Stranded

On Thursday I flew down to California for my cousin's wedding. My brothers were already there. On the way home yesterday, we met my mom halfway in Dunsmiur at around 2, but then her car wouldn't start. We stayed at the gas station for about 2 hours while they tried to figure out what was wrong with it. It was also cold and raining. Andy was going to come rescue us and tow the car back. It would take him 4 or 5 hours to get there so we went to a shopping center with a movie theater and saw the movie Limitless. I don't recommend it. We tried to take our time and kill the time. We wandered around in Ray's and bought some applesauce for a while. The boys had their pillows with them rather than leaving them in the car so we sort of looked homeless. It was actually very funny. After that we went to the laundromat ("Launderland") and washed the pillows. We rather enjoyed ourselves there for a while and concluded the evening at Round Table Pizza. However we didn't end up leaving until after 9. We got home at about 3 AM this morning. I slept in but went to school at lunch so I could make it to my history class. :P It's a pain to make that class up. I'd rather not go on any more long car rides for a while...

Softball Updates/Injuries

The first softball game of the season is tomorrow. I'm a little nervous. I've never played in a varsity game before. I'm not sure what I'll be doing. I'm expecting second base or right field. The real first game was supposed to be last week but it was postponed to the 30th because of the weather. That was a JV game. There was also supposed to be a varsity game yesterday but it was also postponed to the 30th. It was really nice to have a break from it though this weekend. It was starting to mess up my body. My arms and back were getting really sore but they're fine now. They're going to decide where the game will be tomorrow morning. It should be a lot of fun! The team is really great and we're all very supportive of each other. I'll be in a JV game on Tuesday, too.
At the last practice, I was taking a grounder at shortstop and the ball bounced higher than I expected. It hit me right in the throat. It bounced off and I finished the play before proceeding to cry behind my mitt. :P I seem to be the most injury-prone person on the teams. Both teams for that matter. Early on in the practices, I took a line-drive to the forearm. Recently, I've gotten a bruised knee from sliding and a burn on my elbow from 'diving back to first' in the wrestling room. Gotta love softball.

Phone fail

I had a rather lovely evening tonight! Michael Jackson dance wii game...mini pizzas...the game of Real Life...Cuppa Yo...all very good things. A less good thing is that today at work I dropped my phone in a sink full of water. I took it apart a bit and let it sit in some rice for a few hours. It was still having issues but I let it sit for several more hours when all of the fun things were happening so now it's working fine. I feel like I really need to memorize some numbers now to save me some stress in the future. I've decided that after this season, I don't want to work up at the mountain again. I'd rather be somewhere closer and not so cold. I'm not sure if I'll be working during the summer or not. I'll probably be able to drive myself to a job by then. Summer is probably my favorite season. I'm really tired of the cold.

Boundaries

     Some things I've learned have really helped me understand people better. I've talked a bit about boundaries before but they are awesome. It's hard to get along with people who have different boundaries than you. I really like the analogy that your boundaries are your fence and your yard. Everything in that yard is yours. If someone dumps a bunch of trash over the fence, it's not yours. It's theirs. They may say they did it because you did something else, but it's still their trash. You can throw it back over, you can make the fence bigger and taller, and sometimes those people will no longer be welcome inside them. A lot of people don't like boundaries. Some don't know how to build that kind of fence or it's so tall and thick that they don't let anybody in. I'm sort of annoying myself with this fence analogy now... Slowly, I've been learning how to just let things go and say "whatever." I'm better off being happy with people who appreciate me than with people who don't. I'd rather do what is best for me.

Beiber Fever

I went to see JUSTIN BEIBER in 3D!!! yesterday. :) It took me and Taylor quite a while to convince Max to see it but it finally payed off. I actually quite enjoyed the movie! It was interesting, funny at times, and he's actually talented. There were only 3 guys in the theater--the other guy was someone's dad. I might just have to get the album now...
I asked for a bunch of days off from work today. During spring break I'll be playing a game with the varsity team and another with the JV team. I'm going to be a "swinger" because there aren't enough girls on the JV team. I'm primarily on varsity though. :) I hope more people come try out...I'm a little worried because I think playing on JV might get kind of frustrating... I'm very excited to start practices though. I just wish the snow would LEAVE. I really don't like playing softball in the cold. The other days off are because I'm going to California for my cousin's wedding! I'm so excited! I rather like weddings. :)