best weekend ever!

this weekend was AWESOME! friday night i went to the spice girls concert with a bunch of friends from school. it was amazing. i got to relive my childhood. soooooooo much fun!!!! it was great, we all dressed up like one of the spice girls and it was just so much fun. then on saturday.....it was my birthday!!!!!!!!!!  and of course my dad's birthday too!!!!!!!! i had a softball scrimmage in the morning versus wesleyan, which my best friend anu plays on. it was a lot of fun. it was the first time i played a real game in a long time. then after the game my parents took anu and me to the mall and then to our friends, margie and jeff's, house. we had an amazing dinner and awesome angel food cake. it was great. i got back to school at 11:30 and passed out because i was so tired. it was a great weekend. spice girls, birthdays, parents, anu, angel food cake.....it couldn't have been any better. i'm 19 now and ready for an awesome 19th year of life!

not again!

IT'S SNOWING AGAIN!!!!!! so much snow. today i had 7:45 am practice (yes that was lots of fun) and i look outside the window and there are already 2 inches on the ground. and it hasn't let up at all yet. not cool. i'm definitely tired of the snow right now and it makes moving about the campus much more difficult. yucky, yucky, yucky! where's spring???? well it looks like i'm going to have a white birthday this year. and this better not interfere with my plans tonight...that's right i'm going to the spice girls reunion concert tonight for my friend's birthday!! can't wait i'll let you know how the weekend goes....it should be an awesome one! have a lovely, snowy weekend everyone!

movie date

on valentine's day i did end up going to go see step up 2. i went with two of my girl friends and the theatre was sooooo packed that we had to sit in the very front row. but even with a broken neck, the movie was SO good. i guess most of my readers probably wouldn't like it, but i loved it. i love movies or anything that has to do with dancing, and the dancing in this movie was amazing. it wasn't as good as the first step up but i thoroughly enjoyed it. it was a great way to spend valentine's day with some of my friends. and it's always thrilling to get off campus since it doesn't happen very often. 

softball update: third practice today. no word about cuts or anything so i'm thinking that this is team, which is quite exciting. it's going pretty well and i'm really enjoying it. although, today i offered to catch for a pitcher one a week, oops. i've never caught in my life. not even standing up, so i hope that i do alright. oh well. 

one down, lots to go

practice one is officially over. it went off pretty much without a hitch. the nerves are almost all gone by now and i'm really looking forward to the season. i think that i did pretty well tonight so i'm just hoping to keep improving and i'm going to keep working hard. we hit live hitting, ran a lot, and did some field work. i felt good about most of the different drills that we did. it's a lot. i'm sore and definitely tired but i think this is a start of something that is going to be an awesome experience. as i said, this blog has now turned into a blog about softball so if you keep reading, thank you! if not i understand. 

also as a side note: i played one set in my tennis class and won 6-2. it was nice. i felt good. anyways have a splendid weekend. i have two 9 am practices to look forward to. yay go bantams!!!

happy v day!

happy valentine's day everyone! hopefully everyone got some candy or a little something today. i will be spending my day with my girl friends and probably going to go see a movie. no dates. that's the rule. : ) have a great day everyone, spend it with someone you love!

the first of the last

alright. it's over. the off season has officially ended. i just walked into my dorm after our last off season practice. tomorrow is testing and friday is first day of tryouts. can't believe it's here. softball has been a part of my life for so long and friday i'm about to start my first day of the last four years that i play competitive softball. yes, yes, there may be work games and arch games that i play in but this is the last four years i have to play competitive fastpitch softball. holy cow. i'm very nervous but i'm hoping for the best. 4 years. i better make the best of it. alright that's it for today, i'm going to go some more push ups for tomorrow.

i had my tennis class today. it's going really well and i'm having a lot of fun. i think i'm also improving too. today, as we normally do, we were warming up and i was warming up along side my friend. then in the middle of warm ups the teacher asked if me and my partner would move to the next court. he moved me up! today i played on a court with three guys who are definitely the best in the class. we played a game called king of the court and i definitely held my own. it was a really cool feeling because it definitely means that i'm getting better at tennis. i just hope i can keep it up!

p.s. softball countdown: 4 days!!!!!!

get the popcorn ready!

 i just saw the movie "lars and the real girl" yesterday at my campus theatre. it was a really good movie. i had never even heard of it but our friends margie and jeff said they were going to it so i joined them for what turned out to be a really good movie. it's about a man who buys an anatomical women and thinks she's real and how he and his family deal with it. it's very cute, a little sad, and pretty funny all the way around. it's not the best movie i've ever seen but i definitely would recommend for other people to see it. ryan gossling stars in it and he's really good. if you go see it tell me what you think! thanks margie and jeff for a great night out!

8 days and counting!

i just had my first softball meeting with the team and coaches and everyone. it made me really nervous but also really excited for the season. a little disclaimer: this blog will turn into a softball blog really soon. our season starts on the 15th. so soon. we got our practice uniforms today and our bat bags. they are both really cool. and we get our softball stuff washed for us but i'm so confused already as to what to do for the whole locker room and laundry thing. i'm sure i'll figure it out though. our coach is young and a girl. my teammates have said that she's really cool, i'm sure she can be intimidating so hopefully we'll make the best of it. it's going to be a lot and i'm really excited. 8 days. not too far away. like i said i'm sure i will talk about softball an awful lot on the blog now so you're just going to have to deal with it. wish me luck!!!!

birthday bash #2!

another birthday shout out to sarah! happy birthday! i hope everything is going well for you, alan, and lucy! love you guys!

cup-o-joe? i don't think so!

i just enjoyed a great cup of tea. reading for class late at night and a cup of tea just tops it off perfectly. i never started drinking tea until college when my roommate turned me onto it. i like chai tea with a little bit of skim milk. perfect. i know that my sister elizabeth is also starting to get into tea and i thoroughly encourage it and anyone else too. i don't like coffee at all so tea is a nice boost of energy. and drinking hot chocolate isn't the healthiest thing that i can be doing. i haven't expanded the kinds of tea that i drink but i definitely want to. if you have any suggestions just leave a comment. keep drinking tea: it's warm, caffeinated and good for you too! 

charlie bit my finger

i just thought this was very cute and funny. hopefully you enjoy it as much as i did!

(if the link doesn't work just go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM)

the weekend

i went to wesleyan this weekend to visit my best friend anu. we had a lot of fun. we were catching up and just hanging out. so much fun!

and wow the giants won the superbowl!! who would have thought? good job eli and the rest of the team!

it was a rough weekend as well but i want to say that i have a great relationship with my parents and siblings and i want to say how thankful i am to have them in my life and i love them all so much.

shh don't tell anyone

we got a dog! but shhhhhh it's a secret. a friend of mine down the hall got a puppy for her room. it's sooooooooooooo cute. his name is winston. i love him. he's the cutest. he's all of 8 inches long and weighs maybe about an ounce. i love him. but no one is really allowed to know because you're not allowed to have pets in the dorm. but it's just so darn cute. when i get a picture of him i'll post it. it makes me want to get a dog. and being our dog of choice in this family i think i would want to get a dachshund. i think i'll take a trip to the pet store today......