beginnings and endings

Life keeps moving on and I'm trying to stay up with it.  Our match against Anderson tomorrow has been bumped back to Wednesday which means I'll miss even more classes I can't really afford to miss.  It stinks.  Everyone else seems so happy about missing class and missing on the opportunity to take advantage of what they are paying for.  

I received my budget for Honduras and it seems very reasonable so I am ready to start raising money.  I talked to my professor and he said I should invest in an external hard drive and more cf cards which will be even more money.  Maybe I can get the hard drive for my birthday which is coming up.  I'll need a pretty big one so I doubt it will be in the birthday price range but who knows.  

I've been watching too many movies but I've noticed a trend.  They sucker you in for a happy ending.  Actually I've noticed this for a while but I'm just sharing my observations.  A lot of people think they can't have a happy ending but that's simply because they are afraid of believing they can get what is truly best for them.  Of course it may not be exactly like in the movies, but if you can get past the little (and occasionally large) things that get in your way, then you can find any kind of happy ending you want!  I'm still trying to decide what kind of happy endings I want.

wait for it...

To want something that you aren't sure is the best thing for you is a terrible feeling.  You want it so bad but it could be worse if you got it.  

Focusing on other things works for a while unless everything reminds you of it.  So yes I'll admit it, I have it bad or maybe I'm just getting desperate.  But at any rate I will wait because no matter how close I may come, I know I can never settle.

growing pains

Today, I filmed for my music video for Cole's class.  I'm using the song Everybody Dance Now and basically makes fun of dancing because no one can dance in the video.  It is going to turn out well EXCEPT as luck would have it something is wrong with the camera.  Hopefully it's the camera and not the tape because I would hate to reshoot it because I got some great footage.  

Practice became a frustration test for Cameron today and for understandable reasons.  We had to hit 100 balls in a row and her partner was Andrea.  Cameron was working hard and Andrea was slacking and hitting hard shots which is something you do not want to do when trying to reach 100.  Well everyone finished in about 30 minutes and Cameron and Andrea hadn't got past 50.  I might add here that Cameron was originally my partner and we got to 57 on the second ball.  So Cameron got very upset and was crying from frustration and Andrea just laughed it off.  But she does with everything so who knows.

I also talked to coach about money for next year and he was planning on giving me my scholarship money even though I wasn't going to be here in the fall so that was exciting because I can put that money towards Italy.  Unfortunately I am still a few thousand dollars short.

It seems I have been so busy the past few weeks and it's starting to take its toll.  I haven't gotten much sleep this week but even though I am exhausted, I still can't sleep at night.  That makes me even more tired.  But I'll manage.

I also interviewed a wedding photographer yesterday.  He was super cool even though I only talked to him over the phone. He was really nice and answered all my questions in detail.  I think my people skills are starting to slowly escalate because today I talked to some people I didn't know.  One guy gave me a hug which was awkward because I don't like being touched by strangers.  I have a very large personal space bubble.  But I guess that will have to shrink as my people skills grow now because if not they will be forced to when I go overseas.

a day late and a dollar short

Too much time has passed but the most recent news...I just got stung by a hornet that flew up my shirt sleeve (and yes I had on short sleeves) but don't worry I am ok and 5 seconds after I got stung I realized it was still in my shirt and I got it out before it stung me again.  Life is just getting too dangerous.

At the mall, we chased the kids away to get with the cow...

Easter break has come and gone all too quickly.  Amanda and Ashley came home with me.  We went shopping and I introduced them to Steve and Barry's the best store ever.  We also played some basketball and went to the driving range and watched some classic Disney movies.  And then we had to go back to school for practice.

boy did I have fun!

Now that I'm back at school, I have no life between homework and tennis gahhhh but why should I expect anything different?

By the way this post was meant for yesterday but due to technical difficulties...well at least it's here!

good news

Today, we had another tennis match.  A team we lost to last year, but this year we beat them!!  It was supposed to rain a lot today (which it did) so we only played until the match was decided.  I played six.  Everyone won except the number 2 spot.  I was still playing and they were all finished.  I won the first set 6-4 and lost the second in a tiebreaker. Since the match was not yet decided, I had to play out the third set which I won 6-2.  I was very pleased with myself thank you :)

More good news...

I got the internship I applied for so I'll be in Honduras this summer!!  I'll be down there in May, June, and probably some of July.  Last year, an intern went around to all the sites and updated information on the people staying there and the area.  I'll be taking pictures to go with that information.  I'm super excited.

I also talked to financial aid about Italy.  I will still get all my scholarship money and not pay anything here.  So I will only pay whatever the scholarship money doesn't cover overseas.  Of course I will be broke but I think it will totally be worth it because if I don't go now, I probably will never go.  I mean when I graduate I'll start working which probably won't be overseas so who knows.  

Even more good news...

I finished my first flash ad yesterday which I am very proud of and as soon as I can get back in the mac lab later next week I will try and post it along with a documentary I made for class.  I am very pleased with the result and extremely happy with it.

