Racing, racing and more racing....

This week and into the weekend is the 5th Annual 600 Sprint Car Nationals at I-30 Speedway. I have been planing and looking forward to this all year. My boyfriend of 4 and half years races sprint cars and i come mainly to watch him. But i really do enjoy a full week of racing nothing but sprint cars, nothing else. It's such a good time. Dirt, methanol, loud motors, camping out at the track, racing golf-carts on the track when the races are over, nothing else like it. Tomorrow is the last day of all the racing action, and rumor has it that the big sprints will make an appearance. I am so excited and i really hope they do.
I bet you are wondering just exactly what is a sprint car? Well, it is a winged car with a motorcycle 600 cc engine in it. Can run up to 1500 horsepower with speeds toping over a hundred down the straight away. The cars race on oval quater mile dirt tracks. I will upload a picture to show you guys just how awesome they are.
I happen to do a little part time work for an organization called SOW6 (Southern Outlaw Winged 600's). They race all over Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. I help them with the line-ups, telling the racers when they go out on the track, collect money for their draw fees, and a couple other paperwork stuff. I love being involved in everything i can associated with the organization. For years, i used to sell the SOW6 t-shirts. But anyway, that's old news now.
Back to the nationals, Brandon, my boyfriend, raced today and almost won his heat race. A heat race is a re race where you determine where you start in the feature race. kind of like process of elemination to make it to the top. He was in the lead for most of the laps and at the very end he gets passed by Travis Senter, the leading champion of the nationals. For Brandon to even be keeping up with a previous champion says alot. His car was hooked up and moving. We ended up not making the main feature for the night, but it's all good. There is always tomorrow. Tomorrow is a new day and a new beginning in the race world.
Goodbye for now, i will keep everyone posted on Brandon's progress to the top.
Goodluck GO #88!!
JSchmidtke <3

Word of Day: Reminiscing

Memorie, memories, memories, oh how i love making memories and reminiscing on the past.

Today was my little sister's sophmore year homecoming. She asked me to do her hair and make-up. I was more than happy to do it for her and of course her friends too. As im doing Makenzie's hair, im thinking about how i had an ACT the morning of mine my Junior year. How nervous i was and how i did not like my hair that my friend Jessica did. Then from there i remember being on danceline and we had a huge pep ralley we danced at. Those were the days....i wish i could go back and relive them.

After dropping my lil sis and her friends off at the dance, i go waste a little time at my friend Mariha's house. I walk through the door and i was shock at the site of old danceline videos from high school playing on the television. Floods of memories come pouring through my head. I may upload them on here for everyone to check out how good we were as a dance team.
Our school won first place every year at competitions in dallas. We also won all-stars which got a couple of us girls a trip to london to dance in the New Year's Day parade. We had a blast in high school. What i would give to be back now and expirence the joys of no responsibility but getting to practice on time.

I leave this open for all of you to remember the times of high school. What were you like, the nerd, the jock, the cheerleader?
Peace
Jessica <3

Word of the day: Exhausting

Ever wake up in the morning and you can just feel like it going to be one of those days?
Well, today wasn't one of those days but it sure was a hand full. For starters, i was on "E" this morning on the way to work and when i got to the pump, my gas tank wouldn't open. Luckily (after ten minutes of tinkering) i got it open. Now i am running late, great!
Once at work, i could not even get through the door and set down my purse before sent on a wild goose chase of answering phones and be a personal assisant (more like golpher) to co-workers whom did not want to get their lazy butts up. I needed so badly an energy drink. Did i mention i work for the District Attorney's office, so i have to deal with "idiots" all day long. I have never heard so many excuses for missing court in my life before i started working there. Also, this week we are down a couple people due to them taking vacations. Ahh, more work for muah! Leaving work at 4:30, i let my hair down and i don't answer a single phone call.
On another note, why does car shopping have to be so dang complicated? I can't just look at a single car without a salesman stalking me down to try and get me to sign a million papers. When the baffoons do that, it deters me from wanting the car at all and i leave dissapointed. Today was the third white altima coupe i have test drove in the past month. I really liked this one, i really did. But that dang salesman made me feel uncomfortable and i just felt like mine is still out there somewhere. So i left, no new car smell, no new keys...oh well. 
I will definitely have to keep you guys updated on my car search through this treterious jungle of baffoon salesman.
Hope everyone has a relaxing night, that's what im going to be doing after a day like today.
Peace out homies
JSchmidtke <3