching mound in my garage hehe. anyways i hope everyone has a great week!

Hey everybody , getting very nervous and excited for school to start ! It has not really sunk in that I am a freshman in college . It probably should since I have less than 2weeks . Question : my fairly large equipment bag , is there a place to keep it or will I keep it in my dorm ? Have a wonderful week !

Hi ladies! I have had a slightly amusing week. On Tuesday I was taking grounders with my sister and she hit a pop up and I went back to catch it, well after I caught it I took a wrong step and sprained my ankle pretty good. It's bruised and swollen but I've done it like 5 times to this particular ankle so I'll be fine. Also, I started at Red Robin. Let's just say the restaurant business is sort of dramatic. I'm just a hostess, so it's not hard, but I think it will take some getting used to. Anyway, hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

hello everyone! hope you all are doing well,i cant believe how close its getting to school its crazy! i want to come back to see all of your lovely faces and such but im just not ready for class yet. for all of you that are wondering i have so many books that they dont all fit in my backpack, and thats just for 2 classes, for the other two classes i have a bunch more books, im gonna have to carry two separate backpacks! i know im a nerd :( maybe ill start running to class and telling coach thats my workout since ill have so much extra weight! well have a good weekend!

hey ladies! so not much new is going on...i move back this friday! thats kind of weird to think about...less than a week! wow...this summer sure did go by fast! soo yeah umm i saw on paiges blog she bought RIO..SO DID I! haha its an amazing movie!! MOVIE NIGHT! lol but really anyone love ice age you'll love this movie!! but yeah...other than that not much else...see you all soon enough! really excited for everything! alright later ladies!

well after being with out laptop for like 3 weeks. i finally got a macbook. yep i jumped on the bandwagon. It was awesome seeing everyone last monday! I had a blast except brooke had to go get herself hurt. workouts are still going good. mom is getting sad about me leaving for another year, but i'm getting excited. well hope everyone has a great weekend!

Update for anyone who wants to know or cares :p...found out my hand is just fine! they took some more xrays today at my hand doctor appt and they think that its more of a really bad sprain then anything. so i am officially out of my splint and can get back to doing whatever i want again :) and i get my stitches out of my nose tomorrow :):) so overall its just going to be a fantasic weekend :) can't wait for everyone to be around again!

HEEELLLOOOOO!!!
I FINALLY have my computer back and working again! T-minus 2 weeks until I get to see all of your lovely faces again! Waah hooo! Workouts are going well! I have noticed a difference in my strength from when I started. Fair was two weeks ago and it was Uh-Mazing. I won showman of showman, premier exhibitor, and grand champion. I also set the record for highest purchase price for dairy feeders. I do miss Mark though, he was a good cow :'( But anyways can't wait to be back at good ole Otty b! Toodles!

So I just got back from Nashville =(  Kinda sad I won't see Steph and Kelly for at least 6 months but hopefully I can drive down from Otterbein with one of my other friends during J-Term to see them =)  Two more weeks and I will be driving up to Otterbein!  Whoop Whoop!  I am stoked to be coming back but I wish I didn't have to leave my home, family, and friends for what seems to be FOREVER! lolz  Hope you all are having a great week!

So lately my running companion has been my dog(she's the only one that can keep up with me haha) and today when we were running along minding our own business, Kesha had to do her business so of course we had to stop. While I was waiting some old man yelled " get that dog off of there" when I looked around there was no one to be found, so I just ignored it but then they yelled again, and that's when Kesha and I decided to continue our run, but in a faster manner.

Hey girls! Brooke I hope your nose and fingers are okay! I just found of today my dad bought dog pound tickets for the browns first preseason game this Saturday im sooo excited to say the least!! well I watched my sister today and we played with bubbles and she loved it. well anyways hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

Hey girls! Sorry I haven't written in like a week I just got back from California and it was a lot of fun! It was nice to be able to spend the whole week with just my brother and sister. My brother hosted the miss orange county pageant in Huntington so we got to go to the beach and then watch the pageant at night. It was cool to watch my brother but those girls were all so fake it was sickening to watch lol. But today was my first day back to babysitting so it's back to reality.. Also, my family is now completely moved into our new house so it's nice to have that stress lifted off us but it's weird living somewhere new. See you guys in a couple weeks!

