I wish I had a trade mark title ....

Hey ladies!!!

So I have been checking up and reading all of your blogs and what not. And, of course, I have some repsonses!

Yeana - I am thrilled that you had such a good time in Stanford, and I saw albums with you and Cynthia! I am so sorry about your ankle, that sucks. And I understand what you are saying about a little piece of you dying inside and it hurting, but I have a feeling that volleyball is way too important for you to dump to the side. Just do what your heart tells you, Don't let the important things go, ok? And when do you start school (if you haven't already)? And isn't your birthday coming up?

Tracy - What do you mean when you say that you removed yourself from society? becasue that is cause for concern (in my mind atleast). So whats the haps??? I want to know what is new and exciting (or maybe not so new nor exciting :/) in your life! :)

Wendy - You are almost halfway done with your first week of school. You got this girlie! Hang in there, it will be the weekend soon enough!

As for me....

I am already planning school year extra-cirriculars, and even stuff for next summer! As I have told Wendy, I have been a tad stressed out about a few things, but as the school year seems to be quickly appraoching, I am learning just to take everything in stride. But my schedule is cause for concern, probably like your guys' are. My acedemic schedule was flipped upside down this summer because of scheduleing issues and my idiot guidance counselor, but what else is new? Extra-cirricular wise, I have a feeling I have over extended myself a tad. But I think that is all part of life. No? On top of everything I did last year (I really don't want to list them) I have added paino lessons, planning of E.C. Camp (special needs) fundraisers and re-vamping, basically the entire camp with the program director (I am her assistant) becasue it is the 10th Aniversary next year!
Have you guys heard of Rachel's Challenge? Well, if not, it stems from the first victim of the columbine shooting, Rachel Scott, and how she knew, even then, that she would touch, and change the world somehow. Even after her death over 10 years ago, she still is touching the lives of people today through the program her parents set up; racheal's Challenge. This program came to my school 2 years ago, and many service clubs have started becasue of it. Well, the woman who I run EC Camp with, she approached me about doing something like this but at my elementary school. She wanted to start a service club called the Kindness Club, where we will join the school community, but hopefully our geographical communtiy as well. So I am going back to elementary school to start this club! And I am actually very excited about it!!

College is college, I am visiting schools like no tomorrow, but I fell in love with one school, Holy Cross. It is a small liberal arts school and I just have that feeling, but I know that I probably shouldn't be set on it. But too bad, for now, nothing I have visited has topped it so it is staying at the top of my list.

During my play over the summer, I got very close to someone I have known since freshman year, but was never more than a 'friend'. And now I am glad to say that we are very close and she is helping me understand and put everything in perspective with the friends I think I have lost. I am actually going up to her house in the Adirondacks for a bit at the end of the week! But while the stuff she has made me realize is 100% true, I am still having trouble moving on becasue I want to know what happened with this other group. I am not one to just pick up and be ok with it and move on, After all these 'friends' are the kids I have all my AP classes with, they are the ones that I will have to deal with all year because the other friend group I have got closer to aren't exactly in my classes, they are in the Honors courses, one level underneath me, And I don;t mind that at all, please don't take it that way, but I am confused in if I should approach certain people and talk to them about how I am feeling or just let it go and take this year as it comes. Becasue I want to do the latter, I really do, my mind is telling me to, but my heart is telling me not to becasue it doesn't know if I can take the heartbreak all over again,

So I think that is it from me... I feel like I just vocalized everything that has been whizzing through out my head the last few weeks.

I want to hear from all of you so please, BLOG!!!

With Love,

Rosie