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Diary Entry #14
3/9/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Hello again Golden Hurricane Fans! Unfortunately, I have another loss to report. After one full week of practice and preparation, we lost by five points at Rice. We only played one game last week because Rice is our travel partner. This means that when teams play us on Thursday they then travel to Rice for the Saturday game. So, when you play your travel partner, you only have one game that week. The game had a familiar ring to it. We were winning the majority of the game, only to come up short at the end of 40 minutes. You can read the article on the website for more details. You know how I feel about writing about losses.
Now, I will tell you some of the other events that occurred this week. After the long road trip, most of us spent the first few days of the week catching up with our classes. In the term "student-athlete," the word "student" comes first. It is hard to learn to balance the rigors of studying and being an athlete. I know that every athlete can attest to that. With that said, a lot of the girls had tests to study for and take in the beginning of the week. A fun test I took was my practical examination in my Audiological Rehabilitation class. This class is mainly about learning how to work with hearing aids, and learning how to help people who have been diagnosed with a hearing loss. Therefore, my dear teacher had to endure 20-something students shoving different kinds of hearing aids in and out of her poor little ears. I know they must have been sore by the end of the day.
On Thursday, we had a team meeting after practice, but we had a little time in between so there was a second race between Honey and Green Army. In case, you have forgotten, those are the names of LeAnn's and Tandem's remote control Hummers. This time the race was held in the Reynolds Center practice gym. Both of their batteries were completely charged up, and they were ready to go! Megan Moody did the "countdown" and "waved the towel" to initiate the start. It was another close race, but Honey came out on top again. That makes Honey two-for-two. Tandem claims the loss is due to an alignment problem that Green Army sustained while jumping a huge curb in the parking lot. We'll have to see the result of the next race when the alignment has been adjusted.
After a noon practice on Friday, we were off to Houston, Texas. This is one of the only direct flights we can take from Tulsa. We usually always have to go through Dallas to get anywhere. When we arrived, we ate a delicious dinner at Pappadeux's, and our former assistant coach surprised us by making a visit. Coach Aisha Veasley (now Aisha Cook) looks as beautiful as ever and we were so glad to see her. After dinner, everyone was pretty tired and went to bed.
After the game on Saturday, we ate and went directly to the airport. Because the game was at 2:00 p.m., we were able to get a flight back to Tulsa the same day. However, not everyone was on that flight back to Tulsa. Dana Idlet hopped on a flight to Los Angeles, Calif., to attend the 47th annual Grammy Awards because her dad's musical group had received a nomination. Isn't that amazing!!! Dana was nice enough to write a little summary of her remarkable trip.
Where do I begin? My dad's band, Trout Fishing In America, was nominated for a Grammy this year. This made it their second nomination. We didn't come out with a win either time, but I still consider him a winner. For a musician, especially independent like my dad, making it to the Grammies is like winning the NCAA tournament. The guys had a gig the night of the Grammies, so they could not make it, but my mom, brother, cousin and I represented them. And a guy named Kevin, Keith's (my dad's partner in the band) son. I saw a lot of stars up close and it was really weird for me to see them as people, not just faces on a television screen. Just to name a few...Ben Harper, John Mayer and Zach Braff, who produced directed and stared in the movie Garden State (those three were my favorites). Other people I saw included Norah Jones, John Legend, Kanye West, Usher, J Lo, Lil John, JayZ, Beyonce and everyone else that was there. It was an awesome experience to be in a fantasy world for a night. The performances were amazing and it will be something that I will never forget.
With that, I will wrap up this diary entry. We have Fresno State and Nevada coming in this weekend. I hope to see you at the game. Don't forget, 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
