The Come Back

As you know I severed my ACL and tore my miniscus in two places, February 12th of this year. This is the story of the come back, you know when they start their sport again and no mine isnt the big story that is going to made into a movie but it is REALLY important to me. I love the way that my perserverence is finally paying off. I have been back, well like REALLY back in the gym for about a week now and I am getting alot stronger then I thought that I would so fast. I am really ready. My knee hurts, and aches alot after practicing for the two to three hours twice a week but it is just because it isnt used to it. I am excited to be doing bigger skills again and ready for the doctor to completely release me in Decemeber. ( much to my dismay, as I believe it should have been at my September 8th doctors appointment)! I am going to somewhat listen but I am going to start with skills that I know I can do!! My coach, Josh attended the appointment with me and knows what I can and cannot do and he is going to get me doing everything that he can that still fits my limits. I started bigger skills friday and I am making alot of progress. WHICH IS SUPPPEEEERRR, EXCITING! When you have been out as long as I have. I love gymnastics and I am sooo glad to be getting back into it :)

END OF YEAR!

I am getting what is known as END OF YEARITIS! I am tired of things but thankfully I should only have to take like one final! I am excited about some of it, and other part of the end of the year make me sad, and not want to move on! I have this thing that makes me happy that it is almost time SUMMER BREAK! And the project for English is gonna be fun with my group of girls! :) I am sad to see seniors like Jacob Merimee, Joseph Jojo Payne, Marley Edmonson, and Rachel Myers leave, and nervous about the 3 things we have coming up in the chorus! Senior Church service, Our spring concert, and graduation! :) I am mad about the next years schedule with my lack of chorus, and theory of knowledge making it! Some of my best memories of high school have been during junior year and with the seniors that are leavingg! I will miss all of you so much! :( and that I blogging, I have learned that this year and will maybe even continue it over the summer so keep checking it!!!

The many different hair styles of Jacob Merimee

 Throughout the last couple of months on weekends and at tennis matches, Breanna Jones, Morgan Nation, and I have succeeded in giving Jacob Merimee some of the most amazing hairstyles known to men's hair. Haha. We went to extremely deep thought in which of the following would be the most known at the end of the school year: Curly(Breanna), Straight (Sarah and Morgan), Pigtails (Morgan), Ponytail (Sarah), French Braided (Kim Phelps). Each of these were a lot of fun, and Jacob and his mother both found them slightly amusing and to quote Jacob himself, " I am truly gorgous!" Jacob has grown rather attached to his straight hair having worn it now for prom, and also for honors night! I believe that it may stay planted forever, haha. It was a lot of fun for all of the girls, and he is a good sport with each different hairstyle making it just the more fun!!!

The Graphic Arts Gang

Throughout the course of Junior Year, a tight knit group of friends has developed in my Graphic Arts Class. It mainly happened this way because we don’t like or much associate with the majority of the class. Chris Abell, Alissa Ramburger, Katelyn Hempel, and I have become really close discuss topics from break ups to prom, shopping to trucks, to car wrecks and girlfriends/boyfriends gone wrong. We have a bond that now Chris feels like makes him a little girly, and causes him to talk about awkward things haha. But we love it, and all of us now respect each other differently then before. The four of us are completely different personas, you have Katelyn who would be defined as: Shopaholic and crazy about dancing. Chris: on fire for God, and very much into music. Alissa: Loves acting, and made a heck of a Jew in the play Diary of Anne Frank. And Me. I don’t know what you would call me but Alissa defines it as: dedicated to a sport, and loud & talkative. We all have had our relationship ups and downs this year but the funniest comment about it was, “Alissa don’t be down, come on lets go shopping! Shopping fixes everything. Sell your necklaces that ex’s gave you to get money, and then go spend it on yourself!!” These were the wonderful words of wisdom from Miss Katelyn Hempel. We all burst into laughter and had a lot of fun this year! :)

Prom: Not just a Day but a whole Week! :)