Hey everyone! So I finally decided on the computer that I want so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this one is a good one and that I don't break it (if you couldn't tell, computers and I just don't get along) . Other than that, my cousins from Montana are in town so we had a bonfire at my aunts house and just hung out with them the entire time. It's also my little sister's 20th birthday today!!! So that means cake today!!! I can't wait if you couldn't tell lol. But I have to get back to work so have a great thursday!

heyyy just got home from work. its too nice out not be running so I am going to go for a run real quick (: and I get to see elyse and magger on friday! too excited! brooke I cannot believe I missed you breaking your face! :( I hope your feeling better! can't wait to meet everyone!

Hello everyone! I just got caught up on everything that happened Monday. And Brooke! Whatttt the heckk haha I hope you get better soon! I am sorry I couldn't be there to meet everyone. It sounds like you all had a blast! Just so Liz knows.. I went to a Reds game yesterday with a group of Otterbein students and my PR Professor so we got to go in the press box.. I was on T.V. I met a lot of cool people had great seats and had free food! It was a great day except I had to work this morning so I only got 5 hours of sleep. Only two more weeks until I see all of your shining faces :)

Well lets just put it this way, i had fun at the scrimmage with everyone while i was there haha. for anyone who wasn't there, i had an unexpected injury and ended up having to go to an urgent care. i dove head first into 3rd and my helmut came down and took a chunk out of my nose so i currently have 3 stitches in it, but i get them out on sat :) and then my pinky finger either went into the bag or the ground or something, anyway it is currently in a splint cuz i actually chipped off part of the bone. idk how long this is going to have to be on here but i find out on friday morning when i go to my hand doctor appt. until then i guess i can work on my mile time and do some good ab workouts haha. but it was good meeting everyone who was there. i wish i could have been around for the cookout but there will be much more time for that once school comes around :) im ready to have everyone back around again!

Hi everyone!  Wish I was at the scrimmage on Monday but I heard it was very eventful =)  We currently have two painters in my sister's room and a bathroom fixing the ceiling where water leaked in during the tornadoes in April...so far, they have been singing...not too well...the theme song from Old Yeller....It's quite annoying when you have to hear it from a redneck voice that can't keep a tune =(  Anyways, I don't have to put up with it for long because I am leaving soon to go to Nashville to see my best friend before she leaves for Longwood!  Unfortunately, when I come back, I still will have two more weeks of work and my boss was very...thoughtful...to give me 40+ hours a week...I don't know yet whether to dread this or be happy for overtime pay hahaha Anyways...I'm gonna end this here because the painters have now decided to start up the tunes from Disney movies...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Heyy! I'm going to agree with everyone before me and say that the scrimmage was awesome to see everyone!!! Other than that, this is my last week working so things are a little stressful trying to get it all done, but its still going well. Other than that, nothing is really new. My little sister's birthday is tomorrow so I'm betting my family will be doing something fun (I don't know any details...I usually just show up where I'm told to be lol) and one of my close high school friends is back in town from Rutgers (New Jersey) so I've been hanging out with her. But I hope everyone is doing well!

hi everyone! so glad i got to meet everyone and had a blast at open fields monday! ive been super tired lately cause of workouts and work so im actually hoping that when school starts it will be easier ha yeah fat chance. i also got some cacti seeds to plant the other day so im really excited to see if i can get them to grow! hope everyone has a good week and see you soon

hey everyone! so yesterday's open field was awesome and extremely hot. and the cook out was great! :) anyways not much is going on with me just workouts. I order all of my books for school and got them already which is always good. this fall i'm actually going to be helping coach a fall ball league for 8-9 year old girls. hehe should be fun. hopefully i won't miss too much because of our practices. but oh well. tonights actually our first practice so it should be interesting. have a great week!

Ohh heyy! I had a blast at open fields yesterdayy, it was great to see everyone! I just got off work & i'm getting ready to go do my workout for the day and then get ready for class...ONE MORE WEEK & THEN IT'S OVER!!!!!!! Actually the class could have been a lot worse. the professor doesn't believe in test or quizzes, always goes off on side notes about his own life, brought us cup cakes the other day, and if we get a bad grade on a paper we can redo it for a better one...basically he is my kinda professor!!! haha hope everyone has a great rest of the week!!!!

