Study Hall

Well I don't have exactly the most ideal study hall. But it sure is loads of fun! Although we're stuck with the worst of all possible study hall monitors, we still have a terrific time.

Today, we came up with nicknames! Hmmm, FagetBoy, HomoMan, GayRay, Invisigirl, LesbianLady, you get the point! Probably slightly offensive... Okay definitely offensive. But I must say it was quite fun!

Volleyball

Today I had a tournament at East! We didn't do too well, but we've definitely improved since Thursday's tournament! Here are some pictures my dad took on his phone(so they aren't very good)

The Beginning

The school year has officially begun. How sad! Although I love seeing my friends every day, I hate the other things that come with that. Homework, exams, teachers, you get the point! 

It's amazing to see how much people have changed over the summer though. In fact, it's almost fascinating. Today I had at least 3 people talk to me in class that usually wouldn't even look at me last year! Quite exciting, I guess.

Of course, with it being the first week, everyone is getting back into the rhythm of school and it's always fun learning how people's summers went. And it's always fun seeing who's in your classes and who will be the biggest clown. Naturally I'm speaking about how part of my day went!

Well I'll write more later! Tootles!

Under Armour

Well volleyball season is officially in full swing! I'm actually quite excited! This year we got amazing Under Armour uniforms. One is maroon(real maroon) and the other white. Hopefully I'll post pictures later, but I don't have any at the moment.

Today we had our first scrimmage. It was against Bayport, a D1 team. We're D4, so quite a stretch in match ups. But we actually played pretty well. Since it was a scrimmage, no scores were kept. But I'm still sure we did a pretty good job. Plus we all looked spiffy in our fabulous uniforms! Hahaha, but I got a few kills and that was quite exciting. As in any game, we had our fair share of mistakes and saw a huge need for improvement. But for the first "game", I'm satisfied.

Oh, and congrats to the football team on their first Varsity win EVER! 25-0! I'm proud to be a part of my school and our athletics program! Everyone supports each other!

Yeah!

Well my job interview went well! I set up a second interview for Friday! Also, I made varsity for volleyball! Now I just have to keep up the hard work! I hope I can work hard enough to be a starter! Yeahhh!

Day 1. Check.

Well, Day 1 of volleyball is over! It actually wasn't that bad! We had "tryouts" today and they will be continued into tomorrow's practice. Sadly, I did very poorly on my serving and setting. Hopefully I can still make Varsity though! Tomorrow we will be scored on our hitting, which is my stronger point. I just hope I hit accurately tomorrow!

Also tomorrow, I have a job interview at Fazoli's! I'm super nervous! It will be my first job interview ever. It could be interesting when I bring up how my work schedule will be, considering I play three sports. Hopefully that goes well!

Tootles!

Once Again, But Not Quite

How is it possible that nothing works out? 

I got home from Ana's yesterday and my mom told me that some of our family friends from Madison would be coming to town possibly for a Packer game. But there were only 4 tickets. I figured my friend Andrew, who isn't a Packer fan at all, would just  not go to the game. I thought he'd come tailgating with us and then just come back to our house and watch from there.

Then, I got a little snoopy. I decided to look up his football schedule. Guess who has a game that night. Things like this always pop up when we are about to meet up. I haven't seen him since July 2010. It's weird how many times we've tried to meet up in the last year, and how absolutely none have worked out.

So once again, I won't get to see him. How do we get so close, but are yet so far away? I just don't understand.

Falling Into Place

Well things finally seem to look bright. I'm sitting at my bestie, Ana's, house. We biked from her house to a beach yesterday. Which in total was about 12 miles. We had a great time there, and have many memories of awkward conversation with random guys that came up to talk to us. I love when things like this happen.

This morning I was taking quizzes with Ana on Seventeen.com and I got a call from my dad. I was called to have an interview at Fazoli's, where I recently applied. FINALLY! Somewhere had finally called me to set up an interview. So on Tuesday, before volleyball practice I'll be going in there and having an interview. I'm really nervous though. But this alone is progress!

I was also invited to a pastor's lunch meet & greet up in door county in a few weeks. I'm excited to go because apparently a bunch of pastors & their families will be there! And apparently there will be a pool and hot tub and volleyball court and all sorts of fun stuff! Wow, usually I dread stuff that has to do with other pastor families. But I honestly can't wait!

Well, I better spend my last few days of summer out doing something fun! So tootles!

Running Out Of...

Well, summer is nearly over for me. How sad! But as the summer is coming to an end, so is my blogging streak. Well and even my consistency to blog. As you can see I've missed a few days already. This is mainly due to running out of time, ideas, etc. But I'll try to get over my slump of no blogging and get back in to the saddle! But I don't think that will happen anytime soon! Tootles!

Later.