PROM WEEK IS FINALLY HERE! AHHHH!!! We have a ton of stuff to be getting done, today I am getting my eyebrows done, and doing physical therapy. Tomorrow I am getting my finger nails done with Hannah Koller, Friday I am helping to decorate the house that we are hosting the dinner at (if we can arrive there with all the dang flooding) then physio, and SATURDAY man I might as well do PROM stuff ALL DAY LONG! I have my hair appointment at 10:30 with a good frend, make up after that with Miss Breanna Jones, Pics with the Johnson family and friends after that, then meeting with the dinner group for professional pictures (Patti's friend) at Hannahs at 4:30. dinner will proceed at around 6:30 and then to prom at 9! I cannot wait! Justin will be picking his tux up whenever they call and getting his car all tidied up and wahsed off! I think that honestly there is WAY TO MUCH pressure put down about PROM! But at the same time you got to love it :)

My Random Day

Today I am just gonna write about the random stuff. I am about sick and tired of this rain. Last night I thought that Matt Leonard, Jacob Merimee, and I were gonna die driving that 4 miles between Mcdonalds and JMer's house. We hung out and sang awesome harmonies. I am super sore from physio and have it again today. My mom and I are about flowered out after making 5 sets of corsages and boutinears and having two more to go before prom! Owensboro's prom is tonight and I am coming to take pictures with my best friend, Tierney. I also thought I should tell you I cannot wait to get my prom stuff with Breanna Lindsey Jones. I am getting my nails done on Wednesday, and I am getting my eye brows done!

Physical Therapy

So physical therapy. There have been so many questions about it that I am going to blog about it. Well lets go about it this way.

Why? -- To fix my knee to be as strong as it was
How? -- Hard work
When? -- Twice a week after school or before school
Where? -- OSMO (Orthopedics and Sports Medicine of Owensboro) 
What? -- Strengthening, stretching, and balance excerises

I have been asked many times, Do you like it?
  The answer is yes, yes I do. It is the closest thing that I have to doing gymnastics, with conditioning and hard work outs that make me sweat it makes me feel as if I am still furthering my gymnastics career and I thoroughly enjoy it even though I often get frustrated. The people are very nice, and most of them seem to genuinely care about what I am doing. I have three main physios plus a couple that I have had randomly. Their names are Mary Beth- she is the one that is the oldest and in charge, I love her and she is the hardest on me, making me believe that I can do anything again. Brittany- former gymnast, helps me to get all of my  balance back in my core, and my leg, she knows what it takes to be that good. Danja- A.K.A Dana but she is very tall and really stretches me alot when I have her... she almost shot me through the roof the other day with a stretch that hurt extremely bad haha. But it is all gonna be worth it the first day that I can go back to gymnastics.

PROM

So I think that I have decided that PROM is sooo stressful, for what like 4 hours? The dress, the hair, the make-up, the shoes, the jewelry, the date, the tux, the transportation, what to do before & after, and what to say when you get asked by someone that you dont want to go with, I mean geeze, who comes up with a high school dance that is this stressful. I mean seriously who has this type of money to spend, expensive dress ($200ish) , nails ($30), hair ($50) , new shoes ($30), jewelry (who knows), tickets ($17) and so on.... Since it's just my junior year I am not going all out this time, but something else that I have to worry about and that makes things more stressful is that i am going to 2!!! Yep, 2 proms! Daviess County's (this weekend, April 16) and Apollo's (a long way away still, May 7) I am sooo excited I have two dresses (a baby blue one with spaghetti straps, and a red strapless one), and two dates (Justin Miller, and Shon Smith)and the whole thing is gonna be a trip! :) More to come later on!

Spring Break Buddies

This year for spring break we did not go anywhere other then the UK visit on Tuesday. Me and a group of seniors and a few juniors that did not travel this Spring Break had a mission to do everything that there is for a teenager to do in Owensboro over the break. We did a good job trying to accomplish this, as to the fact that we did something together every single day. Monday- movie & lunch at JoJo's house -- moving to a game night at my house, Tuesday- UK visit, Wednesday- get together at my house, which led to going out to eat, and to Walmart. Thursday- Mini golf and going to Arbys after, then moving on to my house again. Friday-- mall & Jojo's and Ceci's house which was fun, then Saturday-- bon fire at hannahs!! Sunday-- Jacob came over and we had a homework party. Lastly also I threw work, and physical therapy in there also! AWESOME SPRING BREAK! :)

