Sunday, April 24, 2011
Happy Easter!
This weekend was pretty good. It started out by me riding with the Varsity team to the Symmes Valley softball tournament. The drive was about 3 1/2 hours. We showed up at our school at 8 a.m. and we all slep for the whole ride. We showed up in our motel and were told we had to be back to the bus in 15 min to leave for the fields. We got in the room and it smelled funky. But we got the the fields and all of the games were pushed back from the rain. We played only 2 1/2 innings in the whole tournament untill it got rained out. We stayed the night in our motel and it stormed all night. The Motels shower had brown water and mold everywhere! We left Saturday morning and we all slep the whole way home. When I got home i showered and went to see my boyfriend :) We wantsed the Hangover and Step Brothers, 2 of the best movies ever. I stayed the night at my aunts house with my cousins, Brandon and Gunnar and my brother stayed too. Easter Morning my aunt and cousins, brother and uncle met our other cousins and aunts and uncles for lunch. It was really good but my brother was annoying me so I left with my mom and we sent Tanner with my cousins. I got to hid the easter eggs for us and then my mom and i layed on the couch to watch the Sound of Music. I fell asleep and woke up when everyone got there to play with my 4 year old cousin and hang out with my family. It was a pretty good weekend. HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
blog:)
Why am I so tired? Friday after school I went to Brandis Fishel's signing. She is going to ODU and playing softball for them. After that the varsity team had hitting practice so the JV team got to run. We ran for a swear 3 miles. I ran with Lydia and Rachel so that made it a little better. While we were running we thought it would be a good idea to go from softball to Pickerington to watch the JV baseball game. We were finally done running and had hitting practice in the cages. The varsity team went outside to work the annual Gahanna softball showcase. After we hit we gotg to leave. Rachel and I went to her house to get a GPS and head to Pickerington. They ended up losing once we got there. I guess we are bad luck :(. We went back to gahanna and went to Chipotle. Lydia, Harmony, and I stayed at Rachels house. We thought it would be funny to do the cinnamon challenge so we did. I ended up puking up my chipotle :( Look the video up on youtube. TheGBG4 The Cinnamon Challenge! The next morning we had to weak up early to work the softball showcase :-p we had to untarp the fields which was really messy and got everyone all wet. I rushed to make sure i didnt get a terrible job so I asked to work a table to take the money for people to get in. It ended up being rainy and cold so we had to pick up everything and went home. I layed on the couch and curled up and fell asleep for 2 hours. I went over to Shelby and Megan Lowes house for a softball party and their house is amazing! We stayed there untill midnight and hing out with all the girls. It was so much fun! I slep this morni ng untill noon. I never sleep that long! Today I have been just working outside, pitching and hung out with my brother and some how I'm still so tired!!! I hope it doesnt rain all that much this week. I'm tired of my games gettign rained out. I have one every single day! I also hope the week goes by really fast. This Julius Caesar stuff is a drag. I hate it and can't wait for it to be over with. well I'm probably going to bed soon. Ta ta for now.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Spring Break
Over spring break I went to Tampa, Florida. Now you may be saying oh your so lucky, but it wasnt a normal vacation. I went to play ball! The softball team goes every other year to Florida to play some good softball. Its basicly our spring training. The coavches pick 24 girls to go. In about December my coach told me I was going to be going. I was so excited. The sasturday after school got out we had to be at the 4:30 a.m.! I was so tired, I slep the whole first flight. I roomed with Lydia Kruse, Sarah Seidel, and Hannah Smith. Our room was the best room ever. We all got along and there was never once drama in our room. Our room over looked the bay and it was soo pretty. We sat out on the balcony and saw sting rays just swim in the water. It was amazing! The rest of the day Saterday we went to the pool and played beach volleyball in the sand pit they had at the hotel. Sunday we had practice at 8:30 a.m. till 12. The head and humidity was a huge wake up call. The rest of they day we layed out and chilled. The rest of the week we had practice from 8:30 untill 12. Let me tell you, you had better not of slacked off one bit or we would of been running. At nights we had games. Our coach said we are expected to win, if we dont you better of given it your all. The JV team had 3 games and the varsity had 5. Our first game vs. Port Charlott we got half a game in and it was rained out. we were up by a ton too! The Varsity got half a game in and then it was rained out too. We were all soaked and had to drive 2 hours back soaking wet. JV ended up playing 1 1/2 games and won them. Varsity went 2-1. Thursday they called for heavy rain and huge storms. IT had rained over night way too much for us to practice on the fields. We ended up setting our hitting stations up in the hotel parking lot with wiffel balls. We would never skip practice. Our game was cancelled that night. That day there was huge storms and a tornado right across the bay and a building collapsed 2 miles away from us. It was kind of scary. We got to go the the mall and chill out. We had been so tired, to just chilled felt amazing. the next Saturday after practice we showerd and chilled out by the pool. Everything was packed in the van on the way back to Ohio, so no one had sunscrean. I layed out for 3 hours and got soo burnt. I came back looking like a burn victom. It was so bad. Although it was an amazing expierience. I would do it again in a heart beat
