10:15 Saturday Night

So today= boredom. Except at work cause it was crazy busy there.
Today I spent my night at home baking. I was hoping to take advantage of my new moose cookie cutter, but no such thing. I was way too lazy to auctually make a cookie mix from scratch, so instead I used the bagged mix that came with it. First off I would like to say I followed the directions EXACTLY! The dough wasnt really even a dough, more of a chunky powder that I had to squish together into a ball. Then when I auctually tasted it, it was HORRIBLE! So I quickly threw the dough away and vowed to be less lazy in the future and auctually make my own dough.
So instead I stole the recipie out of Runners World for Red Velvet Cupcakes. Now the photo they have is much nicer as they auctually took time with the frosting... I however did not. But here's how mine turned out:
Then after these fine masterpieces were done I was going to make my lovely Moose Pies. However, by the time this was over and done with it was already 9 o'clock. So when I started the Moose Pies I totally neglected to read that it had to chill for 2-3 hrs. My own creation and I forgot what to do. I felt horribibible! So instead I made the dough... which turned out much better than the first set of cookies did and threw it it in the fridge till the morning.
Oh and by the way, it is 10:15 and Saturday Night, but not the reason for the post's title... still following the song title theme here.

Friday On My Mind

So... remember that sweet pain I was talking about yesterday... yeah more like an inconvenient stretch... which basically means no running today. Yeah, bad stuff.
I FINALLY finished Breaking Dawn today. I know, "what took you so long?" Well heres what happened: I disliked it so much that I literally threw it out the window in August. However after it sitting in the flowers outside, I felt bad (partly because "I was crushing the flowers" as my mom said) I went outside and retrieved it. Then I placed it on my bookshelf and let it gather dust until this week when after listening to my Pre-calc go on and on about Bella and Edward. So I pulled it out dusted it off and gave it the benefit of the doubt. Now, I am not horribly mad at how the series ended, but seriously? That was not Stephenie Meyer who wrote Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. This was a women just writing to make her fans happy and be a bestseller. But now that I have finished it, it can get off my bookshelf and be hidden from sight. This way I wont be reminded of how many painful hours I spent reading the book.
So tonight I went to Tropical Smoothie with Britt and Chanel. I have this thing about smoothies that once I crave it, I NEED one until I fufill my craving. So tonight I was craving a raspberry banana one, lucky me, they have one that fits the bill.
Afterwards, we headed back up to Metro, where I sat and watched as soccer was played on the roller hockey court, because as I stated at top I cant run. After game point, we left and went to Scotts house to attempt to play a board game, but I missed the introduction due to making a side detour. But it was still funny to watch!

Sweet Thursday

Sweet pain... thats what I mean there. My hamstrings are so tight and sore I could barely walk today. But no matter... I could still run.
Yesterday at the first day back to track Coach had us do 40 lunges which led to massive soreness throughout us all. However, I pushed the pain back and did 3 miles with the boys. Which was amazing fun as we started singing on the way back to school. Don't Stop Believing by Journey to be exact. We're running down this quiet street when all of a sudden I hear Confer start screaming "Just a small town girl living in a looooonely world!" Very out of key I might add. Then Conner joined in and then I started up. So were running down this street screaming Journey and all I can do is think about how awesome these guys are and how much I'm going to miss them. Finally about the time we reach the corner we had ran out of breath so the singing had died, but still. I have this theory that runners love singing crazy stuff just to prove how crazy we are.
Once we got back we just sat there and talked about random stuff while stretching and listening to music as I had started my truck just to give us something to listen to. Which then caused me to ALMOST... not fully... fall out of my seat and onto the hard pavement below. I had been talking to a new kid on the team, when Taylor calls my name. I look at her and lean slightly out of my truck just so I can hear her and suddenly I felt myself falling forwards so I grabbed hold of the wheel to support myself, while the rest of my team starts laughing... Yep, my klutz moment of the day right there.
However, speaking of trucks, I would really love to complain about my fuel light. So my truck's gas gauge doesnt work perfectly so instead I normally wait until about 200-250 miles then fill up again. Well due to my hectic week I've totally exceeded that, and instead was cruising up to about 300 before my fuel light came on. Well, this is where I get annoyed. It doesnt just come on and stay on. NOOOO... it comes on and then if I turn a corner or stop it goes off. At other times it does this weird thing where it goes from darker to lighter and back again. Other times it acts as its supposed to by staying on for periods of time. After long enough of being annoyed of this I finally get gas, but I would love for my truck to not have to annoy me into getting gas.