Blog 4 on Faith: A big leap

Our newest youth director seems to try to help us, and it just does not seem to be working. So I am going to take a big leap of Faith and try to help him. Sometimes it is obvious that people are nervous, or not comfortable in a given situation. I am going to speak with him about how I can help and why maybe some of the kids in our Youth Group are not ready to accept a new person yet. They may have been attached to Adam, or they may have gotten through big obstacles with Adam. It has a lot to do with the fact that for three years he was an amazing person to talk to. So I am using this blog as a way to pray and say please god this is a huge step for me to make to try to make peace. Help me to have your words to know what to say to him and not to make him feel bad about what he is trying to do.

Blog 3 On Faith

Though people can help you along the way on your Faith journey, ultimately it is you that has to make the commitment. This commitment is hard for many people because of things that they cannot see. I don't think that it is the not seeing God thing that bothers me. The problem I have is with how the bible differs from the original texts, and how some of the original Gospels, and other books of the bible have been left out and discovered later. For example to me, It is interesting how the Gospel of Mark (the supposed first one to be written) does not include the Christmas story, or the birth of Jesus. That is okay, but I want to know where the other three Gospels found that information to just include in their stories. Some people say that the birth of Jesus is found in the mysterious "Q" Gospel. But I have trouble believing this, if there is this "Q" Gospel, where is it and why have we not found it over all these years. Faith is an ongoing battle, that I believe it is okay to question, because no body knows the answers and the more questions you ask maybe we will get closer to finding out what a true life in Christ is. All I know is that I am very curious about all these answers.

Blog 2 On Faith

Faith is a mystery really. You never know what you are going to do, or have done to you that is going to challege your faith! But Faith is kinda actually a little bazarre if you think about it you're believing in something that you have probably never seen or heard, something that they cannot prove is real. Though people say they have heard the voice of god, or seen miracles; there is always a part of me that wonders about things. Not saying I don't have any Faith because i do. But just saying that I ponder things that having Faith in seems so unrealistic. I believe that there are always points in life where we will struggle with faith or feel as if nothing is right, but those are the times that Faith is the most important. Also, there are those people that help you in your Faith. I would like to dedicate this to Adam Quine. This man was my former youth director and a pretty cool guy. He just seemed to have a way of saying things that made me understand, made it just a little clearer, now I don't know if this was because he was just a little older and still thought alot like a teenager. But I think that God was finding ways to speak to me through him, during times where Faith and all other things seemed hopeless he founds ways to break through the walls the way that I needed. I got through a lot of different battles with God, with letting out my feelings and emotions to him, the "safe adult" that most of those videos talk about. I think that God blessed me with such an amazing person in my life. He taught many things about COMMUNITY, LOVE, & the meaning of knowing yourself, not just for what you do. Also, he very much taught me that silence is just as important as what you say and do, just to think, meditate, and devote time for yourself, and for God. Music is another thing that he taught me to cherish, and a big part of my faith is present through songs i sing, and love. Thank you God, and Adam Quine for teaching me these things!

Blog 1 on Faith

Sometimes faith can be something very hard to come by, you know when life gets tough or when things seem inevitable. Today's blog -- times that I have had no faith and had a hard time with religion.

1. Anorexia -- This was a time that I struggled with the section of religion that lets us know that we are god's original masterpiece, he made us how he wanted us, and we don't need to be any certain way to fit into his kingdom because his love is unconditional.
2. Injury's (Knee and Back) -- What did I do to deserve this, How is this going to make me a stronger person, Where is this leading? All of these questions have run through my head throughout injuries because I do not understand how taking my dream away will end up correct for me. I have a hard time understanding God.
3. Our youth pastor leaving to go back to Seminary -- the Youth group I go to just in the last year lost the best youth director that anyone could ask for, and he was often the one that got my mind thinking and focusing on my religion, and after he left, I didn't focus on my daily devotionals and set aside moments of silence that I need to clear my head, and just focus are our father in heaven.

