junior year....gone

tomorrow signifies three weeks until the last day of classes!!!! the last day of classes as a junior!!! omg, where has the time gone??? i feel like there is so much left to do this semester: papers, research projects, exams. but only three weeks and then i'm a rising senior. that's almost hard to comprehend!!! the last three years have flown by. oi. may 14th and i'm heading back home after finals. some scary stuff, but also a lot of fun! this semester has been kicking my butt but just three more weeks or hard work and then the fun of summer can finally sink in!

7 and 7

whew! things at school have been ultraly busy!!!

well another spring training has come and gone, only one more left! it was tons of fun, as usual. unfortunately the softball wasn't great. we ended the week 4 and 7 but we're excited about the promise that the team showed (and a special thanks to grandma and grandpa for coming out to support!!!!!). i think we can definitely do better and we proved that some this past weekend. we swept bates! great wins for trinity; bates is a big nescac school that knocked us out of the tournament last year so it was good to get some revenge. my old softball coach came up on friday to watch me play. while he's seen me play hundreds of games he's never seen me play second base, dressed in blue and gold, wearing number 17. that was a lot of fun. especially since the weather was sooooo nice this weekend! i got super burned on saturday. saturday night i went out to dinner with my parents and roommates and then my parents came over for a lovely easter brunch. one of my roommates made eggs benedict, they were delicious!! then i spent the rest of the day on the quad enjoying the summer-like weather. the rest of the day was spent on work. LOTS of work that i have to do. i've had work almost non-stop since being home from spring break. and i might add it's april already!! only a month and a half left of school, where does the time go??!?!?!?!

busy as a bee

after being in australia for so long, i forgot what it's like to be super busy with work and softball and friends. it's definitely a lot on my plate right now. but enough to keep me working hard and not too much that i'm freaking out all the time. so that's definitely a good thing. it's nice to stay busy. some days are longer than others but i just take in stride. and this weekend my best friend jenna from australia is coming for a visit! it's her birthday on saturday (which seems to be the same day as someone else's birthday.....hmmmmmm!) so it should be a lot of fun to have her around. then one more week with two papers and an exam and then i'm off to florida for spring training!!! yay!!!! definitely a high light of the year! well speaking of busy, i better get to class!!

woot woot part 2

pics from my 21st!!!

not again

a week ago i got my car broken into (for the second time) and my whole purse was stolen. yes i'm a FOOL for leaving my purse in my car especially in hartford. but i was actually mentoring which only lasts an hour and it's in the middle of the day and i parked right in front of the elementary school so i figured not too much could go wrong, well i was wrong alright. for about a day and half i was absolutely furious. i went back and forth between being totally upset and totally horrified and totally angry at whoever thought they needed to break into my car. but getting some good words of advice from my parents, especially my dad, i just realize how lucky i truly am. within a week i haven't basically everything of importance replaced except for my license which should be on it's way soon. while crappy things may happen here and there i really am grateful for all that i have. i have an amazing family and has supported me time and time again. i have good friends that helped me out if i needed some money or a trip to get my window replaced. i am fortunate enough to be able to afford to fix my car window and replace all my credit cards, license, and insurance cards. so i want to say thank you, especially to my parents, for putting up with me and guiding me through life. i really am lucky, we all are very lucky to have one another, and while i might have forgotten that for even a second, i know that the next obstacle life throws at me, my family has my back. and guess what? i got theirs!

something new

at school i get a little tired of just being an athlete. all my life sports have pretty much occupied my time. for a while i took jazz class, horse back riding lessons, went to art camp, went to oceanography camp, yet sports have stayed consistent in my life. i do love them and i'm pretty good at them, definitely main reasons why they have stuck with me for so long. but every once and a while i get bored of just being the athlete. so in the past, i've tried to do things that branch out a little, and community service and volunteering are some of the things i like to do. this semester i have signed up to be a mentor of a 5th grader at a near by elementary school. i've only been once but it was amazing! we're called mentors rather than tutors because we don't help the kids with homework, unless they ask us, we just spend an hour with them: talking, playing games, hanging out with other mentors and mentees. it's really cool. today i'm going again. my mentee's name is yanise. she's adorable. she's in 5th grade and is hispanic. she really likes that she gets to hang out with college kids. she gave me a big hug after only playing with her for an hour last week. but it made me feel so good. can't wait to see her again today! i definitely think i will stick to mentoring through the rest of my time at trinity.

21 woot woot

february 23rd is a good day. i get to celebrate my birthday along with many other people i know, most importantly my dad. you would thinking that sharing your birthday would be something to not like about your birthday. but for me it's always been awesome. it's a cool bond that my dad and i have. we get to share it together. yesterday i turned 21, soooooo old. it's crazy. nothing too big, dinner out in west hartford, ordered my first alcoholic beverage at a restaurant, and a yummy cake that my friend made (i will most certainly have to post a picture of it when it comes out because it was beautiful!). it was a good day all around. birthdays are fun!