I have bloody knees and elbows.

But what would softball be if it wasn't for blood?

Not much of a party if you ask me.

We had our first official game tonight, actually a doubleheader, and we lost both of them but the second game was so so so close. Grrrr. We were down like 10-0 (i'm not kidding.) and we got 8 runs in 2 innings. We were rocking hardcore. It was so much fun. And I have battlescars to prove it.

Sam is my favorite person right now. She encourages me so much.

Tomorrow is Jen's graduation and Crystal and I are definitely going to hit it up. Well, actually a lot of people are but we're definitely going together. She's going to the DR on Friday morning like 1:00 with Tom and like 60 other people and I'm going to miss her so so so much. She's my girl and I love her lots.

We had more cousins come from Texas yesterday to visit Grammy, and she was very excited. They stayed the night and got to visit a lot, and she was happy. Grammy rocks.

Wendy's has the best chicken nuggets ever.
In the end, everything is all about the food.

Things I learned yesterday:

1.) Alex is a mind reader. Well, mostly he just reads my mind. But still.
2.) Dominic has small hands and...
3.) Tricia and Sarah are the thriftist and fastest shoppers known to man.
4.) The female species does not give Benjamin the creeps no matter what he says.
5.) Jonathan is my favorite.
6.) I am apparently "a bonnie lass". Ask Granddad.

So yesterday morning I get up, you know, the usual time on a Saturday. 10ish, maybe 10:30. By random selection and phone calls, I am told there is a baseball game in Hamden that involves Benjamin and Jonathan Ridley and The Coolest Cheering Section Ever hosted by Dominic DeMarco. I think to myself "hmm...I have nothing to do today" and proceed to carry that thought out at the Purificato's and crazy shopping with Tricia and Sarah until 5 when the game starts. So I decide to join TCCSE (see above)and realize that Dom doesn't actually do any of the cheering, just retrieves foul balls. I am ok with this, since I can hold my own at embarassing someone by exuberant yelling. I do restrain myself though, since it is the first game of the season and I do have to build my reputation slowly.

Anyway.

The game was good, they won 7-2 and I'm proud of them. We four went back to the Ridley's and ate dinner and visted and saw Granddad, and then Alex, Ben and I went to see The Terminal. It was ok, not something we should have used our free tickets on, but since Dodgeball was sold out we had no choice. I think it could have been better if both the men I was accompanied by didn't fall asleep for most of it.

I'm not kidding.

Ben missed maybe 45 minutes to an hour by drooling on my shoulder instead, and Alex kept falling asleep and waking up again thinking it was the same part of the movie cause it all took place in one airport terminal. Lovely company.

We went back to the house and talked for a while and then I left cause it was very very very late and I thought maybe my parents thought I was dead cause their house is a black hole for cell phones. But alas, I was not.

I missed my best friend.

David Crowder was AWESOME.

Erik and I went to 1Heart's Nico and David Crowder Band concert last night, and it was definitely the best concert I have been to since the downhere show.

We were event staff and had to show up around 5 (we got lost..hmm..maybe because someone didn't look up directions?) but basically all we did till people started lining up to get inside the doors was eat free hamburgers and stuff. Nico was really good as usual, although this was the first time I have actually sat through a whole show of his. Then David Crowder Band came on, and they totally rocked the place. There were 840 people there, and you definitely knew it.

After the show was over, we stuck around and helped clean up some, then got to meet and talk with the bands. I got all of DCB to sign a shirt and took a picture with David. His lead guitarist, Jason Solley, had a shirt on that said "England" with a picture of St. Andrew's cross, and I was wearing my UK shirt, too. He noticed it, so I took a picture with him too. He told me to send it to him.

I think he really just wanted his picture taken with me.

I have decided that if I become famous and people ask to take their picture with me, I'm going to whip out a camera and say "only if I can take a picture with you". That way, I'll have lots of pictures of people I don't really know but feel good because I wanted a picture with them.