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M

Yes I am aware... It's not Wednesday Morning, and defiantly not 3 AM. But I've got this song title thing going on this week so roll with it!

So this week in English we're started reading the play Raisin in the Sun. It's about an African American family moving into an all white neighborhood. Well I had my ditz moment of the day while reading it out loud. In the text it read "honest. Gee" WELL... instead of reading it with the period I read "Honest Gee." Which to most sounded like "Honest G" so the whole class was laughing at me. Sorry some random comic relief there.
Tonight on the Wednesday run, Britt and I took a random turn and headed up a street that I don't remember the name of, however looked oddly familiar. On it were two elementary schools right across the street from eachother, which caused to have a conversation about how odd it is that they used to have sister schools like that. Then I remembered how in Kindergarten I went to Eisenburg, which was right next door to Kahre. Thats when it hit me. We were running past Eisenburg and Kahre! I slowed down and walked to the front of the school to be sure and confirmed it right away. I slowly walked around to the Kindergarten playground and looked around. It was ironic at how nothing had really changed in 12 years since I was there. I climbed up and stood there and suddenly it hit me. Tears were falling down my face. I am going to GRADUATE this year. I couldnt even imagine doing that back then. Then I thought about how in a few years I'll probably stand out front of Arbor going "Wow! It hasnt changed a bit!"

Tuesday's Gone

It's funny how one little change in your daily routine can spice up your life so much. For example heres how my day went...all because of one little change.
I woke up this morning at 5:30 instead of 5:00, causing me to rush to get ready. And once I was, it was too late for me to get gas for my truck before picking up Taylor to make it to school on time. So I dash out of the house and get Taylor, however about half way to school my fuel light comes on so we quickly pull into the gas station, where I ran in and got a bag of twizlers and $5 of gas, and then we were pulling into the parking lot. Now, when I started to driving to school, I parked everyday in the same spot. That same spot I have parked in for the last 3 years now, unless there was a late night track meet, and then I parked near the coaches. So you can probably understand both my amazement/frustration that I have when I see someone has parked in my spot. After all... I do see it as being mine after 3 years of parking there. So instead I park next to my spot and cringe as I see someone else... wait no... my best friend's truck... parked there.
I get out of my truck ranting about my spot, and trip over the curb. Not once, not twice, but more like 5 times. Then I remember, I parked here once before. And I had tripped then too! No wonder I park away from curbs.
However, after that the day went smoothly until I got home. Once I home I proceeded to rip my favorite jeans. My door handles to my rooms are these pretty swirly things that are just perfect for catching belt loops if one gets to close. Well, I did, and now my favorite pair of jeans lay in my moms office waiting to be stitched back up. I had kept walking with so much force that I ripped them! I sat in shock before changing into a pair of running pants that had no way to get caught on door handles.

Monday, Monday

So this morning I show up at school and can barely keep my eyes open. I ended up chalking the reasoning to the lack of sleep I got this weekend and the fact that it was Monday. Luckily for me, classes were pretty basic today so my constant coming in and out of consciousness wasn't a horribly big deal.
After school I was supposed to go run for the first time since cross country with the track team, however got called into work and had to postpone my workout (more on that later).
So I'm sitting in Photography during seventh period, and my boss calls. I quickly hit ignore, hoping that it wasnt drastically important. No more than two seconds later I get a text asking me to come in. I quickly decided that my run could wait and I would go into work as soon as I get out of school, which would be an hour later.
So I show up at work to be greeted with mass amounts of boxes. And not just any boxes... shoe boxes. We got in two large shipments. So I begin putting stacks of shoes everywhere all the while thinking of where to put stuff to make room for all these new shoes. Then the best thing happened... I was gifted with HOT CHOCOLATE!!! Now for those who don't know, I refuse energy drinks because of how unhealthy they are for you, however, hot chocolate seems to act the same as an energy drink for me. So here I am, surrounded by shoes, and drinking a hot chocolate and I realize... I can auctually get this done. So, I finish the hot chocolate and go to work and just as I finish getting most of the mens shoes up and away, I get another hot chocolate. So with the extra energy from this one, I get all of the womens shoes done, and then head home. Also, while at work today I got this awesome Adidas poster. It says "Because I'm loving every wonderful, horrible minute of this!"
Once home, I realized that I still had to do a workout. So I ask my dad if he'd accompany me by riding his bike, his response: Go lift weights its too cold out. So I head out into the garage and start lifting weights. About half-way through my first set I have an epiphany: I'm moving to Montana. It's REALLY cold there. Maybe I should get used to this cold thing. So I end up running laps around my block inbetween reps also. Two things I did notice on my run though... People I realize that you cant water at certain times of the day, but does that mean you need to water at 7 at night? I mean if the water is making my legs cold then wont it make the grass cold? And we're in a drought, so water your grass, not the runners. Second, If you have a ladder attatched to your car, park in your driveway so that its not hovering over the sidewalk or just take it off completely. Now why did I notice these two things? Well... as I was wiping the water that was sprayed onto my face by the sprinklers off, I ran into the ladder that was hanging off the truck and into the sidewalk. Klutz moment #?