Friday, March 25, 2011
Love Match
Dear reader,
In this book “Matched” Cassia is matched with her best friend Xander, who will be her mate for her life. No one expects anyone from the same town to be matched so when they see each other’s face on the screen at their match banquet they are all shocked. Cassia has always had a crush on Xander so when she saw his face she thought it was all perfect. Yet did she know that she would end up falling for Ky, a best friend that she hikes with. Ky is not able to be matched by law and that’s just how it came out. Legally Cassia cannot be matched with Ky or fall for him and legally has to be with Xander. Whenever she is with Xander she always thinks of Ky or when she sees him she wishes she was with him. Xander and Cassia have been best friends forever since first school. They have so many good memories and always have fun together, But Ky also risks so much for her. He teaches her how to write beautiful letters in the dirt and trade stolen poems. In the middle of all of this her grandfather passes, but it was expected. In this Science fiction, love story you will see conflict between Cassia and what she will choose between the law and love. Love is one of the major themes in this story because she loves both boys. This is about a teenage girl choosing between two boys that she loves. She wants to be with both, but she just can’t do that. Teenagers may not know exactly what love it but they have their own definition.
Sincerely,
Emmalee
"Yeah I wanna feel the sunshine shining down on me and you, When you put your arms around me, You let me know theres nothing in this world I can't do." -"Love Somebody Like You" by Keith Urban
Dear Ky,
I don’t know if you have gotten the hint but I think I am in love with you. Ever since I saw you show up on my micro card where Xander was supposed to be I can’t stop thinking about you. Every time I’m with Xander I always think about you. When I see you I hope someway our skin touches. I love the feeling of you touching me, especially when your hand is on mine guiding the stick we hold drawing the beautiful letters in the dirt. I love learning more and more about you through the letters you secretly give me. I know if anyone would find out about this we would be in so much trouble. I truly wish I could express how I feel about you out in the open, but I know that’s impossible. It kills me you are not able to be matched, so technically you can’t even like me back. This really isn’t fair to Xander, but I can’t help my feelings. Seeing you with other girls makes me so jealous and I feel guilty for it, but I can’t help it! This really is not fair to Xander and I feel bad, but you both risk so much for me. I feel a connection but there isn’t allowed to be a connection, it hurts. I don’t know what I should do. I can’t just throw these feelings out the window. I’m in love with you.
Love,
Cassia
"Once You've Loved Somebody, It Ain't That Easy To Do, Once You've Loved Somebody, Like I Loved You" - "Once You've Loved Somebody" by The Dixie Chicks
Dear Xander,
I haven’t been very good. I have done some terrible things. I hate myself for doing it, but I can’t help it. I have strong feelings for Ky. I have had a crush on you since I met you. When I saw your face on the screen at the matching banquet I thought everything was going to be just perfect because you’re perfect. Well I guess perfect is only in fairy tales. I have wanted to tell you for a while but was scared to tell you after our matching banquet I didn’t see your face on my micro card, it was Ky’s. You know Ky and I are hiking partners, well while we have been hiking he has been teaching me to write in the dirt. I know how against the rules that is and how much trouble we could get in and I’m really sorry about that. We have also been trading stolen poems. We have been friends since first school and you have always been there for me and I am really sorry. This is truly terrible of me. I can’t help my feelings, but I can control my actions, and I haven’t been doing that very well. You both risk so much for me. The Official says it’s natural for me to have crushes still at a young age, so hopefully that is all it is. I want to be with you Xander, I just haven’t been that truthful and I hope you forgive me.
Love your match,
Cassia
"You lift my feet off the ground and Spin me around , You make me crazier, crazier, Feels like I'm falling and I, I'm lost in your eyes, You make me crazier, Crazier, crazier." -"Crazier" by Taylor Swift
Cassia and Xander have been friends since they were little and in first school. She though Xander was perfect and never emagined they would be together. Now she is stuck between Xander and Ky who she thinks about all the time when she is with Xander.
