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6-5-05 11:29pm

I am addicted to television. I LOVE AEtv. The First 48 Hours, Intervention, Dog the Bounty Hunter, City Confidential, American Justice... you name it, I love it. I also love Discovery Health Channel's Trauma: Life in the ER, Paramedics, the Golden Hour... LOVE IT! I wonder if there is a 12 step program for it? Hello, my name is Kristi and I'm addicted to reality television. Whatever.

Ryan's team lost their game yesterday so it was a rather uneventful day since we didn't have to stay at the tournament. They lost their first two games and that was that. She got invited by one of the other teams to travel with them to the Nike End of the Trail Tournament in Oregon in July. Her regular team isn't going and their coach lets them "guest" on other teams as long as it doesn't interfere with the team. Not sure yet what we'll do because we've got a lot of out of state tournements this summer (Houston, Atlanta. New Orleans, OK) so we'll wait until a little closer to that time before making a decision.

I've gotten alot of emails about Austin and what happened Friday night with the alcohol, so I guess I'll just post it here. First, let me say that my reasoning behind my decision may not be the one other people will agree with but with Austin leaving for college in two months I felt that he'd be making those decisions for himself without my supervision. I've always kept very close tabs on my kids so I need to know that he will make smart choices.

So anyway, Austin called me I guess about 2:30 in the morning to "check in" even though I'd told him he didn't have to. I didn't ask any questions but he sounded fine, so all I did was verify that his plans hadn't changed and told him to check in with me tomorrow. His call woke me up at 8:30 the next morning. He told me that he was over at his friend's house and planned on camping out at the lake that night. I asked him if Amanda and Whitney got drunk (didn't ask him if he had drank anything) to which he responded with, "Nah... I mean, they had like two jello shots each then decided they didn't really want to drink." *deep sigh of relief*

I am really proud of him and his choices! He showed a maturity that I haven't seen in him before when he came in and told me what was going to be going on that night. We've always told him that if he was at a party or something and either drank himself or was riding with someone who had started to drink, then all he had to do was call us. We promised not to make a scene or even talk about it that night, and that he'd be able to come home and we'd talk about it the next day. The important thing is that, even if he made a mistake and started drinking, he could always redeem himself by making a responsible choice. We stand by that to this day.

The college he's going to is a "dry campus" and alcohol isn't allowed even if the student is of legal age, so there is some relief in that, but students will find a way. Besides, we want to trust him, and right now that trust level is higher than it's ever been.

Alright, it's past my bedtime. Gotta run! kdgr