P.S I BOUGHT RIO ALSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey ya'll! soo just got back from softball well not just but sort of haha but before we lift cbus mom and i stopped at target to get my planner for next year and we also bought RIO!!!!!!! im soooooooooo pumped about it! tomorrow im deff going to be watching it! i can't wait...YIPPY! okay but other than that not much...it was soo nice seeing you all again today and meeting the freshman! it makes me so excited for this season...i know we have a long way to go before its here but it just makes me excited for season! well i should be going to bed now because i have a busy day tomorrow: working out and watching rio haha then working at night as well but still RIO! hehe alright im leaving! later girlies!

hello girls! just got back from work and I am pooped. I'm sad I had to miss open fields yet again :/ I want to see everyone so bad. but hey we go back in what 2ish weeks? bitter sweet. So tomorrow I am going to my brothers XC practice so I am just going to run with them and get a good work out in. Hopefully I can still run all that distance! but I hope everyone else had fun at open fields!

Upsetting!

Hey everyone, while you guys are all getting to know each other at the cookout. I am sitting here babysitting my nephews because of a family emergency /: I hope I didn't miss too much! I was so excited to come but it didn't work out that way. I'm nervous enough to meet all of you and now I didn't get to come for some fun.. So this is nerve wrecking lol. But anyways, cannot believe summer is coming to an end and school is about to start. I found out my dorm room finally so if anyone wants to find me, its Hanby 309 (: Super excited to meet everyone, let me know how tonight went. Sorry I couldn't make it. Don't have too much fun without me lol...

See you all soon !

hey yall! sorry for not being on here all week. My laptop completely died on me on vacation. We had a great time but i'm glad on not behind enemy lines now haha. Brad Paisley was awesome last night. I touched his guitar strap. Yea i know..your jealous. I can't wait for open fields tonight and to see everyone. Don't worry i still have my accent ;) Workouts came to a halt this week because of vacation so now it's time to start back up again. well i hope everyone has a great week!

Hey ladies! So for the cookout, I'm going to be bringing hotdogs, hamburgers, some chips, n fruit. Bring your own drinks!!! (i figured we would all have water with us anyways). If you would like to bring anything else, go right ahead!! I can't wait!! :) But other than that, I found out yesterday that I'll be starting my student teaching next week on Wednesday. I'll be teaching either A.P. World History (which is for sophomores) or U.S./Global History for freshmen so i'm extremely excited for it! Now I just have to move all my stuff back to otterbein (easier said than done lol). Hope everyone has a good week!

hey everyone. so my power just came back on :) this weekend was good. my cousin and aunt came down to visit us from bowling green and all we did was shop. needless to say i'm exhausted. anyways, i plan on being at our scrimmage tomorrow! sooo i'll see everyone there that can make it :)

Hiii ! So i just got home from my sisters national tournament , they didnt do so good but we got to go to D.C and stuff so it was fun ! One more week of work :) thank god lol cant wait to be back at school... miss you guys !!

hey girls. so my team got out of the tournament friday and we ended up finishing top 60 in the nation. after we lost it was so sad, for most of my team that was our last tournament because were to old to play next year. two other girls and myself have been with stingrays since we were 11 so it was really hard to say goodbye. we just stayed at the field and cried lol.I will be at the cookout and scrimmage tomorrow so see you all there. can't wait to meet the new ones

Hey! Not much has changed around here. My car is still broken and now isn't going to get fixed until Wednesday. I'll still be able to make it to the cook out though...I'll be pimpin' it out in my mom's mini van haha. I also got a job! I will be a hostess at Red Robin at Easton. Well can't wait to see everyone tomorrow!

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been on to blog lately. My computer is still broken and our family computer doesn't let me post on the blog (there's something weird with it). But this past week I was down at Chattanooga, TN for the 16u nationals and they had some extremely nice ballparks. Our team didn't do to hot, but they had fun while they were down there so that's what matters.
I've also got the grill cleaned for tomorrow and a cook lined up (my mama :)) so I can't wait to see everyone!

Hello everyone , nothing is really new here . I will be there tomorrow! Cant wait to meet everyone. The time ia 6:00 right? Hope everyone is enjoying their last few weeks of summer.

So it's just now hitting me how close school is!! I may sound like a dork but I'm excited! Nothing new has been going on. We drove all the 13 hours yesterday from Boston...Not fun! I'm sorry I can't make it on Monday. When I got home I had two letters from Jake!!! I was so excited! I feel like I'm in the movie dear John.

