Today we had the morning off from football so we can have time to go to church. So I slept in a little bit and went to a church service. I went to the market place for some lunch and got 2 burgers. I went back to my room and relaxed before our team meeting at 4.We talked about how the week is going to go and how practice would be run. I went to the market place for dinner and got the lasagna they were serving. I had some time to relax before I had to go to the football homework session. I am siting in here writing my 3rd blog and getting other homework things I need to get done. Tonight ill probably go back to my dorm and get my things i need for my en 103 class. Then ill probably read up on my music in society reading and listen to some of the music. I will need to go to bed kind of  early tonight because i have breakfast check in the morning at 730. I don't mind getting up that early for that. I am used to getting up early and it helps me get up and going for class so I am not tired for class. I am still trying to get used to this 2 classes a day and getting all this free time. I also don't have practice tomorrow so ill get the day off. I will probably use that to catch up some reading that I don't get done tonight.

Today I had a practice at 920 in the morning the first practice of 2. I went to practice and it was just a helmet practice. The practice consists of a lot of individual work and the special teams went live. We did not go team which was nice didn't have to bang on each other. Then we had about an hour n half break for lunch. We then went into our second practice which was helmets again but we got to wear our game jerseys. we scrimmaged for about 3 quarters then the freshman had to put full pads on and scrimmage full pads. After practice i went to dinner at bdubbs and had some wings.My roommate and I went and drove around campus to look around. I went to Walmart after that to get more drinks for my room and some snacks. I went back to my room and relaxed and watched some t.v.

I come from a little farming town 8 hours away from here called Lapeer. I came to Nmu to play football and to get a degree in construction management. It has been a huge change for me being away from the farm. I am so used to waking up at 5:30 in the morning before school to chores, wash and blow out my show steers and walk them for a half hour. I am also an active member in the FFA which is the future farmer association. I would do a lot of volunteer work and be busy with volunteering at soup kitchens or teaching young kids about agriculture.

It also has been a big change with all different things to do around the town. At home theres not much to do. We have fun by being on the farm and doing hay and helping out your neighbors. Football has been a huge change for me with all the bigger kids and the speed of the kids are different. The meetings and practices are time consuming. It also has been hard being away from my parents without there support up here.