Well I was going to write a long post today, but my grandparents are in town and I had a bit of change in plans. So instead of a long post, I'll just say, "Happy 41st Wedding Anniversary to the Best Grandparents EVER!" I love both of you! <3

This was taken at approximately 2:00 pm on August 8th, 2011. The happy couple was married at about 2:00 pm 41 years ago!

I can't wait to find someone to spend 41+ long and happy years with.

Dress

Well, Sarah wanted me to post a picture of me in my homecoming dress. So here it is, and you can see what it looks like with my darker hair too!

(ignore my messy room!)

What do you think?

Hair

Yesterday I dyed my hair black. And it actually looks pretty nice. It's a little blotchy in some places, but other than that I think it turned out pretty nice!

Sorry it's on its side. But this is me(bottom) with Sydney(top). Before dying my hair.

I'm in the middle. With Sarah(left) and Ana(right), shopping for Stage One shirts!

Time Without

Well my mom is down in Dallas for the National Lutherans for Life Convention, so it's just my dad, sister, and me at home. I actually wasn't home when she left, so it's been even long since I've seen her. 

It hasn't been to bad without her. Yesterday my dad and I went to Copp's and bought a few necessities. Necessities including: Ranch, Hot dogs, Hot dog buns, Croutons, and Ice Cream. Sounds like a guy's meal to me. And I'm more than fine with it of course!

It's kind of nice to have some time without my mom. I don't feel as stressed. Since my dad isn't home during most of the day I don't feel bad just laying around in front of the TV all day. But today he took me to the mall to go shopping with Sarah and Ana. It was sort of an unplanned trip. Well my mom's version of unplanned. We planned it in less that 48 hours. Which is wait too short notice for my mom most of the time. So it was kind of nice to be able to plan something on a "whim" and have the plan actually work out. Well now we're off to the movies!

Tootles!

What Now?

Well I've had an extremely busy August already! Sadly, my blogging streak has come to an end, as I missed blogging yesterday. But that's okay, because I was having a great time with Sydney.

I was planning on adding pictures to this post, but unfortunately that won't be happening as our computer is having a few issues.

So on Monday, August 1st, I had a vocal lesson and found a song to start working on for solo and ensemble this year already. I also went to Sydney's and spent the night.

On Tuesday, the 2nd, we(Sydney and I) left for Janesville for a 5k for National Night Out against Crime. I finished in about 31:28, which was worse than my 5k I ran on Saturday. After the 5k we headed to Milwaukee and spent the night at a hotel, where we got to go swimming!

Yesterday, we woke up right as the breakfast buffet was supposed to be closing, but it wasn't luckily, so we enjoyed breakfast. After that we headed back upstairs to change and then we soaked our soar muscles in the hot tub. It felt great! Then we checked out of our hotel and headed to Millar Park and went to the Brewers game against the St. Louis Cardinals! Boy was it hard to cheer for the Brewers instead of the Cardinals. I used to live in St. Louis, so I feel a smidge of a connection with the teams. So don't be surprised to see me rooting for the Rams either! The Brewers won with the final score being 5-10. We sadly missed seeing the sausages race because we had to go by Sydney's dad some roasted nuts and carmel kettle corn. But it was still a great time!

Originally I was supposed to go home last night, but my dad ended up having a meeting, so I obviously got pushed to the side. So I stayed another night with Sydney. We watched Insidious. Not my usual cup of tea. I'm not usually one for horror movies, so that added to the scary factor. I'm glad I watched it though, it's always a good experience to work through things like that.

Well as you can see I've had a busy couple of days. But now this will give me more time to think. At the moment, this sounds terrible. I hate having the oppurtunity to think because I always come to bad conclusions and confuse myself. I just don't think it's "healthy" for me to have time to think right now. So luckily tomorrow I will have more time with my friends and less time to think.

Forgotten.

Yesterday I picked up my yearbook.
I always felt bad for the kids who got forgotten on a page to a group they belonged to, I didn't think it'd ever happen to me. Well it did this year. And for my FAVORITE group.
I wasn't listed as being a part of Stage One this year. You have no clue how frustrating that is for me. I finally felt like people might remember who I was, obviously they don't though.
I'm just a forgotten piece of a puzzle. Brushed under the rug with all the dust.

What A Day Ahead!

Well, as I mentioned yesterday, I look over my month on the last day. So what do I do on the first of a month? I set goals. What do I want to achieve this August? Here's a little list:

• See Andrew(I kind of doubt this will happen though)
• Make Varsity for Volleyball
• Get some super cute clothes before school starts
• Dye my hair black
• Have some last minute friend time
• Go on a bike trip with Ana

Some of these obviously could get pushed back to a later date, but personally, the sooner it gets done, the better! That's all I have for today!