Partying it up...

Last night was Jason's 18th birthday party, so I spent the night chilling with Centennial runners again. (Totally not meaning that in a bad way!)
So we get there and head out to play ultimate frisbee. Now, this is a sport that every cross country runner should know how to play. When I started cross country three years ago, I knew how to play, and did so often. However, over the past couple of years, my team has ceased playing leaving all of us deprived of the ultimate experience. Naturally I'm concerned. Mainly, because its been awhile since I've played so I'm slightly rusty. However, I never really had any problems as the frisbee stayed away from me all night, I blame the wind.
After a little while, we switched things up to play freeze tag. I love playing tag. Mainly because its the one time that when sprinting I don't feel horribly lame because you've got a goal in mind and it's all fun in the end. So were playing tag and everything is going good up until the part where Nick gets hit. I wasnt there so I dont know what happened really, all I do know is that he was hit in the nose and hard enough for tag to no longer be fun. Instead we headed back to Jason's house.
There we sat around the fire and I listened as the boys told stories about their season and I learned way more about their team then I ever thought I would. But not in a bad way. I mean I dont think you could find a closer knit group of people. I also felt included when I was given a nickname. Everyone on the XC team has one. Mine is Cup-O'-Dirt. I myself am still not certain on the logic on how it got to that. The only bits of the thought process I picked up were: Moose--Moosen-- Boxen-- Brian Regan-- Cup-O'-Dirt. So yeah... the randomness continues!

Unproductive Day... Out of the House

So this morning I woke up and decided that I would spend my day looking for scholarships and doing homework since tomorrow and Sunday I would be too busy to do so. However, that did not end up being the case until about 6:00 tonight.
When I woke up, I got a phone call from my mom and dad telling me that they were on their way to pick me up and we were going to spend the day together. So they pick me up and we go to some important places for them, including China Town where I sat in the car instead. Then we went to REI at both ends of town looking for cold weather clothes because of my moving to montana next year. From there we went to Albertsons where I found the cutest Valentine's day monster that sings I'm a Love Machine. So I convinced mom to buy three greeting cards so that we could take the little guy home.
Once home I was finally able to start on my homework and scholarship search. However after an hour of it, boredom got the better of me, so I got dressed for bed. Instead of wearing normal pajamas, I grabbed my Footlocker Cross Country Region Championships shirt, my Saville M.S. P.E. shorts, my red and gray leg warmers, and white slipper socks. Once adaquetly dressed in craziness I was able to complete my homework

Mini Putt Round Two... and Other Assorted Adventures....