I learn at the end of most of these that there is a reason for all of it, and this is the times we must have faith the most, because he does have a plan.

Who am I?

Sometimes, I think that we are a little bit narrow minded, we can only see ourselves as one thing. But God wants us to realize that we have many talents that can be used for his glory, and many things that define who we are.

I am...

1. A gymnast (whether it be in heart or body)

2. A Christian.

3. A female.

4. Sarah Mary Louise Bowley.

5. An intelligent person.

6. A hardworker.

7. A leader.

8. A sister, and daughter.

9. A singer.

10. A Child of God.

Post Op Knee Surgery

The surgery went well, just as planned and i didn't really have all that much pain because of the timing of the pain killers. The only thing that hurt was moving it to go to the bathroom or anything like that, which the doctor said that he was very impressed by how high my pain tolerance was because not very many of his patients come out of the surgery room saying that there is nothing wrong the next day. I didn't feel much of anything. Also they did this really cool little thing which is called a nerve block which causes me not to feel much of anything for up to 24 hours afterwards, so that I can avoid major pain. This was a very wierd sensation, I didn't feel a thing like if someone touched my leg I didn't feel anything at all! It was kinda creepy actually to tell ya the truth. The other creepy thing is that I still don't have feeling in much of the skin on my shin! I think some of the nerve endings were damaged during surgery. All in all not as bad as I expected it to be!

Funny Comments on Loratab

-OMG My leg machine looks like a teddy bear.
-My leg has turned funny colors haha. :)
-Dr: Who is that boy Sarah is it your boyfriend?
 Sarah: No, haha it's my brother
 Dr: But you don't have a brother.
 Sarah: O, I meant it was my coach. His name is Josh.
 Dr: Okay coach, brother, are you sure he is not your boyfriend?
-There is a bandaid in a very unappropriate place!
-This machine is rather uncomfortable, it vibrates funny!
-NICEEEEE! (lots of giggling)
-I'm floating on clouds!
-Mom, I gotta go to the bathroom! Are you sure, because if I get the whole nursing team in here, all the visitors out, and then you don't have to, I will be extremely angry! haha.
-If there is a fight you better take it outside because this morphine makes me emotional and I will cry!
-I put a comment on a friends status, talking about how I hated being young and not being able to drive! I have been driving for over a year, and I have my full license haha! :P

KNEE SURGERY & Gymnastics

Tomorrow is my knee surgery! I am not looking forward to not being able to walk again, but I am looking forward to getting better and being able to do the physio and get back to gymnastics super duper fast! Well okay that may be an exaggeration because I know the next six months are not going to be a fun time at all, as well as the three months following that because of the way it will be so hard to get back into the sports day! Some people think that I am crazy, just today Luke asked me why I had not quit gymnastics yet, and his mother said I was "killing myself, and my aging would be really awesome" but I don't know, I just can let it go, I love it way to much! So be praying because nine months from now I am going to be back on the gym floor and better then ever.

FIVE THINGS I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT LIFE!

            A) I have learned that life can really stink sometimes, and we have to turn to our friends beside us to help us through it.

B) I have learned that God is going to be there throughout your entire life, and no matter how hard you try he will not leave your side.

C) I have learned that being a role model for others is just as important as having a role model to look up too.

D) I have learned that the moment you feel comfortable with your life, God will remind you that you are not in control.

E) I have learned that decisions you make really can affect the outcome of your future, whether they be in your education or social life.

Physical Therapy!

TODAY IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY. A MILE STONE IF YOU WILL!

TODAY is the day that I begin my PHYSICAL THERAPY! and the road to getting better, and being about to do gymnastics again! Only 162 more days til 6 Months will be up! :) Now I know thats a long time and I seem happy about it, but believe me that is just the face that I am putting on most of the time. Now at nights, and times when I have a long time to sit there and think.... well lets just say it's not to pretty! Today is a lot of things really: February 18th, 2011, a Pep Rally, Flex Friday, another day with my BEST FRIEND BREANNA! The beginning of the Quote Project, and a new vocabulary chapter, Chapter three in the spanish novel, and studying for a Biology Test. Rather actually to much homework!! :/ But none the less this is a day that I will never EVER forget!

