Tuesday, October 5, 2010

A Day in the Life of... Junior Theresa Tauer

Nickname: T-Dog/Tyrese
Hometown: Plymouth, MN
Position: Utility

5:30 am: I wake up at this odd hour which gives me about an hour to get ready and arrive to morning hill workouts on time. I awake to my cell phone singing a song that no one on the team knows: that's the way i like my music; unknown. The night before I had picked out a 'cute' outfit (in my perspective) although others may consider my clothing choices to be odd since they generally include glasses without lenses or skirts resembling those of the 1930's. I stuff these into my already full backpack, grab some grub and await my ride from Jenn Shaw on the corner outside my antique home

8:00 am: After the exhilarating and extremely fun time that was spent running up and down Chester Bowl ski hill, I head to school.

8:30 am: I shower and put on the the clothes that fit my personality.

10:00 am: My first and only class of the day is a nursing lab where we practice our skills on each other. We've tied each other up (with restraints), given each other shots (of saline solution) and analyzed Seymore Butts (a rubber buttocks with different ulcers on it).

11:15 am: I try and grab some sizzlin' food from Storm's Dena and attempt to find Brittni, Rachel and/or Falk (teammates) to eat with. Usually I am successful and feel like I belong, which I obviously do.


11:30 am:  After food I hop, skip and jump to the theatre where I begin to work. What kind of work do I do? I sew the costumes for the different performances throughout the year. This is one of the strangest work study jobs offered on campus, but it fits well for me.

4:00 pm:  My final accomplishment of the day is softball practice which is great because I can let everything that went not so well in my day just fade away as I throw, bat and field. It's a very therapeutic kind of experience.

7:45 pm: I catch the bus to drive me to the nearest  spot to my house and trudge through darkly lit streets until I reach the door to my house. I get inside and eat some foot (which tends to be a common occurrence on the softball team - we love to eat!) and listen to some music like Cloud Cult, Wookiefoot or Mumford & Sons as I drift off into dreamland!