So tonight Britt, Eliana (one of Britt's friends), and I went and tried out Jungle Putt, the new mini putt place on Lake Mead.
Now I know, why would Britt go golfing with me again, especially since she was there for my original escapade where I was hitting both stationary and moving objects. Well, I can't honestly answer that either. My guess is that she just trusts me enough not to kill her. Anyways... So we go in get our golf balls and clubs, which are awesomely fancy colors might I add, and walk through a curtain, not a door, but a curtain into this whole totally different area. Inside was the mini golf arena, where its completely lit by black lights and there's neon glowing paint on the bricks, the wall, and even a lion chilling on a bench!
So the we start, and the first thing you do is hit the ball through this hole in the wall. Now my first reaction is, oh no, what i have i done, me get that thing through that small space, impossible! However, i was wrong. Instead I make it in one shot. Needless to say I am in shock. The rest of the night goes like this. Making shots I would normally deem impossible and not even hitting anything. So basically... dont take me PUTTING, take me MINIATURE GOLFING.
So after this, we're walking out to the car and its only 7:30... which is way to early to call it a night. So what do we decide to do, go chill at a park. So were driving up Lake Mead and suddenly I get the idea to have Jason come along. So Britt calls Jason on my phone and we basically tell him that he has no choice and were picking him up in like 5 minutes. So we pick Jason up and cruise over to Lone Mountain Park because well it was like right there. No sooner do we get there when he gets a text from Scott saying everyone's at metro... Back in the car, and drive to metro.
So when we get to metro, a game of pickup soccer gets started. Now of course, being there I would have to play. So I'm standing there testing out my ankle from last night, since I was the smart one who went for a run on it earlier in the day. Thats about the time I decide that i'll stay out of the game, and instead just watch.Plus this is what I prefer when it comes to soccer as I play horribly. After a little while the game stopped and everyone just started hanging out and talking instead. Well after awhile of this and some interesting conversations about Centennial, it started raining. So we moved to a gazebo on a hill to protect us from the rain... just not the wind. So after sitting up there for awhile we ended up deciding we should do something else, so we went to the cars and sat inside them until we figured out what to do. And that was basically "Follow" so we got in our cars and attempted to follow, but were unsuccessful, so we ended up at Scott's house, where we chilled instead. Later learning that we were supposed to follow Doxey to Walmart.
But overall... besides the annoying ankle pain, I spent a pretty good night out hanging with people totally by random and who I wont see for awhile come August.

Crash go boom!

So tonight was the weekly group run. And unlike last time where the only interesting thing that happened was almost getting hit by a car, there was some added excitement.
So Britt and I are running along, just talking away as normal, when I start watching the couple running in front of us. So as I'm watching them making sure that they are going to continue around the basin and not turn away and off down some side road, and that's when it happened.
I simply miss stepped off the road. It's funny how something so simple could go so wrong. When I stepped off the road, my ankle rolled out causing me to slip. But here's where it gets interesting. When I slipped I somehow subconsciously threw my weight onto my other leg. This causes it to collapse and I skin my knee slightly, through my Addia swishy pants! (luckily they werent torn! Whew!)
So I was barely able to walk for 10 minutes, and when I was, what do I decide to do? RUN ON IT!!!! Yes, thats right, my thought process was basically, oh I can't walk, why not RUN! So I ran back to the store, and it auctually felt better, until now. When I'm sitting down, cleaning up my knee, icing my ankle.

Red Rock and Putting....

So this morning Britt and I went running out at Red Rock Canyon. We couldn't decide which trail to do, so we just chose Calico Hills since that was the parking lot we were in. Well, the problem with Calico Hills is that its one main trails with lot of random trails leading off of it. So there in leads how the majority of our run was spent lost. I swear we went in circles for like ten minutes before finally figuring out where to go again. In the end however, Britt and I made it back to the car and swore to only run well marked trails again as it seems neither one of us are skilled navigators.

After my adventure up at Red Rock, I went to Nick's birthday party, where we went putting. This was already bad for me as I suck at golf. A par 3 would mean par 9 for me. Well, it turns out that I'd also be a better driver than a putter. In other words I was hitting the ball too hard and it kept going everywhere else. I even hit a guy at another hole. (he was totally cool about it)But the best part of my putting experience was when I hit the golf ball so hard that it went in opposite direction of the hole, hit the guard house, and ricocheted back to about 3 feet from the hole.

On a more personal note... so in earlier posts I have talked about a guy. And not just any guy, but one who is amazing, sweet, and everything I want to be. Well today we were talking and I was feeling kind of upset over the whole grieving thing, and after five minutes of talking to him I was fine. And he did was tell me he wanted me to be happy. I find this weird, as I have never been able to be cheered up by a guy by just talking to him. So I'm happy to have him there for me, and not just in my time of need, but also just in every day.

Life is short...live it up....

So this weekend has been really hard for me for the past 4 years, as on this weekend 5 years ago my grandma died. We were really close and I miss her daily. The pain has lessened over the years however, MLK weekend always hurts me the most out of everything I do.

This weekend however, I was struck with more tragedy, however not as directly. This weekend, two arbor students died in two unrelated accidents. One of the kids I didn't know at all. I knew of him. I can still remember his performance in Poe's Midnight Dreary, but that's it. The other however, I did. He was in my orchestra class and played the bass. I've known him since 8th grade when we used to mock the teacher together. He was quiet but when he did talk, it was smart or funny or both. I'm not quite sure how I'll react come class on Tuesday.

