Birthday

So today, sometime around 5 in the morning i think, i turned 22. Its been a regular day,nothing special to report but i am happy that ive been able to see another day on the earth. So far ive been to a press interview, practiced and went to a football signing party. things have been goin pretty smoothly so far, the only thing that i have planned for tonight is to go to dinner with some of my closest friends on the team (The o-line, Joey Crappel, T.C. McCartney, Derek Helton, etc) and maybe a trip to best buy. Im not a big party guy so i dont need to go buy out the bar at somebody's club lol, i mean after all i am an offensive lineman, those types of things are for the skill position guys. Id also like to take this moment to thank everyone that wished me a happy birthday and also apologize ffor not having the video uploads....something is wrong with the camera, but im working hard to fix it. The only thing that i would change about this day is that i would spend it with my family, i know on days like today it gets hard on them having me so far away from home, but i know that they understand that its for a bigger purpose. But besides that, today has been perfrect and i have no complaints. Not to mention that im happy that we get Ridley back for the bowl game, you guys dont understand what a boost that was, morally, for the offense. And id like to commend Ridley for the way that he handled the situation, he just smiled and kept coming to practice and working hard and you gotta respect a guy like that because he was under a lot of pressure and still maintained his composure for the team.

In other news the Cotton Bowl has been the greatest bowl experience that ive had since ive been in college. I mean everything from the big events to the smallest details have been coordinated down to the T and i really appreciate it. These people make us feel like an accomplished team and are doing everything that they can to make this experience enjoyable. today the team visited children in the hospital, myself and a couple of my teammates had a press conference, but from what ive heard it was a very rewarding experience. Doing things like hospital visits and other forms of community service are very improtant to me because you never realize how good youve got it until you meet someone in a worse situation and imagine what its like to walk in their shoes, not to menation its always good to give back to the community. My parents instilled in me that its always important to give back and now that im older and more mature i understand why and when im married and have kids i plan to teach them the same thing. After the hospital visit we went to practice and after practice we ahd a pizza party, andf now we have freetime for the rest of the night. Things are goin really good in practice and we're definitley improving nd getting better. Someone asked me in the press conference today how i would feel i responded by telling them that we came here to win the game and thats what we are going to do everything that we can to do...Speaking of winning, Im hoping that Arkansas can continue the trend of SEC dominance in bowl games tonight...theres no football like SEC football.

Alright, well im bout to head to Best Buy. Peace