Xray's and MRI's

Soooo............

Monday, I went to the ortho doctor to look at my knee, I had Xrays taken and they revealed good knews, NO BONE INJURIES! but then again, that also partly confirmed what we had already thought, it is a ligament injury which can be just as painful and time taking as the other, they believe my ACL has been ripped or torn all the way. Now it is Wednesday and I am going to the doctor at 4pm. I think I am having a MRI done today! :) The sooner this all is figured out, the surgery done, the rehab begun, then the sooner I will be better, and back to the gym.

Another thing that was very interesting about the trip to the orthopedic center, was how much I knew about the Xrays, the bones, and medicines. The nurse practioner Lori, told me that she thought that she should be the student me dressed in scrubs with the clipboard because I knew everything about injuries and how to take care of them, with the RICE strategy (restriction, ice, comfort, and elevation), and with how much medicines to take, and in how many hours, and so on. She told me that if I hadn't considered it maybe the sports medicine field would be a good one for me. I thought about it and I think maybe that might be an interesting idea because of the fact that I am an athlete and I know how it feels to get injured and want to get safely back into the sport as quickly as possible, maybe if I did that then I would be able to help teens, and college players like me.

When the World Seems to End

 You know those days where it seems as if the world is ending, as if there is no hope in the world? Well Saturday, February 12th, 2011 is definitly one of those days! I was set to my compete my third event at the biggest competition of my entire year. I thought up pull twist, only for my thoughts to get interrupted by a split second of excruciating pain, and screams coming out of my mouth before I could think. After I realized what had happened I was holding my knee in my hand. and the orthopedic doctor, and athletic trainer beside me trying to calm me down enough to get the basic information down. The only thing I could think about was please don't let this be to major, I want to do gymnastics! The doctor proceeds to say three small letters. A.C.L. Those three letters seemed like a death sentence for me. For those of you that don't know I have been a hard working gymnast for the last 11 years of my life, with the dream of college gymnastics always in my mind. This ACL injury may be the end of this dream. Now i Know i am getting ahead of myself here. I haven't seen my doctor, but I mean what else could it be when I heard the snap, and it didn't feel like my leg was attached at all. I just praying for it to be the better case scenario, not the worst case, surgery and 6 months of rehab before even thinking of going back to the gym. I was so mad, well to be honest I still am, I don't know what I did to deserve this, and frankly I am a little mad that this happened when it seems like it always happens to the ones that want it the worst. If I didnt want anything, or try hard at anything maybe I wouldnt get hurt, but when you love something like I love gymnastics, it seems worth just about anything. I am just praying that I won't have to give it up!

Stupidly Bad.

It would be a very bad idea to...

1) jump off of a bunk bed when the ceiling fan is running.
2) not study for a quiz because you think you will have a snow day.
3) touch a plate of a hair straightener when it is on.
4) attempt to sled down a hill in a trash bag.
5) ride a bike off of your roof.
6) jump from one moving boat to another.
7) ski using bare feet and no skis.
8) tie yourself to the train tracks.
9) drink rubbing alcohol.
10) wear bows and funky clothes to a serious event.

Gymnastics Competitions

We are in gymnastics season now, I got gymnastics fever. Always in the gym, and last weekend I did the best floor routine of my life, I had good tumbling passes and dances. Here is a video about it, the first tumbling pass is the two front pikes, This is the first time I have ever landed this pass in competition, and the second time I have EVER landed it period. Haha, and the full (back flip in a laid out position with a twist 360 degrees) I had a mental block on since my surgery, for some reason after all the medicine when I went back to practice I could not remember for the life of me how to twist my tumbling. Finally one day last week my coach found a way to make me more confident in myself with this pass, resulting in competing it this weekend. It was awesome! Other then the fall on my head during warm ups for bars, yes I did say on my head. This meet was a success. I had a pretty bad headache and was extremely dizzy after my fall on bars, I finished the routine by pure memory of where the bars were with doing the routine so many times. Afterwards I laid there on the mat for about 30 minutes making the crowd, namely my mother and friends panicky. In the end, Josh said I didn't have a concussion that he could tell of, but he was worried about me, at the end of the meet (bars was my last event) he carried me to my mom to make sure that I did not get hurt walking off the floor, since we didn't want any injuries for the next weeks meet. Gymnastics can be dangerous, and yes you can get hurt, but I have decided that it is worth it for that one second you feel like you are flying when you successfully complete and  skill at a competition.

