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today was a great day for softball. we played two games versus wesleyan at home today starting at 12. after some tough plays and bounces that didn't quite go our way we ended up losing the first game. but we didn't quit there. the second game we won in the top of the 7th with a great catch in center field and then a throw home to throw out the runner from third who tagged up. what a great ending! my best friend anu plays for wesleyan so it was awesome to see her. she started pitching the second game. my third at bat against her, she hit me with the pitch. she actually hit me! it was quite funny. we exchanged glances, she said sorry, and then we both laughed. thankfully it didn't hurt at all. it was a great day that ended with a great win. this was our last regular season game. next weekend we have our nescac tournament play offs. should be exciting!

generation to generation

over the weekend i had to write a paper that was about my family and how my family has changed over generations. i talked about parent/child relationships, divorce, stepfamilies, and other personal topics. to write the paper i interviewed both of my grandfathers and my parents. i think the paper turned out really well. it was really cool though to get information, especially from my grandfathers, about their past. i heard just tidbits of stories and hopefully i can hear more along the way. my sister elizabeth is really getting into sharing stories and sharing pictures of our family members. i think that's awesome. i want to be able to tell my children all about my grandparents and all the stories that they once told me. these blogs are a great idea and hopefully you enjoy reading at least some of my stories! my ear is always ready to listen, so just let me know when you have a story!

1st spring weekend

what a weekend. in softball we played tufts, probably our number one competition. all we had to do was win one game this weekend against them to secure a place in the tournament. on friday we dropped the first game. not good. on saturday we lost the first game but we never gave up and won our second game on saturday. it was such a great way to end softball for this weekend. my third baseman/really good friend from my freshman year of softball/high school came to watch me play since she lived only 5 minutes away from tufts. my aunt joan also came. it was so great to see them. they are people who i don't get to see that often and it was great that they were there to support me and i loved being able to see them. but the weekend was hardly over. back at school was our spring weekend. things are a little crazier on campus during spring weekend. there was a famous rapper, dj unk, that was at one of our frat houses on saturday night. that was awesome. it was such a good party. then on sunday we had another rapper, common, come and play a concert in one of our quads at school. such a great day weather wise and the concert was really fun. my best friends anu and sean came up for the concert so that made it that much better. now it's sunday night at 11 pm and i'm absolutely exhausted. it was such a great weekend. i look forward to more of this warm weather and great softball. hopefully you had a good weekend too!

i hope i picked all the right ones....

i finally picked my classes this morning. it's a very interesting process here at trinity college. first the juniors pick classes then sophomores then freshman. then in each class it goes by last name when you can start registering for classes. s's got to go at 8 this morning. i got into 4 of the 5 classes that i wanted which is really cool. the classes that i'm taking are: Economics, Sociology, Child Development, Cultural Anthropolgy, and Cognitive Psychology. the one class that i didn't get that i wanted was Statistics, but i emailed the professor for that class and have been assigned to the waiting list. this is actually a pretty good schedule. i even took an early class so the latest that i will ever be in class is 2:30 which i really like a lot. that's what my schedule is like now, i like being done early with classes. so my schedule could change from now until next fall but as of right now that's what i'm taking. as you can see i've stuck to all the social sciences and humanities and just through in economics for the fun of it! hopefully i picked all the right ones....

where has all the time gone?

omg. i've been so busy lately. we're getting to the end of school, right near finals, plus i've got softball and we have play offs soon. so much stuff to do and not enough hours in the day. i've never spent so many hours in just a couple of days doing this much work. but i'm very excited about this weekend:

*we're playing tufts who is probably our number one competition. if we win at least one game against them this weekend we will be in the nescac play offs.

* this weekend is spring weekend at trinity. there will be many parties and concerts. dj unk is coming to dj one night at one of the frats, very excited for that. then on sunday jack's mannequin and common will be performing so i'm also excited about that.

*friday is my best friend anu's 19th birthday! yay! and anu and her boyfriend sean are coming to trinity on sunday to see the concert. i miss them!

it should be a very well deserved weekend after all the work that i've been doing lately. speaking of work i guess i better get back! enjoy the week!

idk

today i had a meeting with my advisor to figure out my schedule for next semester. we didn't get much accomplished. being at a liberal arts school is awesome and i love trinity but it really doesn't cater to the things that i want to do in life. wait, i'm not even exactly sure what i want to do, so that always makes things a little more challenging. do i want to teach? coach? go into sports management? a little of everything? ah. it's kind of scary that i don't know what i want to do or what classes i should take. since this was my freshman year i didn't really care what classes i took but next semester i'll be a sophomore and i really have to think about the classes i take. suggestions are appreciated! this weekend i'm going to take a long hard look into all the classes and see exactly what i want to do. hopefully i can at least try to figure something out. please tell me things get easier.....

mv for the summer

just a little while ago i was talking with some of my friends from school about martha's vineyard. we were trading stories back and forth and it always seemed that our childhood stories circled around the flying horses. the flying horses is the oldest carousel in the world. as you ride it and go around you have to get rings out of a ring arm and at the end you want to be left with the brass ring so you can win a free ride. as we talked about the ride my friend brought up a song called "flying horses" by dispatch. it's SUCH a good song and it's pretty cool how it talks about the flying horses. i loved the flying horses as a kid and i still love it now. i always think of my friend ali who used to go with me every year and my aunt joan who is a ring grabbing expert. she taught me all i know! so anyways if you too have been on the flying horses or just want to enjoy a good upbeat carefree song i would advise you all to download it. it's really catchy and i love how i can really relate to it. enjoy!

here's are some lyrics:

"then i went down to town

to my favorite merry-go-round

to the place where magic horses fly

and you seldom see a frown"

almost done

there is exactly one month of school left for me. on may 7th i will be taking my last exam and will be done with my freshman year of college. wow. kind of scary. i'm very excited for summer, the warm weather, and 4 whole months of no school. But already being done with my first year of college is scary. only three more years and i'm in the real world; even scarier. it's been a good ride so far. and with softball to occupy this next month i'm sure it'll be even better and will fly by without me even noticing. i'm having so much fun at college and learning a lot. it's been awesome so far. but not being a freshman is a weird idea for me right now. well cross your fingers for this next month. i'm sure it'll be a good one.

high school or college?

yesterday my high school softball team played their season opener. they won. congrats to all of them. i can't believe this really means i'm beyond high school and beyond that team. a little scary. i definitely miss it. i want to wish only the best of luck to all the players and coaches. i can't wait to see them play when i go home for summer vacation. i really miss all of them. although, college softball is putting up a pretty good fight. last night we played a double header. we lost our first game but we came back in the second game with some attitude. we won in the bottom of the 8th. it was a great and exciting game. this season should be a lot of fun. good luck to the cougars and the bantams. it was a good four years in high school and i hope the next four years are just as good.