All the girls and the boys/the people makin' noise/just let me hear you shout/bring 'em out! bring 'em out!

So today was, umm...interesting. How many posts do I start that way? Too many to count I guess. My wrist is on ice again but today is worse than usual, and I only scored five points during my match, all in the last four holes. I can't chip for anything, and I'm missing putts less than (and definitely more than) two feet out. So I was still #5 on the team today, but that's just because I got lucky after Tuesday's match (translation: other people sucked worse than me). So I'm looking down the line as we get in order for introductions. Each team lines us across from each other, and I'm counting down the row to see who I'm partnered with - does she look nice, good, bad, happy, upset, etc. One, two, three, four, fi-oh crap.....Katya Case.

This is only one of the best girls in the state.

Tell me again how I got paired with her???? I've heard from everyone on my team who's played with her that she is very good, and very intimidating, also not very nice. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but the butterflies in my stomach suddenly started breeding and breaking forth from their cocoons all at once. I didn't score any points my first five holes. none at all.

BUT, I just found out that I can golf my home course for free any time during season, no catch. So Dad and I are going out Saturday, and probably a cousin too who loves golf. We're gonna get there like an hour early and just chip and putt on the practice green for a looooong time. I need it. I sure wish I knew what was wrong....

I also got a new driver. *big cheesy grin* *big smile* It's a Callaway..... ;) :) ;) :) :P :-) ;) ;P ;-)
My cousin gets all these weird trading deals on golf clubs quite often, and I guess he managed to sneak a Callaway Great Big Bertha Warbird into the most recent batch. *wink* It's a lot smaller than mine, but that means that I can swing it faster so the ball will go farther. and hopefully straighter since...never mind, it's kind of complicated. anyway, it may be better, so I'm gonna try it out on Saturday. It will be really nice to just golf for fun again.



Sorry I haven't been on at all lately guys!! You all know I've never played sports before, so life is kind of upside-down lately, doing school, piano, chores, golf, home for dinner and then a tiny bit of relaxing before bed. This is really my life right now. I just haven't been on late like normal, because I know I need my sleep since I'm getting up earlier than I'm used to. Lots of good stuff has been happening though. Please keep praying for the India trip - the information meetings are this weekend and next weekend, and I'm not sure which one my aunt is planning on going to, but I've recently had some confirmation from another Christian who also feels that I'm called to go this year. I'm soooo excited to go back, and I personally would really like it to be this coming January! but I'm trying to want God's will more (if you've ever tried it, it can be really hard!)

I know why I like my coach so much. He totally is the same as my dad. exactly. they click together pretty well too, but I know exactly how he's working, because I'm so used to it with my dad. He's a cool guy - teaches Civics to Sophomores. He reads contemporary lit. (really likes Fahrenheit 451, lol Sam), listens to talk radio and lives for sports. He used to teach the JV boys baseball team for the high school, but he likes football even more. and golf of course. He's been married about a year....he's just really neat. Today after the match we each gave a little treat bag to someone who's name we had drawn on Tuesday, and yesterday it dawned on me that no one had done anything for our coach, so I threw something together, and added this really silly poem about golf, as a thank you. He smiled - he's not the kind of person to get really excited (neither's my dad, ha-ha), but he smiled, and I happen to know that he was really ticked at the time at our whole team for playing about as lousy as me, so getting a smile made me happy. Oh, are we gonna catch it tomorrow though......

I'll shut up and stop talking about golf now. But I want to tell you guys what my life has been doing lately, and that's basically it. Oh, I started piano lessons though!!! after summer break I mean. I play about two pages of Claire de Lune and she's like "that's good, now look at this..." She says I'm ready for constructive criticism. I wish I wasn't, but apparently I am. Anyway, she pointed out some really good stuff I completely missed (funny how that works, no?), and we're also doing the cannibal song from Pirates 2!!!! It's SO hard to do the beat ONE and two AND three AND four and, over and over again, trying to do a tremolo in the right hand. Perhaps, I just can't play? naw.... Also picked my recital song for next year. I guess I'm to the stage where I have to pick my songs and work on them for like eight months so they're ready in time. We're doing Tarantella, which is an amazingly cool piece that will be really fast when I'm finally done with it, next May or so.

We finished Tale of Two Cities yesterday, and as soon as mom closes the book we sit their looking at each other trying not to cry. Are we pathetic or what? But I really really really loved the ending, Lucy Manette notwithstanding. At first I'm like, oh, we're gonna drug Darnay and he can't go with any dignity? but of course he wouldn't have gone if he was awake, he's too much of a gentleman, so it was really the only way. And you can't help but fall in love with Carton just as much at the end....anyway, today we started the Scarlet Pimpernel, which I've really been looking forward to for a while. I hope it lives up to my expectations! I never knew it was written by a woman...





I could use some prayer right now. I don't really want to go into details, but part of my life could be kind of, changed, soon - hopefully for the better, but you know how much I love change (haha, NOT!) so it would just be another big difference and time-consuming thing that I would have to get used to. Life is busier than I thought it could be right now, mostly just because I haven't been talking or emailing or blogging lately so I feel a little disconnected from you guys. I'll try and be on when I can though. :) Miss you guys!!!