aw i didn't get to write yesterday.. when i was fresh from emotions and reflections. it was the girls' invitational (not international, grace) saturday. man, it was like my worst meet. it started out bad and got worse.. but at the end i guess it was alright. i started out horrible. scratched FOUR TIMES for long jump. sob. four times. man. i didn't even get a mark down. and the other girls, they got like 12 or 13. MAN! i could have beaten them! or at least medaled. it was so depressing. to start out like that. stupid coach whatshisname. he never helps me! well, i guess its not his fault. but still.. he was yelling at me even when i moved back like he said. but coach baker came back. you know, the one who looks like kobe bryant. still, i scratched. its so horrible. i got nothing. i flung my pen away later, the one which i used to mark my starting place. next was the 300 low hurdles. it doesn't feel that great to know that you start out with the slowest time.. i was like 2 or 3 hurdles behind everyone.. partly because of my low mood already. i felt so alone because i wasn't with anyone. i guess my time improved.. but i'm kinda hazy as to what it was in the first place... i was feeling a bit better by the 100 high hurdles because there was a long time in between filled with food and card-playing. grace beat all of us time-wise. bugger. she ought to switch with me and be in varsity. let's see.. her time was... 54.something... mine was 56.something? no, 58.something. that's poor. T__T plus, thu and michelle and christina were there. so that's worse. at least they didn't see me vs. the amazon women... for 100 HH me and angela were together, yay! she got 3rd and I, 4th. that's ok. not as much of an upset and the grace thing. i think she p.r.ed.. yes, 19.something. i got 20.something, not my best, but that's okay. i tried to work better and form and that got me a little faster... i always did like the 100 better than the 300s. sigh... compared to last year this year was a failure. well, at least i'm happy with the 4x4 relay (mile relay). i was so nervous and i thought i would be too slow and i would slow us down. later neil (is that how you spell his name? no i don't think so... oops) showed us the times, and i got better than amnisha and amber! at least i know that our 6th place wasn't my fault.. lauren went first, her time was 6:08, which is very fast (i think so, i don't really know about 400s), then amnisha got 6:14, i went 3rd and ran a 6:12, and amber, the anchor, got 6:14 too. i was so glad angela and jodi stayed. YAY. man, i was so tired at the end, my butt hurt so much, too. hahaha. well, i feel that i have to thank some people for yesterday: grace and melody, thu for her posters, michelle and christina for coming (even if it wasn't for me), jodi's "magic shoes," coach baker, my mommy, and especially angela and jodi for staying. if it wasn't for them i think i would have gone mad. even if it was just an invitational, i dunno... i did so badly... so some people might not care, but i do. it also made me think.. and it shows how much i've fallen. i have no more excuses. i can't say, "oh, i'm tired," or, "oh, colorguard," or "oh, i'm sleepy," or "oh, varsity is hard," or "oh, amazon women," or anything else... it's just i'm not good enough, and if i want to be, i'm going to have to train harder. and also that i have to accept my losses. i mean, next year, there's no turning back. you have to be in varsity. and you can't avoid it.. so i shouldn't try to avoid it now. especially because varsity is harder, it means i should be working harder, right? so i'm going to try to, even if i'm tired or sleepy or have colorguard or whatever... it shouldn't matter. instead of avoiding everything.. i should try to confront it. wow it's almost the end of the year. next year is going to be tough. but rewarding, eh? man i love doing relays. i hope i get to do some more.. even if it's once or twice... damn i ran faster for the 4x4 than i usually do for 300 hurdles.. what does THAT show!??!? what a
revelation...
i watched
my big fat greek wedding yesterday. it was hilarious.