Meine Klein Welt

Monotasker

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After school, some students are in my room working on a project. Another student who is bored is talking to me.

Me: I can’t talk now. I need a few minutes to get some things done.

Student: (Continues talking about something unimportant)

Me: Hold on. Just let me finish a few things, and then I can talk to you.

Student: Are you frustrated?

Me: I’m a little stressed. I need to do a few things right now.

Student: Can’t you do two things at once?

Me (puzzled): No.

Student: Why not?

Me: Because I’m a man.

Track Meet!

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Track '11This past Saturday the ICSV track team woke up at the crack of dawn, traveled to school, and promptly fell back asleep as we drove 3 hours to Budapest for first and only track meet this season.

I couldn’t be any prouder of how this team competed on Saturday. Though we only took 10 athletes to the meet, we managed to pull out 3rd place (out of 5 teams). And we had a lot of fun doing it!

Here is our medal breakdown:

Gold: Boys Shot Put, Boys Discus, Boys 400M Hurdles
Silver: Girls 4X100
Bronze: Girls Long Jump

We also had several close 4th place finishes and plenty of personal bests. This team is such a pleasure to coach and a lot of fun to be around. I can’t wait til next year!

More pictures to come. Stay tuned!

Hallstatt Half Marathon

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HallstattHallstatt is a quaint little village situated on the edge of a lake that just happens to be about 13.1 miles around. Besides the fact that it’s beautiful, I like this race because it has a bit of a small-town feel to it.

Race number pickup and pasta dinner are hosted at the local firehouse. Families stand alongside the course or lean out their windows to clap and cheer us through the race. You can even be stopped by the local train (as I did) if you don’t pace yourself just right.

I beat my target time of 1:50 by almost 4 minutes, turning in a time of 1:46:22. Not my best time ever, but I’m really happy with it. Especially since I lost about a minute when I was stopped at the train tracks.

There was also a man running barefoot and dressed like a caveman.

Hallstatt

I had the misfortune of being passed by him twice. Let’s just say that his outfit didn’t leave much to the imagination. YIKES!

 

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More pics of Hallstatt and the race are here.

Fly Like a Cheese Stick: MS Basketball Final Update

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Basketball
The ICSV MS basketball season ended with a 3rd place trophy last weekend.

Our first game was the best game of the tournament. We stormed back from an 8 point, 4th quarter deficit to send the game into overtime, only to lose by one point to the eventual champion. We easily won our next two games to finish 3rd overall.

We finished the season with a 9-4 record, placing 2nd in our mid-season tournament and 3rd in our final tournament. I’m very proud of my team for how much they improved over the season, and how hard they played each game!

More pictures to come.

Dream Job?

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Dream Job?The following is an accurate representation of actual events the transpired on our living room couch:

Last night I was on mlb.com to listen to the Phillies spring training game, and came across the link to the right. Is watching baseball my dream job? Well, I don’t know, but it certainly doesn’t sound like a bad job.

*Click*

Tricia listens as I read the list of qualifications for the job.

M: Strong writing skills. Strong verbal communication skills.

T: Well you’ve got half of those.

M(ignoring comment): Strong organizational skills with the ability to give attention to multiple things at the same time.

T: Oh, you’re screwed, honey.

M: *sigh* yeah.