Happy Flippin New Year

Well, another year is gone, another year to come...guess i should update this at least once more before the big pretty ball in Times Square drops.

So to start with wrestling, December was a crazy month, the majority of our matches were in Dec. and overall, my boys did great. They, for the most part have individual records of around 0.500 which is just plain spectacular given that they are all first year wrestlers. We still have yet to get our first team win, I hope that that comes soon for the sake of my boys' moral. But overall they are happy with what has been happening. Now in this wonderful month of January, we have 4 tri meets and 4 tournaments....so this will be a great month to prepare the guys for the post season coming up in February. I'll be sure to keep you all updated (all one or two of you that actually read this).

A great spin-off of me coaching wrestling is, i have lost a bunch of weight. I'm down 15 pounds from when i moved into Petersburg. This, really causes me to get excited about climbing in the coming months. I figure i'll keep workin' at physical shape till wrestling is over in Feb. and after that i'll start really kicking in training for my big trip this summer in June (still hoping to hear from kids about who want to go; first day of climbing being June 21). This trip will last till I'm sick of climbing, or flat freekin' broke. Also, to help me train for this, i got a hangboard for christmas, so now i can get my calluses back and even work on my climbing endurance. Gotta get the blood vessels built up and stop the pump from killing me.
~~~One an important side note PLEASE COME CLIMB WITH ME THIS SPRING

Teaching, well that will be getting back underway this Wednesday. And to be honest i have completely forgot about it over the past week. I haven't even bothered grading most of the work that needed to be done. Ohh well, i'm sure it will be fine.

On the kayakin' side of my life, i almost went the one day when i was home, but the water was still only about 3.5 feet, a full 2 feet lower than i would have liked so i didn't feel like freezing my balls off for "so-so" kayaking.

Hope you all enjoy this quick update. Have a safe and happy new year. May you make a resolution that you can actually keep unlike the vast majority of Americans. And if you are curios about mine, it is:

In the coming year of 2008 C.E. I plan to:
(A) Purchase a house here in the Moorefield/Petersburg Area
(B) Continue my physical training and continue to lose weight [goal is 165lbs (not part of my resolution, simply a goal)]
(C) Climb at least one of the following or greater V5 and 5.11a

Now i have proper record of my resolution, and we can all look back to see how i do.


Keep Kickin Ass,
Bails