But I realized today as I sat in the entryway to my room, as I broke down crying about the three people mentioned above. Life is short. You can never quite pinpoint when it will end, tomorrow or 80 years from now. So you should live it as though its ending tomorrow. So my new year's resolution (made way late) is to live life to the fullest and be unafraid of outcomes, see where that takes me...

Wallpaper #1

Here are the two wallpapers I've created in the past week:

Pam's Bulletin board

Jim and Pam B&W

Daddy Daughter Date Night

So tonight was my once every six month night out with my dad.

Today we went to see Valkyrie, which I've been wanting to see but just couldnt find anyone to go with me. However, what else are two history buffs supposed to do when going to the movies together? Find a history movie to watch. And thats exactly what happened.
Valkyrie is about the most famous attempt on Hitler's life during WWII. It follows the plotting and planning that went into hopefully making it successful.
The movie isnt your normal war movie as the action sequences are limited and probably only add up to about only 10 minutes if even that. So if your looking for action, you wont find it here.
I must say that I have never been much of a fan of Tom Cruise, however, this film changed my opinion back to how i felt when I first saw him in Jerry Maguire.

After the movie, we went shopping for a little bit. Dinner ended up being polish dogs and sodas (well lemonade in my case) at Sams Club as we were kinda full from popcorn.

Overall, it was a great night with my dad.

Weekly Wednesday Run

Tonight I went on my weekly wednesday night run with the store. The group normally includes, Britt, Nick, Nathan, Jason, Devon, and assorted adults. Tonight, however, it was just Britt, Jason, Devon, and then 4 adults. Britt and I covered 6 miles tonight.
We started out really fast which is normal for us. Whenever we run together we tend to get excited and just take off. So we headed on the normal route, down cheyenne, turn onto tenaya run to the basin. When were just about to cross the street before the soccer park, a car started to pull out and almost hit us.
As rediculous as this may seem, this isnt something new to us. In fact we have become quite used to it, we even tend to laugh about it now. Anyways, this car didnt even notice that we had stepped into the intersection when it decided to head straight for the stop sign. Only when we noticed it did we jump back onto the sidewalk and the driver kept going right pass the intersection into the road. We laughed it off, but had we not of jumped back up onto the sidewalk, who knows what would of happened. Well, probably nothing, the driver would more than likely have just slammed on his breaks and waited for us before barrelling out into the intersection anyways. Gotta love the drivers who live in Vegas.
So once we had avoided our close encounter with the car we continued to the second basin where, instead of what we've been doing lately which is laps around it, we headed up toward Cimmaron.
Tonight I took charge of the conversation, first starting with local gossip. Which I will not repeat here. Then I went into an overview of my crazy week. Basically I told her all about the issues I've been having with my team and then some of the brighter sides of my days. Then she told me how her team doesnt have as many issues as mine does. Proving once again how much cooler her team is then mine.
About halfway back towards the store I recieved a text message, so I began texting while running. This isnt as easy as it sounds. For one the phone is bouncing with every step you take making it hard to read the screen. So we then had to keep slowing down so I could text. Because, I couldnt not text back of course for that would be rude!
So my lessons learned tonight: Look both ways before crossing the street; Don't text and run.

P.S: Britt and I did make it back safely.

Recent Addiction

THE OFFICE!!!!!

Yep, My new addiction is The Office. I blame peer pressure. Wow... I auctually sound like an addict. Anyways...
I was suggested by multiple people to watch it, and one in particular would talk to me about it constantly, which made me feel completely out of the loop. On New Years Day, I was watching Deal of No Deal and saw that The Office was coming on next and that was basically when it all started. However, I ended up not being able to watch it right after Deal or No Deal, so instead I pulled up an episode on NBC's website. Well the first one I watched was so good, that I watched a second and third one.
So that Sunday I decided to pick up season one from blockbuster after work. I returned it Thursday and picked up season 2. I then watched season 2 and returned it that sunday and picked up season 3. Yesterday I returned season 3 and picked up season 4, and am almost half-way through it already.
Yeah so within the past two weeks basically every spare moment I have had watching The Office. This includes in the background while doing homework, before sleeping, while getting ready for school, and occasionally in student aide (which my teacher finds hysterical because I always used to work in there and now I am suddenly distracted by this TV show)
My addiction has even come so far that I have begun associating the characters in the show with people in my life. (yes I have even found a Jim to my Pam)
Last night my mom and I came home and when I turned on the TV, TBS had The Office on. So while my mom and I ate Taco Bell we watched The Office. My mom watched silently the first episode and the commented on how Michael auctually reminded her of her old boss, which then made the second episode even more comical then normal.
I'm rather happy that I started watching this show as it offers a more comidic outlook then House does. However, do not take that as me saying I enjoy The Office more, as House is still considered my favorite show over anything else. (However, John Krasinski is much hotter than Hugh Laurie, I know shocking right?)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

