My guys are goin to States!!!!

Exciting news ! My boys, the PH Men's Soccer Team (I managed soccer in high school) won on Wednesday in the Regional Semi-Final with a shutout I might add, and last night in one of the most nervewracking games I have ever been to, they won the Regional Championship, placing them as the No. 1 seed in the AAA State tournament and winning them home field advantage on Tuesday in the State Quarterfinal against Hickory High School. I am so proud of them and it is so cool to see some of these boys I knew as 8th graders on JV going to the state tournament.

Only 20 days until I go to Windy Gap and I am so excited!



This is the beautiful camp I get to spend a month at! I am really excited for fellowship and hanging out. More on this later.

A Teenager No More!!!

May 25th, 1989 I was born! Yesterday was my 20th birthday, which I realized was the first day of the 21st year of my life, weird. My family went to Kabuki for dinner.. amazing food I tell you.

Then I went to see my PH Soccer Boys play in the Regional Quarterfinal, my guys pulled out a win, the first Regional Quarterfinal win in PH history. They are so awesome they just amaze me. They play at home on Wednesday in the Semi-Final, if they win they play at home again on Friday in the Final and if they win thaatttttt they are in the State Tournament!! Their win was really the highlight of my birthday, seeing some of these guys play since they were 8th graders.

Also, I got my first flat tire yesterday when I went to work, even though I didn't realize it was flat, one of the members at the gym came in and said hey this car outside has a flat tire, low and behold it was my car. So now I'm getting two new tires put on my car.. whoooo.


25 days until I go to Windy Gap ! So excited!!!


For the record, Pineapple Express is hysterical.

Music.

I have always loved music, something I got from my Dad, who probably owned hundreds of records and cds in his lifetime. Some time ago I went down to his house just to check on things and I stumbled upon his CD collection and came back with a box full of awesome CDs, including old school Dave Matthews, and basically every Van Morrison CD ever. I think my Dad quite liked Van Morrison, and I love Van Morrison so I was excited to find those CDs. I unfortunately can't sing very well, even though I love to sing, it's not exactly horrible but let's just say I won't be singing on American Idol anytime in the future.

To reiterate the connection between my dad and music, for my 14th birthday I wanna say, he gave me this book which explains the lyrics to Lee Ann Womack's song "I Hope You Dance". Little did I know then the importance this book would play a year later when he passed away. I was fifteen years old and lost the most important person in my life. When making the funeral arrangements we couldn't think of who should say something at the funeral. My older sister Maygon said she wouldn't be able to make it through, so we got our cousin Krista to speak on her behalf. I had originally said there would be no way I could keep my composure. Well I found this book and started looking through it and knew I had to speak and even if I couldn't find my own words, the book had some for me. The book spelled out my Dad's dream for my life and how important that is to me!How I mustered the strength I am not exactly sure, but these were the excerpts I used.

" How many times have my wishes and my dreams and my prayers for you hidden beneath my breath? How many times have I looked at you, heart in throat, hands in pockets, a smile on my face, just wanting to say....
I Hope You Never Lose Your Sense of Wonder"

"Promise Me You'll Give Faith a Fighting Chance ...
A Promise is all about faith. A Promise is only as strong as your own faith in yourself, in your own god. So when you swear, in light of your strengths and in spite of your weaknesses, to struggle and follow through, you are doing a beautiful thing."

"Living Might Mean Taking Chances But They're Worth Taking ..
Ask Eve. Evolve. Take a chance, take a ticket, take a fast train to the coast. No guts, no glory. Chance (n.): a coin with two sides that one tosses in the air as many times as one wants. The odds remain the same.
It's risky breathing, let alone needing, trusting, reaching out. Life is the leap of faith, the bold declaration of Hope.

This one was the most meaningful to me at the time....

"Give The Heavens Above More Than Just a Passing Glance...
Heaven (n.): (1) a place somehow high above the clouds, yet deep inside your sould; (2) a place of complete peace, of utter and total happiness; (3) a place that is greater than the sum of everything you will ever be or could ever imagine to be; (4) a place that we all want to get to, but just not yet.... No, Not Yet."

Those four lines of the spoke said so much and the song still means a lot to me.

I love listening to music. I love finding a song that feels like it applies directly to how you are feeling at the time. I love how songs can make you feel happy or sad (in a good way), it really is an art how music writers can make something that can speak to everyone. I mean music has been around for forever so obviously it is pretty important right? My playlist has some of my favorite songs, along with some new songs I've fallen in love with thanks to my new best friend, Pandora. All I do is give her a song title or an artist's name and she makes me a playlist. What an awesome friend she has proven to be haha. I have discovered some awesome songs thanks to Pandora.


Those are my musings for the day. Have a great weekend !

Better Late Then Never

Wow... It's been a while hasn't it..

I've decided to kind of revamp how I blog. i.e. more often and better haha.

Last weekend my sister graduated from CNU along with my biggie and my grandbig :( I'm so sad they won't be there next year.

The semester ended and that's basically all I have to say about that. I was really overwhelmed this semester with everything so I'm glad it is over. I've been home a week and a half and I am already getting bored. I have been working at Katie's Ice Cream and the RAC again but I don't really have that many hours so I'm getting tired of being in Roanoke already.

I have less than a month until I go to Windy Gap and I am sooo excited ! I will be working in the snack shack for four weeks, and guess what my fellow Sippie (as we're called) is a Phi Mu from Kennessaw, how awesome is that!?! The month really will be an awesome one and a very nice break from Roanoke.

BIG NEWS.. I have kind of changed my life plan around some. I have decided not to pursue the 5 year MAT program at CNU anymore. If I wanted to complete it I would have a loaded Junior and Senior year and I would just be extremely stressed out.. soo what I am gonna do now is take 5 classes and a lab this semester, 5 classes next semester, a few summer classes next summer and Senior year all I have to do is take 4 classes and a lab each semester. My goal is to get really good grades, kick butt on the GRE and I'm gonna apply to some MAT programs including one at UVA, Vandy, JMU, Tech, VCU.. I am really excited about this change because also it brings a new kind of stress to my life, it relieves a lot of stress from my life. UVA has been my dream since I was little so that is my number one choice.

I finally got to meet baby Charley Dowdy and she is just adorable. Sam is still my precious baby he was two years ago during soccer season.

I am tired and this is getting long so I'll update more tomorrow.