The Gum Tree for 2004 September 10

It has been a good week. Basketball in the morning has intensified. We played a game of 4 on 4 today, and we had a good time. It was a good work out. It is still hard getting up at 5:30 every morning, but I always feel more energized when I am up and excercize than when I don't. I think that we will have to take a little bit of a break tonight for some R&R as well. Schoolwork has been busy, and we are a little tired from all of the week's activities. Louise took her first spanish test today. She got 100%, and was quite happy about that. It is certainly a much steeper learning curve than her japanese classes, (which she really didn't learn a whole lot). I am amazed that she is so open and interested in travel and people. I think that will serve us well in the future. Louise certainly is adventurous in ways that I have never been.