Gymnastics. Again. :D

So the year is continueing and I am getting into what I guess would be called the "meat" of my gymnastics season, the one where every day is practice and every weekend has something to do with gymnastics. For example scedule for the next two weeks: Monday coach gymnastics/workout, Tuesday: do gymnastics for 4 hours, Wednesday: two hours practice, dinner with coach and visualizing training, Thursday: 4 hours, Friday: 3 hours, Saturday: competition...! crazy stuff really, I mean that is almost 20 hours of gymnastics a week. I love it thought I mean I guess its worth it, but it certainly takes dedication and passion to succeed in gymnastics. I have started getting new skills which is very exciting news! In the past month, I have been much improved on the events. Beam: I am solid on every skill with every routine being pretty successfully, give or take those terrible days. Bars: I am getting more stamina and I suppose that even though they still aren't great the skills are getting better. Floor: I have gotten three or four news tumbling pass I am extremely excited for the next meet because I have three new tumbling passes in my floor routine :) Vault: My vault is getting much closer, yesterday I actually over rotated rather then landing on the butt. I mean that is always a plus! So I will let you know how the next two weekends go shortly!

Paff Day :)

So yes today is the well known world wide event known as PAFF DAY! Okay well maybe that was a little exaggerated but seriously PAFF DAY is the newest thing. It is where all the yearbook and US History classes dress like the teacher with the most style, who of course is Mr. Paff. Today I am wearing a black button up collared shirt, and a tie with khakis and sperrys. Pretty classy right? Haha. But also people will be wearing sweaters, sweater vests, mismatched ties, bowties, khakis what ever else they can think of. It is one of the most fun days of the month, and it is always on the 1st and 2nd of every month depending if you are on white day or blue day!

Going to your Car in school!

I am just blogging today to let you know about the procedure and how much that you have to do during school to go to your car to retrieve something that you left behind, in my opinion it is a little rediculous! I left a two page essay in my car that I needed for third block! In order to go to my car and get those two small sheets of paper, I had to go to the office and get a note filled out, since I was going during third block (lunch time) I had to get it signed by a principal or the dreaded TT! haha, after that I walked half way through the lunch room thinking o my gosh I need my keys, me and Luke Camp who had so nicely agreed to let me back into the school then went back to the room to get them. We then asked Kaitlin Bash if she would trade places with Luke who desperately wanted to work on what he said was the blog of the century. So Kaitlin went with me to let me back in, it was blistering cold, so I ran like a maniac to the back far corner of the parking lot where I had to park because of how late I got to school today. Then I ran back and she opened the door, I then for the third time of the day knocked on Mrs. Matthews door for them to let me in with the essay proudly in my hands.

I'm gonna be a ROCKSTAR!!

Yes you read right, I said "I'M GONNA BE A ROCKSTAR! :) My church is hosting, a dinner theatre performance type deal with singing, playing, acting, and eating, I mean seriously come on what can be better then that! But I am singing in it, a full song, all alone, with just the lights, the microphone, the stage, my voice and everybody's eyes on me. I am also singing a song with my sister, and singing praise songs with the worship group! I am so excited because this is part of what I want to do when I get older and this is a time for me to shine!! ( :

APOLLO'S SCHOOL SPIRIT STINKS!

 

Come on, APOLLO; Where is your school spirit? I mean there is none, like zippo, like nada... and anymore words that you can think of that mean none. It seems as if over the years that our schools spirit has gone extinct. This week is SPIRIT WEEK, should be fun, right? Well I mean yeah you would think so but at Apollo it seems as if the kids could care less. Now don't get me wrong, my friends and I always dress up for these crazy days (Tuesday: Twin Day, Wednesday: Nerd Day, Thursday: Safari Day, and Friday: All out school spirit day!) and it is a lot of fun for us, but we are like maybe thirty or fourty kids out of the schools population of a thousand. If you are like me you are probably wondering what has caused this decline in school spirit and I don't know but if you ask me it is kinda sad!

