A Quaint First

Today I spent a vast majority of my day at Adam Yakes' house.  It sounds quite unlikely to many of the people in our social circles, but it was actually quite fun!  It sounds pretty lame, but all we really did was watch crazy YouTube videos, talk about tech., play with dogs, and chill.  It was nice to be able to get my mind off of all the stuff that's been going on in my life. 

Why the hell not add random gifs and pics?

When my day with Adam was finished I frolicked over to the soccer fields for some training with my fellow field mates, but I must say I was rather disappointed.  Captains' practices are never as productive as I want them to be, and then the people that are supposed to be running it leave early?  Losers :p  I guess it was good because my knee needed a break, but I just really wanted to get an intense workout.  The only upside though, was that they have the sprinklers on, so we just run through them when we get tired.  Yes we're cool kids :D  I guess for the rest of the day/night I'm just going to sit on the computer and mentally scold Adam for never answering his phone.
Bye!! :3 <3

Bonding

Today I got to go and see the Madison Scouts.  They're so hot and sexy :3, but I also got to hang out with my lovely friends, Riley, Trevor, and a new addition I haven't talked to in ages, Ben.  Ben moved away after middle school and we were never really close to start with, so we didn't stay connected.  He's a pretty awesome person; he's nothing like what I thought he was.  He was funny and quite frankly a blast to be around.  Hopefully we get to hang out more in the future.

Boom Chicka Boom

On Friday I met WILS.  WILS is short for Wisconsin Leadership Seminars, and has made my mind feel at home.  We started very early in the morning on Friday, June 15th.  We then proceeded to get a rather invigorating presentation by Paul Wesselmann, a rather refreshing human being to be around.  He taught me that sometimes I have to go out of my comfort zone to be successful, and maybe I'll try that.  Maybe I'll start surrounding myself with people that are different than me, people that process their thoughts in a different way than mine.
This speech was amazing, but we were later then organized into our small groups that were represented by countries.  I was in Ireland and so were six other people.  My mind couldn't help but automatically judge them by what they were wearing, what shoes they had on, and just their faces in general.  This happens to everyone, no matter how much of a leader you are.  Being a strong leader means that you don't take those judgments into action and you treat everyone equally though.
Our group dynamic warmed up very quickly as we started to feel more comfortable around each other, and sooner than later we were like a family.  We shared many things with each other that I don't think we could have shared with people from our school.  It was nice to feel like I belonged to a family and have people proud of me.  I hope I see these people again because they really are close to my heart.
All of the activities that we did will impact me for the rest of my life, even if it's because of something somebody said during the activity or because of the activity itself.  I can't wait to go to all of the reunions and be a part of WILS for the rest of my life.

 Where there's a WILS there's a way. -Darin Eich

Officially The End

Why do I have so much going on??!

I officially have finished school for the year!  I can't believe it!  I'm so excited for the freedom of summer; swimming, being with friends, staying up late, but a little part of me is also really sad.  This is the end for the seniors, and I'm going to miss them.  I hope I can go on without them.  I'm also really nervous for summer.  I have so much going on!  I have officer meetings for Leadership, a leadership seminar, rehearsals, TWO shows to put on, band camp, Google Ninja training, soccer camps, tennis training, and so many social conventions that I just wanna fall in a hole!  I'm not going to stay sane this summer.  There is no way.  :(  meerrhhh

The End of What I've Known

The end is so close it's painful!  All that's left is two days of finals and school is over!  I'm excited, but at the same time very sad.  I had a lot of senior friends and I don't know what I'm going to do without them.  Especially my dear, dear Jenna Hensley.  She was definitely my partner in crime on the stage.  We made the greatest old ladies our stage has probably ever seen.  The thing that scares me the most though is that now I'm going to be the upperclassmen that the freshmen and sophomores are going to be looking up to.  I want to be a good role model, and now I'm really going to have to buckled down and learn how to cover lines.  What will I ever do without Jenna?  She was what I modeled my whole acting career around.  She helped me run lines and change the dialect so we could get feelings and emotions across to the audience.  She covered for me so many times it was crazy.  The stage won't be the same, but I hope I can honor her by being the best actor I can possibly be.  I love you so much and I hope I get to see you again. <3 

Beauty

Beauty.  We find it in so many places, but many people forget about the beauty in nature.  This beauty has been here since before our race was even created.  We take it for granted.  We must realize though that these glorious sights won't be around very long.  We need to learn to preserve our magnificent environment.  I hope  sights like this will still be around for my children, my grandchildren, for the rest of time.  Until this Earth dies, and implodes upon itself.