FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Adam Sayer]

Know what else is rotten...having cellulitis in your foot. (pause for laughter because cellulitis sounds like cellulite.) I do not lie when I say this hurts like a SOB. On a scale of 1-10, I'd rate this an 8.5. My foot is swollen, has turned from red to purple, and the only time I get any type of pain releif is the 30min-3 hrs after I take my antibiotics. It's hard to walk. My life is miserable at the present moment.

If anyone runs into a situation where a part of your body swells up, and is red and warm and you have no idea what happend...go see a doc immediately.

The good news is my insurance took effect yesterday when I signed my contract (by the way, I am finally employed and am a full time Math teacher making peanuts...but I'm not complaining) but I had to pay out of pocket for everything yesterday because nothing had been entered onto Anthem's website. The 2 antibiotics were 14.99 and 19.99 which isn't bad but the cream for my athletes foot was almost 50. The visit was 100 so all in all it wasn't too expensive for not having insurance.

[tepee]

sayer, Where are you teaching?

[victorybell_57]

congrats on the job. being employed is a good thing.

thursday night game: wvu vs. maryland.

i'm picking wvu by about 40.

[cave2bens]

Great news on the teaching front, Adam!  Perhaps making peanuts, but affording beer to wash them down with is a nice bonus.

If anyone runs into a situation where a part of your body swells up, and is red and warm and you have no idea what happend...

...and there's no suspicion of someone slipping you an ED "mickey"...  

Seriously, cellulitis is a miserable malady, and wish you quick healing.

[wabashcpa]

I had to pay out of pocket for everything yesterday because nothing had been entered onto Anthem's website.

That's why those Anthem execs make the big bucks.

[SaintsFAN]

ouch, that sucks.  Hopefully you get better soon.

Congrats on the job. 

[Adam Sayer]

Well thank you everybody. I'm teaching 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Math at St. John the Baptist in Colerain and this is the 3rd job I've had since August 28. I started out as Deer Park's building sub making $75/day. A day before their school started, Lockland hired me as an aide at the MRDD making $100.76/day, and now I got this which pays me $22,661/year. They docked 10% from me for the part of the school year I missed. It still comes out to be an extra $4,000 on the year and if I teach their next year, I'll get a $5,000+ raise.

The cellulitis still looks bad but the infected area isn't hard anymore. It's kind of jelly and mushy and it looks like a boil is trying to form. Now if the swelling would go down. My foot and ankle look like one of those 100 pound 2 year olds.

[JacketsFan]

Sayer, don't fart around with the cellulitis. It may sound fairly benign but it's serious when you get it in an extremity. I got it in my foot back in my Navy days and came within a few days of having it amputated when it finally started to get better. You'll get better pain relief if you keep it elevated when possible. Soak it in hot water every time you get the chance, too. Congrats on the job. Remember, being a math teacher and making peanuts is better than no job and making shack jit.

[SaintsFAN]

Fitting,

John the Baptist always told it like it was....and it resulted in his own beheading when he condemned King Herod's new marriage...

There's all that Catholic school upbringing I went through and now on THIS message board, its finally paid off! 

Question for everyone....whats MSJ's record the past 4 years?  The answer to that isn't what I'm looking for.  The real question is, how does an MSJ SID NOT promote this team to the fullest?  (I told a guy named "Billy White Shoes" that I'd bring attention to it).

So Thomas More hosts Grove City at Beechwood HS...."home" opener for the Saints while Ray Bosse Field at Bank of Kentucky Stadium (sound good?) is renovated....I think the Saints will be fired up to play their first home game under Hilvert and pull away in the 2nd half with their young team. 

MSJ at IWU....is IWU still a physically big team?  Do they have more skilled guys than last year?  We'll see....I think Lions by 9 (missed PAT)

Hanover at W&J.....freshman QB for Panthers....some are saying BEST EVER QB at W&J (Bobby Swallow)...and thats saying something....equals a 30 point win for the Presidents.

Other games:

Earlham at Anderson
Defiance at Tri-State
Adrian at Bluffton

OFF:  Manchester United, Franklin


Thoughts?

[Adam Sayer]

WEBN had Ryan Parker on today and he sang this song about the Patriot Scandel. It was pretty funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EU1O-hGxgg

As far as the games go, it depends on which MSJ team shows up. If the 1st half team from last week shows, IW will win. If the second half MSJ team shows up then MSJ will beat them by 20+ With that said I think you'll get a good mix and MSJ wins 35-21.

Interesting analysis: So far, the MSJ defense has given up 39 points in 2 games. Last year MSJ's defense didn't give up their 39th point until game 6 against Franklin. 2004 and 2005, it was game 4 against Hanover.

There's nothing wrong with telling it like it is. Sometimes the truth hurts, sometimes it makes you feel good, and sometimes when you sing about showing your boobs, it makes you feel really good. Thanks cave2Beans for the video attachment.

[70_dc_alum]

sayer if it makes you feel better i charge Wellpoint 3.8M a year to support my stuff and we just sold them about 9M in HW.  i am taking them for a little worse than what they got you for.

[AnonymousFan]

SaintsFan

I hope you're right about the HC/W&J game.  It could be ugly.  HC's best 2 DBs were injured against Butler and at least one will definitely not be able to play.  Heard rumor they had to move some WRs over to their secondary.  Their frosh QB looks pretty good for the most part when he has time to throw.  Let's just hope he isn't gun shy after last weekend.

[dc_has_been]

DC is up 13-3 at the half against Tri-State & Hanover is down 43-0 in the second...ouch!

[dc_has_been]

Are there any DC fans out there that have been able to get the DC link up from 105.7?  I've updated my software to the fullest & nada!

[SaintsFAN]

Grove City 23
TMC 16

2:10  4th

I can't get the audio link to work...