Reznjun

zach wamego n joe mitchell

it was fun going to watch my nephew zach wrestle in the regionals. he ended up with a 4-1 record in the 285 pound class to finish 3rd in the toughest 4-A region. all  of zach’s wins were by pins. one was in 42 seconds, another was in 1 minute and 28 seconds. the top 4 finishers advance to state next week in salina. i plan on being there. other members of my family are also going to support zach. i wish there will be alot of indians there.

i havent gone to many wrestling meets. a few when mishan and william wrestled back in junior high. i kinda got into this regional after awhile. had to see how they scored points etc. i ended up hollering for my nephew when he pinned his opponents. i knew a pin was good. they had alot of good wrestlers in this regional. it was a long 2 days. i had a book that i was reading in between matches. it is called winter count, written from the  native american perspective. not many books out there by indian authors.

i got a kick out of the mascot at the host school. it was the cowboys. even seen a little guy dressed up like a cowboy. had a cowboy hat, jeans and spurs on. so there were cowboys and indians there. we checked each other out. my nephew was the only indian wrestling, though some little kids asked me if i wrestled. i laughed. and they did too.

i checked out the town of abilene while there. ate at the kirby house. their specialty was the country fried steak, so i had that. i toured the old cow town. it is just a tourist trap. the buildings were all closed. so i just walked thru and took some pictures. i had breakfast at a cafe across from it. the locals said it used to be the biggest tourist attraction in town. now it is closed. they were hoping to get a liquor license for the saloon, but some of the board members were church goers. they are against that.

i went to the chocolate factory in town. they had samples, so i tried one. and they had many boxes of chocolates for sale. they had a special called bloopers. it is candy that wasnt perfect. so they sold a 3 pound box for 5 bucks. i scored one of them. getting my chocolate fix all this week.

some fly by night operators are spamming the hell out of my site. so far in the past week i have had 200 spam sent to my comments section. its a good thing that i have to approve them before they get posted. maybe they will see their spam is not posted and leave me the hell alone. i doubt it. the vermin will just keep it up. trying to scab on to any site that will give them free advertising. i wont give it to them. and i was concerned i would get the hateful comments that some sites had. spam is worse. it takes time to delete that crap.

i have been logging the miles this month. even walked when it was 26 degrees out. so far i have walked 38 miles. the rest of the week is supposed to be warm. i will walk every chance i get. sooner or later i will lose some weight. i know i am healthier because i walk. my back is stronger. just gotta keep on walking. i walk for the health of it, i guess.