Friday, July 9, 2010

There's No Place Like...Iowa?

Aahh yes, here I am in Iowa for the first of two trips this summer. Normally I don't plan my vacations into this state since I have an inherited sense of hatred for anything Hawkeye, but I am here for one very very important reason.

Mr. Timothy Richard Burton is fighting in his first ever Muay Thai Kickboxing tournament, and I am here to support him as a part of 10K MMA gym's crew and your resident girlfriend. This should be an exciting event since I know he's been ready for this his whole life!

The proof is already in the pudding because while other people are frantically trying to cut last minute poundage at the weigh-ins this afternoon, Tim strolled up there and confidently weighed in two pounds under! He's been training for this fight for a year, and steadily dieting for three months instead of dangerously cutting like so many of the fighters were doing. We overheard some guys saying they drove from Minnesota with the heat on FULL BLAST because they were still over weight...let's keep in mind that this week has been in the upper 80s temperature-wise.

That's probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Ah well...some people are just plain dumb.

I do have to say that while I wait for all the guys to get back from getting their fight passes, and all the rules and regulations that Iowa was a little bit more exciting to drive through than the last time I was here. I was looking at all the crops and livestock so it made it more interesting (call me a nerd if you must).

However...never to fear. I'm not loving Iowa any time soon...when the state capitol's largest grocery store is a Hyvee...I know where my loyalties lie.

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