SOL gets Swine Flu

I am going to start my first blog post of the 2009-2010 season off with a nice little story: Robyn Gets H1N1. I was in the hospital for three days during my summer in Madison. I was in pretty poor shape. Super high fever (104+ degrees), just really out of it...I mean, I couldn't even walk to the bathroom by myself. So hope you don't get it. I mean, I will be honest, the whole "H1N1" thing is really starting to make me upset. I mean, come on, I had it a month ago, and my immune system still hates me. I ended up missing MUDI, and apparently Pat Niles and Jake Henderson had fun telling everyone that I had Swine Flu, which was completely not the case. I had Type A, which is NOT the Swine Flu (which is Type B). The highlight of this hospital stay, however, was Martha sending me a text from Minnesota saying, that I needed to write a blog post titles "SOL Gets Swine Flu."

So, after two weeks of busting our butts, we are officially done with "recruiting" at CUBEfest events...well aside from the Blugold Org. Bash. I am borderline getting sick of pick-up. I am ready to get practices going. The captains have some new tricks up our sleeves, and it's exciting to be apart of that. Pat has helped us tweak our plans to help prepare our newbs, and get our vets more involved with everything. That's all boring stuff, though. Onto the more interesting stuff.

All in all, I am feeling pretty good about the way our roster is shaping up right now. Though we have lost some clutch vets, we are getting some newbs that are sure to catch some attention, and have real potential to be bomb. I am not naming any names, but it's really exciting to get some players who are really passionnate about the game and about learning the game. Everyone has great attitudes. We are ready to rock.

Our tournament schedule has been finalized, and we're super excited for Hucktoberfest. I think it's a good way to gauge how our new girls are doing, and do some teaching at the same time.

My thoughts on No Wisconsequences: I AM MISSING MY SUPER-SENIOR YEAR OF HOMECOMING FOR THIS. The least you can do is to get Steaz Energy Drink as a sponsor again. Or hook me up with more sweet raffle prizes again. That was sweet.

In other news, after some Sesame Street themed shenanigans, Brit, Tracie and I are officially obsessed with Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." It's not even embarassing. The song is catchy, and I can't get over it. I am all over Martha's case to include this in our Centex Dance choreography for '10. Let's hope it makes the final cut...

Martha and I are in a graphic design class together on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8-10:45 am. i am not a fan of having 8 am class in my final year of undergrad, but I suppose I will have to deal with it. (Let's just hope Martha can get to class early enough this week that she actually gets a computer this time...) We plan to incorporate SOL in as many assignments and projects as possible, frankly because we can.

Martha and I plan to do a little "Intro to SOL '09-10" Piece soon, after the volatility of our roster decreases and stabilizes enough to the point that we know how many people we are going to be writing about. That number, right now, could vary quite a bit, if our BOB recruiting matches the success of last year.

One last thing, SOL now has a Twitter account. Much to the distaste of co-captain, Anna Hettler. She says that Martha and I are being ridiculous. Well, rest assured Anna, we can help you, let's be real. If you are a SOL stalker, you can check us out here: www.twitter.com/solultimate Martha shall be Tweeting to her heart's content with it. So any problems with it, take it up with her.

Bomb (dot) com.

-Robyn