It's a plan.

New favorites:

Thousand Foot Krutch
Basement-dwellers
Strawberry-banana smoothies
"sanddaughters"
New friendships
Smurf ice cream
New love interests (not mine!)
Chipmunks that eat out of your hand
Getting a tan
Shane and Shane
Getting Drenched..again.

I wish I was someone's reason for living. Why is it that people always turn to someone else for advice or questions or just to have fun? Sure, I have wonderful friends and an even more wonderful boyfriend, but wouldn't it be nice to have someone, preferably a girl, though most of my best friends are guys, who likes me just a little bit more than others. I know I have friends that are girls..but not that kind. Not the kind that in the deepest part of my heart, I desire most of all.

Yesterday was Chad's 19th birthday. Happy birthday Chad!!

I am so sore.
We had our first softball practice Monday, which about killed my arm, then a game yesterday which actually made it feel better. Last night. Today is not as fun.

It's amazing how many people have an online journal of some sort. They seem to be popping up all over the place. It's kinda fun to be able to spy on people. I mean..see what's going on with them.

My family left yesterday. Our house seems too empty with everyone gone, but pieces remain, like lobster tea towels from Grand Manan and Tori's sippy cup. It was so wonderful to be able to spend so much time with them and get to know them better. I love them loads.

Erik and I made ice cream sundaes after my game yesterday and ate so much that I was actually almost sick from eating too much ice cream. Nice.

I am so blessed.

So I guess this is one of the journals that gets updated sometimes.

Went to Canada for 4 days with everyone. We had a blast..spent loads of time on the beach, finding sanddollars and empty crab shells, getting burnt and swimming in 40° water. Visited more cousins then any of us really knew we had, showed Erik around, ate lots of fish, and got to know Jenn and the kids really well. It was really an uneventful trip, but full of memories. The 12 hour drive wasn't really that bad, and the kids were great. Lots of ice cream stops though.

Softball starts today..kind of late in June this time, but that's ok. I'm still excited.

Dean's grad party was yesterday-you know it was fun. Took Evan and Tori with me to swim, then Mom and Jenn came and picked them up and visited for a while. We played volleyball (well..Megan and I were the cheering section. We weren't up for volleyball. We decided it was more fun to watch and the whole rotating thing kind of confuses us) and ate lots of yummy Purificato food and listened to loud music and went swimming some more. Good times. Talked with and got to know Megan and Crystal more..even more good times.

Off to do nothing really. Because it's summer. Yeah.

P.S. Chad is now living with us. I have only recently discovered how cool he really is. I mean, you have to be cool to live in my basement and drive the Lincoln. Not just anyone can do that.

I graduated.
It was wonderful.
I had a party.
It was noise and crowds and food and love and football.
It wasn't the same without you.

I am determined to learn rugby this summer.

I ate waaay too much this weekend.

John left today. :(

I am going to Canada with Jenn, Evan, Victoria, Dad, and Erik.
I get to eat lots of fish I don't really like, walk on rocky beaches, ride on the Grand Manan V and meet lots of Canook family, all in my favorite place in the world. Well..one of them.

It's been a good week.

I know that by starting one of these, I will forever be copying Sarah, but that's what older sisters are for, yeah? Yeah.

She loves me anyway.

This may be one of those blogs that gets updated every day, or it may be one that gets updated basically never. We'll have to see.

Today my oldest sister, Jenn, my brother John, and my nephew and neice, Evan and Victoria, are coming for my graduation. I'm looking forward to it, since it's been over a year since I've seen them.

I'm nervous about graduation, mostly because of my speech. Haven't finished writing it yet, but at least I started it right? That's a plus. It's gonna be sad though, cause a lot of my friends aren't gonna be there for the ceremony or the open house at my house the next day. It's just nice to have everyone around. I'm glad my sister is going to be here, and a lot of other family as well.

This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.