"I was thinking about her, Thinking bout me, Thinkin bout us, What we gunna be? Open my eyes, it was only just a dream... " - "Just a Dream" by Nelly
Love
Love. Cassia is in love with Ky and Xander
Obsessed. Cassia is obsessed with Ky and his writing
Very confused. Cassia is very confused and doesn’t know what to do, she loves
Them both
Every time Cassia is with Xander, she thinks about Ky
"I've been to heaven, I've been to hell, I've been to Vegas, and God knows where, but nothing feels like home like you babe, I love you more than you will ever know" - "I Love You More Than You Will Ever Know" by Never Shout Never
I don’t usually read so when I heard we had to do this multi-genre project I wasn’t too excited. Once I got going into the book I had second thoughts, maybe it wasn’t too bad. I really enjoyed this book “matched.” I’m not too into science fiction but this love story, science fiction mixed wasn’t too bad. My favorite genre would have to be love. It’s easy to connect to and I don’t like reading things unless I can connect to them. This science fiction wasn’t too weird and out there, but just enough to make it a little more interesting. I have experienced what Cassia dealt with liking two boys at the same time. It really is hard. Cassia is a smart hard working girl and it can be stressful to deal with those boys. I work, play softball almost like a full time job, go to school and have a boyfriend. It is stressful and I can understand the stress Cassia is under with love. With each genre I learned there are many different ways to reflect on what you read. When I read something I want it to be for a reason. Reflecting on what I read helps me understand the meaning behind the story. I definitely enjoyed this project.
Works Cited
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Softball
So I would have to say my biggest achievement was my first no hitter. I was in 7th grade and we went to one of the Westervile schools to play their 7th grade team. I hated to practice but loved to pitch. If i could have one magical power in the world it would be to never be able to practice but be the best ever! Unfortunetly it doesnt work that way. That week I had practiced a lot. I went into that game kinda nervous, but if you want to win you have to have confidence. I was working my butt off. I was one of the 2 girls who played travel ball so the rest I had to work with and be patient. I remeber in that game I felt really good and knew I was doing well. Later in the game I walked my first girl. I was so upset but thought no big deal we will get her out. Sometimes I feel like as a pitcher I have to do all the work. I tend to forget that I have a whole field behind me to back me up. We ended up not getting that girl out that I walked and she scored. I was so upset but I knew it wasnt the end of the game so I was thinking we would be able to get the run back. We ended up not getting that run back. We actually lost that game because of the one batter I walked. I didnt realize I had thrown a no hitter untill we were on the bus and my coach called me up and said "emmalee did you realize you threw a no hitter?" I suddenly went from upset because we lost to some what happy because I threw a no hitter. Even though we lost it was a huge achievement as a pitcher. One great achievement any pitcher wants to over come is to throw a no hitter.
Another great achivement I had wan in 8th grade when I recived the MVP award on my softball team and won the Archie Griffen award for my school all around the same time. To win the Archie Griffen award a coach nominates a player from each 8th grade sports team then the teachers vote on who they think is an over all good student and sport when it comes to athletics and in school.
My last great achievemet I'm going to share was being on the JV gold team as a freshman. In softball no one gets cut from the teams. You either play or you dont. We have 3 teams, JV blue (mostly freshman) JV gold and Varsity. At first I got put on JV blue. I was so upset. The JV gold coach then called me up a couple weeks later and asked me to help out and play for them one game. I got to pitch and hit. After the game the coach said there is no way I am keeping you down on JV blue and he moved me to the JV gold team. It was one of the happiest days ever. now this year I'm working for Varsity.
Another great achivement I had wan in 8th grade when I recived the MVP award on my softball team and won the Archie Griffen award for my school all around the same time. To win the Archie Griffen award a coach nominates a player from each 8th grade sports team then the teachers vote on who they think is an over all good student and sport when it comes to athletics and in school.
My last great achievemet I'm going to share was being on the JV gold team as a freshman. In softball no one gets cut from the teams. You either play or you dont. We have 3 teams, JV blue (mostly freshman) JV gold and Varsity. At first I got put on JV blue. I was so upset. The JV gold coach then called me up a couple weeks later and asked me to help out and play for them one game. I got to pitch and hit. After the game the coach said there is no way I am keeping you down on JV blue and he moved me to the JV gold team. It was one of the happiest days ever. now this year I'm working for Varsity.
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