"Did you know that I was struck by lightning seven times? "

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button stars Brad Pitt as the main character, Mr. Benjamin himself. It follows Benjamin, who by the way, is never called Ben throughout the movie shockingly enough, as he grows up or down depending on how you look at it. When Benjamin was born, he was extremely old, even being diagnosed with cataract and arthritis. As he grows older, he begins to de-age. Basically living his life in reverse.
The movie bounces back and forth between Benjamin's life and a woman reading out of his diary to her mother. The transition between the two was done well as the narrators voice changed perfectly from the woman's to his.
One problem I had with the movie was the length. The run time is about 2 hr. and 48 min. Which is extremely excessive as there is about an hour of footage that could be cut out. For example, at the beginning of the film there is a story told about a man who builds a clock that works in reverse. This is only spoke of once more in the movie with about 10 min left in the film. Then there are also many scenes that could be cut as they have no relevance to Benjamin's life.
One of the few things that kept my attention at the beginning of the movie was the man telling us about the 7 times he had been struck by lightning. (quoted at the top) I waited and waited for him to tell Benjamin of the 7 times he had been struck, but only revealed 6 before he died. It wasn't until the end of the film that we finally learn of the 7th strike.
I was slightly disappointed with how slowly the film moved along. This was the first time in many years that I actually fell asleep at the movie theater. Mind you, it was for only small amounts of time, and I didn't miss anything major. But the fact that it was able to put me to sleep still bothered me.
I am happy at the fact of seeing the movie and learning the tale of Benjamin Button, but if I were asked to see it again I would politely decline, unless I was hoping for another nap.

Asking to Sadies...

I did it. I finally asked someone to Sadies.
This was something totally new to me as I normally dont have the guts to ask someone out, let alone tell them that I like them. But after much convincing from my friends I was able to get the guts to do it.
So when I went to the mall with Britt and Heather I had created a penguin at Build-a-Bear. Well I had then dressed the penguin as a doctor because it has to do with his nickname. Then I had attactched a card, that I had made, to it asking him to "chill" with me at sadies.

After much joking around between us he finally admitted to having recieved it and that he would enjoy going to sadies with me, and he would respond in a more cute way later.

Date Night

So tonight was Friday date night. And my was it fun.

First we went up to Mt. Charleston to go sledding. I only went down once because it hurt my back a little bit. So instead Lindsey and I decided to try our hand at snow angels. This was unsuccessful due to the lack of powder fresh snow...and when we were able to find some we sunk down to our knees in it. So instead we created snowballs to throw at our dates. Zach, however, some how was able to anticipate my attack and got me first instead. Which then led to me getting him back and causing an outright snowball fight. The fight ended by us simply realizing it was too dark to continue so we headed back to the car to head for dinner.
For dinner we went to Cafe Rio, which was the first time I had ever ate there. And it was actually pretty good.
After dinner we went back to Zach's house where we watched The Office. This was only my second time seeing it, but I think I will soon be making it a must see on a weekly basis.
All in all it was a good and fun night out with friends.

Goodbye '08...Hello '09

So with the New Year upon us I decided to take a moment and reminisce all the things that have happened and the things I'm looking forward to in the upcoming year.

2008:
-ended my junior year and became a senior in high school
-became divisional champion in the 3200 in track and in cross country
-sunset region runner-up for cross country
-top 15 finish at state
-began running with Britt and Heather which was probably the best decision for my training
-started working at RRRC
-went to homecoming for the last time
-became friends with not only my cross country teams new members but also got to know centennials team as well.
-went to my first church dance
-turned 18

2009:
-graduating from high school
-moving to Montana
-enrolling in Rocky Mountain College
-turning 19
-beginning cross country at a higher competition level
-meeting new people and not forgetting the ones Ive met

Overall the start of 2008 was pretty uneventful. It wasn't until I started talking to others and getting out of my shell that I discovered my personality is who I am and that if someone doesn't like how random I am then maybe they weren't really my friends to begin with. So thanks to those who helped with my discovery of that and HAPPY NEW YEAR!