I started focusing on strength and conditioning. I got serious about it.

It was beautiful here, and the people were so nice. Even the food was more like home, with the rice and the sushi.

It was about as different from home as I could imagine.

It's an environment where it is very difficult to jump in.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do. Then I got a call from Eastern Oklahoma State, a junior college, and they offered me a scholarship.

Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the shoppers.