If anyone needs the Biology book for General Bio I have it and am willing to sell it. I also have the Math 115 book I'm not sure what the number for the class is now. But just let me know! Hope you all are having a good weekend! :)

So here I am towards the end of my week of vacation and I realize....I AM NOT CLOSE TO BEING READY TO GO BACK!!!  ugh!  I have books, new clothes, and apartment stuff to buy, a trip to Tennessee to see my friend before she is off to Longwood, a doctor's appointment, scheduling my last day of work (I am excited for this task! haha)...and so the list goes on and on!  Why can't I simply just pack a suitcase and leave like they did in the old...old...old days??  Anyways, vacation has been going really well =)  It is so funny how many people in the East stop me to say they know where Otterbein is because they lived in Ohio, went to college in Ohio, or went to Otterbein...and in Alabama or the South...no one has a clue what Otterbein University is and I constantly get the phrase..."Oh, you go to OtterbEEn!" Haha I hope you all are having a good summer.  I wish I could be there Monday but I hope everyone has a great time!  We have 3 more weeks! =)

hey guys...soo i get off work monday to come to the cookout and stuff yay me! ummm other than that not much else is going on...i feel like i say the same thing everytime but yeah umm no big plans! oh yeah JP WON!!! HE WON HE WON! its more of a bitter sweet thing for me becuase i wanted JP to win HOWEVER that means i cant marry him...he is sooo super sweet and perfect! we would of made a great AWESOME husband for me!! but yay alright best be going...everyone have a great weekend! :)

whats up ladies! Nothing new has been happening with me. Work is getting so old. Working at a grocery store is a very good motivator-er for getting good grades in college b/c if I had to work there for the rest of my life I think I would reach a state of depression. I am so mad too because I talked to boss man to see if I could get Monday off so I could make it to the scrimmage and he would not give it to me. So once again I will not be seeing anyone :'( Hope everything goes well though!

ohh heyy everyone! who watched jersey shore??? THIS GIRL DID!!! freaking love pauly d....just saying! but anyway this girl has just been working A LOT! normally i get mondays off but they schedule me for some reason this monday so now i work like 16 days in a row or something crazyy like that!! but no worries i will still be there monday night for the scrimmage!!! I'm excited to see everyone!!! hope everyone has a great weekend!!!!!!!

hey hope everyone is doing good! i cannot believe we move in so soon its crazy! i cant wait to be back at school but im dreading going back to classes. books are killing me this year im gonna have to spend like a ton of money but thankfully half of my books ill be using all year not just this semester. im taking human sexuality and one of the books i had to get is called the art of getting it on, i thought you all would get a kick out of that! i cant wait to see everyone monday yayyyyyyyy!

hey everyone! so i decided to use this week as my week off. on sunday i had a pitching lesson and that went well and then after that i decided to take a nap and when i woke up i could barely move and was walking like an old lady because my back was killing me (which is the reason i took this week off). so monday and tuesday i couldn't move and then i finally dug out the heating pad and it got a little better. but i went to my message therapy today and the lady told me that my muscles decided to wrap themselves around my spine? great, right?

Hello ladies.
This week has been pretty slow so far even though it is Thursday. I still cannot believe it is August already and in like three weeks we will be back at the big O. Crazy stuff. Workouts are still tough and finding time to do them is even more tough. I am ticked that I have not been able to make it down to a scrimmage and sadly won't make it this Monday either. Cannot wait to see all of your lovely faces soon enough!

So workouts have been going good. i tell u what, a week off kills ya, i am back to being a bit sore again and i don't know that i like it haha. my shoulders are def sore today. anyway nothing real exciting has been going on in my life right now. its kind of on the down slope until school starts. i am going to amish country tomorrow with my moms side of the family so that should be fun and then to a country concert at the wood county fair on saturday night. so there is a lil fun in there :) hope everyone has a great weekend and can't wait to see u guys on monday night :)

So, I'm not really sure when the last time I posted. But I'm getting super excited for school. Is that weird? I'm very nervous but I just want to get there. I still don't know my roommate like everyone else but I'm anxious to find out. I can't believe summer is almost over though.Workouts have been good. Sore as usual! I hope I am ready for what's to come! I know this isn't softball related but that common book that every freshman has to read, well I hope I finish it in time for school! Any advice? (:

Anyway, hope your all doing okay. I can't wait to meet all of you. Maybe the 8th right?

