(Editor's note: Purdue senior Katie Douglas, a 1999-2000 Kodak All-American, will share a weekly diary with ESPN.com throughout the season.)

Dec. 4, 2000

	Katie Douglas led the Big Ten in scoring last season with a 20.4 average.

Hello everyone! It has been a long time since I have been in good old West Lafayette. I feel as though we have been on the road for three weeks. Actually, we got back from Cancun late last Monday and left for another road trip to Lexington and Boston on Thursday. We just arrived on campus from Beantown early this afternoon. Needless to say, I need a nap since I got up this morning at 3 a.m.

Anyway, we won both of our games over the weekend -- at Kentucky and at Boston College. We got the opportunity to play the Eagles in the FleetCenter. The Celtics played the L.A. Clippers before us, so we were able to watch the second half of that game before we tipped off.

As far as school goes, I am excited to say that I have only three classes to finish this semester. As we arrived this afternoon, I immediately had to go to one of my two group presentations. Even though I was feeling a bit sleepy from the early-morning travel, I think my group pulled off a great performance.

Now, I am going to focus on my next presentation, which is tomorrow. I have a lot of work to do since I haven't been able to attend our group meetings because of basketball, so I am dedicating my day off to working on this project. Unfortunately, I have less than 24 hours to catch up on everything else because we leave for Valparaiso tomorrow for a game Wednesday night. I am glad that we get to go out and play again, but I am tired of packing and unpacking all of my bags. And I'll have to do it all over again on Friday when we leave for a Saturday game at Notre Dame. Oh well, I guess that is the life of a collegiate student-athlete.

I guarantee things will start getting much more lively around here in the coming weeks, especially with our upcoming schedule. In addition to playing at Valpo and Notre Dame, we will play Louisiana State, Stanford and DePaul before starting conference play. And once the semester is over, my mind will be free to roam. Maybe then I'll be able to figure out why I have these unexplained marks on my forehead and hand that came back with me from Cancun.

Until next time ... KT