Ahhh What a great few days!!  :)

ramblings

So for journalism class, we have to do an interview.  A professional interview with someone in the career field we want to be in.  I want to write for a magazine but there aren't really any magazines around here.  My professor said that there was one in boone and he gave me his name but when I looked him up it said he was the editor of the newspaper.  We have to decide on who we are going to interview by tomorrow but I just don't know.  I might interview the photographer who did Jennifer's wedding because he owns his own photography business.  The classes I've taken with Biddix I love.  Almost more than writing so I thought about having my own photography and design business.  But I still want to write.  

To think I used to have no clue what I wanted to do with my life and now I have too many options.

I also talked to financial aid about going to Italy yesterday.  I get all the scholarships except possibly tennis to pay for Italy but it won't fully cover the cost.  But I think I want to do it anyway.  I'm just ready to graduate.  I wish I could finish this December.

the fall

Yay!! The Fall 2008 course list for the Italian photography school has been posted!!  Unfortunately, one of my friends said they asked about going abroad and was told the college wouldn't pay because you have to be an international relations major or minor.  They better pay cause that's dumb.

That's about the only exciting thing.  I mean I'm getting ready to get overloaded with work and tennis but until then I'll take advantage of the free time I do have :)

back to school

Spring Break is over.  Officially today because we had practice...for two and forty-five minutes.  Luckily I ran a lot yesterday and was really sore today and by lucky I mean...

I am not looking forward to this week.  After having time off, it is always hard for me to get back on track and get going again.  Especially since I did absolutely no homework whatsoever over break.  I'm already behind because I remembered we have a test in one class that I haven't read for yet so I'll be doing that tomorrow.

The deep wisdom of the day - A perfect high five!!

So I learned that the trick to giving a perfect high five is to look at the other persons elbow (on the arm they are giving a high five to) and you will never miss.  Try doing it 10 times in a row and you won't miss!

dial-up and news

So I'm at home on dial up so I'm going to keep this short and I'll elaborate more later when it won't take as long to upload.

Good news on the internship. I received an email that said they hadn't forgot about me which I was beginning to wonder. I have to talk to the guy who is in charge of the South and or Central America - I can't really remember which but they didn't say for sure I got the internship so I don't know. But I guess that means I'm at least one step closer.

That's pretty much everything that has happened here. Other than the high school athletic trainer committed suicide because he was having an affair with a girl on the high school basketball team. When will people use their minds rather than their emotions??

I just don't understand how people can think life is so bad they don't want to live anymore and make the people around them so unhappy. I'm pretty sure I'll probably never understand since I'm with Jesus :)

Relaxation and Worry Free

Spring Break is finally here!!  

Unfortunately I didn't get to post the past couple days because I've been so busy.  Sunday the weather was so beautiful that Cam and I went on a walk and took pictures for about 3 hours then went to practice and the tennis house after to make dessert.  

Yesterday, I had a tennis match and lost (8-3 doubles and 6-3, 6-1).  I played well so I was happy.  Although I seemed to have difficulty getting my second serve in.  We got back to school around 11 which wasn't too late.

I came to spend break with Amy.  I have already eaten too many unhealthy things but today is my complete day off of everything.  I accomplished absolutely nothing and it felt so good.  I didn't get in until about 12 and I got to bed around 1:30.  I woke up at 5:30 to cook breakfast for amy and then I stayed up until about 7 when she left.  I went back to bed and slept until 11.  

I started watching Chuck.  I love that show.  As I watch it, I couldn't imaging living a completely different life and not being able to share it with my family and friends.  I mean, I do tend to keep many thoughts and feelings to myself but lately, I have been trying to work on that.  

A couple weeks ago I applied for a photography internship position at a missions organization.  They told me they would email or call me in two weeks whether I got the position or not.  They haven't called and it has been two weeks so I am starting to think I didn't get it.  I am surprisingly not too stressed over it even though I have to get an internship this summer.

Maybe I am finally learning to trust God with my future plans rather than trying to do everything I want.

Another Three Setter

Today is the first day of my spring break and I had a tennis match against Queens.  The bus driver took forever getting there and we arrived late.  They added a new rule this year for teams arriving late.  We lost the coin toss in singles as well as starting 0-1 in singles.  We won two of the doubles.  Ashley and I won 8-1.  

The girl I played in singles somehow improved leaps and bounds after her doubles match.  She was a different player practically.  I was down 4-1 in the first set but managed to come back to 6-5 but at 6-6, we played a tiebreaker.  I lost 7-3 in the breaker.  Coach came over and gave me some advice and I dominated the second set 6-3.  The match was already decided so I had to play a 10 point tiebreaker to determine the third set.  I won 10-4!  I apparently hit some amazing backhands because coach said a couple of them probably would have gotten past him.

This is the second third set tiebreaker I've played this season.

I am 2-0 in the conference and 3-6 overall.  

Monday, we play at Limestone.