Best Friends.

A Best Friend, what is it? "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart,and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." Well to me it is someone who you have fun with, doing what ever little things keep you occupied whether it be picture taking or talking or looking at funny jokes together playing wii, or other games, what ever it may be if you do it with your best friend it is sure to be fun. My best friend is none other then Breanna Lindsey Jones. The picture taking often applies to us, we have so many pictures together that we would not possibly be able to find a scrapbook big enough for all of them. We also play Wii games such as Just Dance and Glee Sing It. These are just a couple of memorable past times in our 11 years of being best friends. But Best friends are often there for other things as well, from break ups to get togethers, from love advice, and religion advice, to fashion tips and make up. We have been through all of the above together and I am sure that there will more to come. Don't get me wrong we have had our differences and rough patches but we always talk them out and get through them. All I know is that throughout my so far two and half years of high school that I have no idea what I would have done without her. The plan is to stay this way for the next couple years, and I hope that wherever we end up for college (hopefully UK rooming together) we will be near and never far apart. Although there is the saying, "I've learned that true friendship grows even with the farthest distance in between, always together never apart maybe in distance but never in heart."

That's retarded!

That’s retarded! Now you don’t always think about how much those two little words may apply or hurt someone. There are different meanings to these words. It can mean that is stupid or dumb; this meaning is harmless and doesn’t have much depth to them. But it can also mean literally mentally retarded or slow, this could offend someone who has personal attachments to someone who is mentally handicapped. Often times these words can make an impact in the wrong way even though that isn’t how we meant them at all.

Parrttttaaayyyyyy! (:

Soo YEAH! Yesterday was my birthday! I mean you know that one day of the year where for 24 hours it is all about you, and you get gifts and have fun time? Yeah well that was yesterday, January 12th, 2011! But yesterday was even more special than usual because school was OUT! We had a snow day on my birthday how perfectly splendid! I got to spend the day at home with my family, and a dear friend Josh, always the occasional drop in of friends to wish me well on my fun day was great too! I went sledding and then had a nice meal at Cheddars! Where the waitor brought me a massive thing of ice cream so that I could celebrate even more! I was extremely excited! I recieved a brand new expensive touch screen camera for my 17th birthday (something mind you that I was not expecting at all!) All in all, it was a wonderful birthday that I will never forget.

Year 2011

2011
For some reason I think that this year is going to be a good one! I don't know why, but there is just this feeling in the back of my mind that is telling me with some extremely good friends and gymnastics around me that memories will be made, and we will have gone places that I didn't even think of. Maybe me and Breanna will get to drive her dad's brand new camaro, or Will and I will battle it out on Just Dance 2 ( which I of course will win), I just may have to go and watch some of Luke and Austin's tennis matches, have epic conversations with my Ginja Ninja Connor, and  maybe even a basketball game or two. The choir begins new songs that go with the coming season, and I am very excited to be doing the version that GLEE does of the song "Don't stop believing".  Church is going well and maybe my news years resolution this year of not texting and driving will be kept. There is so much coming up that I don't even know where to start. All I know is that I am extremely excited for what is to come!

Kicking gymnastics off

For the beginning of the gymnastics season and the year of 2011 I would say that my first gymnastics competition was a hit! For the first time ever I had an audience of friends that had accompanied me to this meet, Abigail, Breanna, Quinn, Shon, Connor, Brittany, Alexis, and my mother were an awesome cheering squad! I recieved a 7.3 on bars, which for the beginning of the season and considering it is my worst event, and my first year at level nine wasn't to bad at all! I got a 9.0 on floor after doing the routine of my life, and landing tumbling passes that I never imagined I would land at the first meet. I did a extremely good beam routine and got a 8.9. My vault was something to be reckoned with doing one good vault scoring a 8.4 and another vault landing on my back and getting voided (recieving no score) but it was defintily a learning process and will continue to get better as the year goes on! Hopefully later on I will be able to write to you about State and maybe even Regionals!!