Sara Zech

wow i suck at this. i have been sooooo busy lately. right now my team is in Normal Illinos for the ASA Nationals! We just finished pool play and got the number two seed. We play tomorrow at 1:45 and if we win two games tomorrow we have thrusday off!! What up CHICAGO woo hoo. oh heres a funny story. So on monday we had one game and the temp was 95 but with humidity it was triple digits, and I did not hydrate enough....so by the 3rd inning I was completely out of it. I get up to bat, hit the ball and just stand in the batters box! I didn't even run I just watched them get me out. I figured a few of you might get a kick out of that. Anyways were hoping to make the mid west proud so GO STINGRAYS! miss you all

hey guys! I'm leaving for california tomorrow with my sister! well pretty much tonight.. we have to leave for the airport at like 3am. This was a completely last minute trip. My sister was going to go with one of her friends, but she couldn't get out of work so i took her place lol. but this means that i won't be able to go to our open field/cookout next week :( we get home the day after that. i'm really mad though because i haven't been able to make it to any of them. i have seriously been so busy this summer it's ridiculous. i'm excited to go back to school so i can maybe have a couple minutes of free time. Also my family's finishing moving into our new house this week so when we get back from california our old house will be empty :( anywaysss i'll try to remember to post again later this week!

hello all! Well megan, Amy and I are in Boston right now! We are going to the red sox game on thursday and tomorrow we are driving to Cape Cod for the day! It has been really fun so far! I hope everyone is having a good week! School is getting so close! :)

hey ladies...so today after work i went and worked out then after that i started watching the bachorlette men tell all because i have yet to see that and i wanted to watch that before i watched the final episode...and of course fell asleep at the end of that sooo i have yet to see the final epipsode since i leave for work in like 20 mins...soooo i still don't know if she picked jp or ben f and it is KILLING ME!!! i don't want to know who she picked so nobody tell me i just wanna stinkin watch it!!!!!! ohhh i hoped she picked jp!! alright...well shopping was a awesome time!! got some great deals and lets just say ill be looking good haha jk jk welp gotta get ready for work and eat breakfast haha weird huh? lol im still working on getting off for the 8th soo llike siaid cross your fingers! byeeeeeeeeeee

Hello! So my life is still pretty lame at the moment. I'm still at home because my dad thought he could fix my car then decided that he couldn't, so my car is going in the shop on Monday. I should still be able to make it to the open field/cookout so that's good. Since I'm at home I go workout at my high school which means I have to go in at 7am because its only open from 7 until 8:30. Some of the machines are pretty jenk though so I have had to substitute some lifts. Anyway, I hope to see you all on Monday!

Heyyy guys ! So this weekend i'm going to Viginia for my sisters softball tournament, its the first time she's going to nationals.. so i'm really excited for her :) I hope the hotel has a good work out room so I can stick to my work out ! I can't wait to go back to school and see everyone ! Have a good week everyone !

Heyy everyone!!!! so i actually didn't have to work today it was great i worked out this morning, went home to see my family for a little bit, had a dentist appointment...which wasn't fun at all...i had a cavity & they numbed my mouth! Which really sucked because it was hard to talk & we all know how much i like to talk! & now i am back at home waiting for brooke to get home to cook me dinner :) she's gonna make me some chicken Parmesan or as brooke calls it Parmesan chicken...who calls it that! she's a freak but that is beside the point!!! So i really enjoyed the dayy off but i better not get use to it because i work the next 13 days, 8-10 hour shifts...NOT FUN! But i should be at open fields on monday i think i get off of work early! hope everyone has a great week!!!!!

Ahh the first week of August, and less than a month for school and softball to start. I'm so excited about this weekend though one of my best friends is getting married, and it's the first wedding that I have ever been in. I went and got my nails done on friday and now it's so hard to type I keep messing up it's really annoying. Everything is so stressful with getting everything ready for her wedding I couldn't even imagine if this were my own wedding, which will not be happening for sometime no worries!! haha I'll be at the scrimmage for anyone who else is coming!! :)

So...after hearing ya'll brag about your vacations all this summer...I FINALLY GET ONE!!  Thing is...so far I have met a family from Michigan....they were the typical rude Wolverine fans whose son reminded me of my ex-boyfriend only with nerdy clothes...and I talked to a woman and her 10 year old daughter who I met in an elevator who live ten minutes away from Capital University (YUCK!)...of course I was wearing my Otterbein Gear (GOTTA REPRESENT!!) and as I walked away, I heard the mom tell her daughter that we were the rivals and Capital was the best...poor girl...she argued back to her Mom that I was "weally nice!" hahaha idk what her mom said after that!  But I went on a nice run this morning...we are in Williamsburg, Virginia and it is still as beautiful as ever!  Hopefully I will get to see some of my friends from Longwood University who are interning here =)