lessons no more this summer

today brought an end to our softball lessons for the summer. we'll start back up again in january when anu and myself will be home for winter break. it was such a great summer doing these lessons. i hope it really takes off next; so much so that we might not need other jobs. we already have so many new ideas about different drills and more clinics. we'll know what to do next year to make it better and we'll be even more organized. this summer was a great starting point. it's cool to do something that you love doing while making money at it! it's a good feeling. i know that anu and i are super excited. you'll have to wait until then to hear more about it. cross your fingers!

i do

today i went to a wedding. one of my high school coaches got married. it was a very lovely wedding. some tears and some laughs. the bride looked so beautiful. i've been very fortunate to go to some great weddings in my life quite recently, my sister and my cousin. both of which were wonderfully amazing and i got me to part of the bridal party in each. weddings are definitely a lot of fun. i hope the reception went well today for suzanne and erich. congrats to both and i wish them luck on their new adventure.

count down to school..... one week!!! yikes!

and then there were 11

the count down has begun. only 11 more days before i'm back at trinity. i can't believe my summer vacation is over. 4 months. it flew by. next summer i have to be way more organized so i can accomplish all the things that i didn't get to do this summer. i have mixed feelings about going back to school. i definitely want to see all my friends and start playing softball again. but i really don't like doing all the kinds of work that we have to do like writing long papers and reading a lot. but i'm sure once i get there, all will be great. one of my roommates is already at school since she is working orientation week. after talking to her i definitely got more excited to go back. all next week will be spent saying good bye to people, picking up anything else i need for school, and just doing as many last minute things that i can do! thanks to grandpa i can now check off one thing one my list.... getting the scrapes on my car painted over. it looks great. thanks so much grandpa!!!!

time for a nap

man do my feet hurt. this week i had another camp to run on top of running softball lessons and a hitting clinic. i'm wiped. the camp was a lot of fun. i got really close to all the counselors (i think we're even going to have a staff party that will hopefully be an annual thing!). my team had some really great kids on it. it was def a lot of fun. i love that i'm so busy with the softball lessons. it's great to see the kids improve, and get some extra cash. the hitting clinic was a great success! the girls really seemed to like it and hopefully we'll have an even bigger turn out in the winter and next summer. it's some pretty exciting stuff. well now the week is over and i still have one more lesson tonight. my bones hurt. this weekend i will definitely sleep a lot.

we've taken the next step

so now my private softball lessons have worked themselves up to a softball clinic. that's right. next tuesday and thursday my friend anu and i are holding clinics for some of the girls on the local travel teams. it's so awesome. we've already gotten some responses back saying that the parents want their girls to come. we're really heading in the direction of a real business. it's so exciting. it's a lot of fun and we make money. it's a win win situation. well keep your fingers crossed and i'll keep you updated as to how the clinics went. it should be a lot of fun!

things to do before i go back to school...

• car check up

• wash inside and outside of car

• paint the side of my car

• get new flip flops

• finish latch hook rug 

• save up money

• play softball

• lift and condition

• college shopping

• fun shopping

• sleep

• go to mountain creek

• go to the beach at least one more time

i have to be very productive this month. no more 'nothing' days.

too little time

it's august already!!!!! ahhh. where did my summer go? now i have to start thinking about going back to school. yuck. i wish i had even more time to do....oh i don't know what i want to do but i know i don't want to have to go write papers and read lots of books again. but i guess i have to get over that and actually start worrying about school. hopefully i will be able to fit in a couple of days up state new york with frampa frampa. august also means that my cousin alex will be moving. very sad but i wish her the best of luck with whatever comes her way when she is out there ( and to stephen too!) oh august, must you come so quickly?