Depressing

Volleyball.

It was just depressing. Last night we lost - and it was a game we should have won. It was just the weirdest, most confusing game ever. The ball was flat, the refs had no idea what they were doing, and we got out of line-up so many times it wasn't even funny. I am preparing myself for Thursday - the dreaded practice. We have to run 19 suicides and do 11 minutes of wall squats. Oh my goodness, I think I'm gonna die. Almost everyone was crying after the game (except me and Kryn - we just giggled, because it's less embarrassing). We go into a little room afterwards and chat, and Shelby said she felt like she was in the principal's office.

So yeah. I hope our next game is a little more...organized. That was just the weirdest game.

V-Ball (AGAIN! =)

Are you tired of hearing about volleyball? Well, sorry. You get to hear a little about it again.

Yesterday we went to my coach's house for the third time, I think, to finish our splatter-paint t-shirts. This was after practice. We did the plank ("plank" = extreme pain) and wall sits or wall squats or whatever they're called. It was very painful. We also ran crazily the day before. Not really my thing, but both practices were pretty good. We didn't do as many suicides as I thought we would. And love how they're called suicides, right? No. But it does show that they are pretty bad. Well, I'd rather sprint some than run a long distance at whatever pace I want. I don't have long legs, ok? Running is no easy feat.

Oh, and our game was canceled on Friday. I don't know why...

Today I went to a friend's house. I watched Cars 2 for the first time (please don't laugh) and swam and ate cake and ice cream and sang (ok, I laughed the whole time and didn't end up singing at all) to my friend. Yes. It was lots of fun.

Pretty much I didn't accomplish anything this Saturday except for having fun. Oh well.

I thought I'd share this....just because you needed to see this cute little piggy we call Bandit. And it wouldn't be my blog without any randomness, right?

The First

Hello!

So sorry for not posting....been busy. I don't have time for a long post right now, but I just wanted to let you know that last night my team had our first volleyball game! AND I GOT TO PLAY THE WHOLE TIME! But that's probably because one of our players was sick (please pray for her) and the other was busy (and she is probably our best player). AND! We actually won! YAY! Even if we lost two players. Even if we looked like Cheetos in our socks. And even if we were so nervous and confused we could barely get lined up on the court properly.

 I served and actually made is over the net (and one time almost hit my grandma - obviously, that was out). After the game we went outside and talked. Some of us screamed. Amazingly, I did not join in. =)

Our next game is on Friday....we've been told that they are a much harder team. Let's hope not! 

GOODBYE FOR NOW!

Like a pig

Today I sweated like a pig.  And I know you REALLY wanted to know that!

I had volleyball practice today, and for whatever reason, I was really tired afterward. We only did a few (horrible) suicides, and I didn't even get to play in the game (well, not a REAL game - it's too hard to explain) much at all. I was about to fall asleep in band...well, not quite, but I was really tired. Plus I was kinda bored because the stuff we were learning was really easy.....

Tonight my dad and I went out and practiced some. This basically involved me flopping and falling and hitting the volleyball onto our neighbor's roof. Good times. My feet have not been this dirty in awhile. Neither have my legs. Even with all the dirt, it was fun. I went for the vb a lot more because we played in the grass (obviously), not on a court, so it was much....softer. Duh. You knew that.

Right now I'm listening to tobyMac's new album....on YouTube. =) Not sure whether or not I will buy it.
The other day I was buying a song on iTunes, and I bought the wrong one and started screaming. I'm sorta weird. I kept saying (and am still saying), "I can't believe I just wasted ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-NINE CENTS on a song I don't like!" Yeah...I'm freaking out about a dollar and twenty-nine cents. (I say that the songs that cost more than ninety-nine cents are expensive....yeah, I know. Very weird.) Hey, I could have bought a different song with that money, ok? I could have bought one of the new tobyMac songs! Every penny counts, right? Right. Considering that there are about a gazillion songs that I want (ok, not nearly that much =), that was like pouring money down the drain. Except it's maybe more like dumping money into cyberspace.....just never mind.

Goodnight. I better go to bed (OR NOT!) before I start making even less sense. Is that possible?! DO NOT ANSWER THAT.

Bright Socks

Hello Everyone!

I hope your weekend is going WONDERFULLY! Tomorrow I have volleyball practice....OH! We got the bright orange socks that our team chose (it was not my first choice). They're....bright. And we have to wear them to our games. I am going to try to push them down as far as possible so the my leg won't be totally enveloped in neon. At least they're crew socks and not knee socks....

Read this post on this blog and pray for this girl's family.

TTYL!

<3 Emily

No Novelty Socks!

Yes...I tried it. It was not exactly wonderful. It was...strong. Like WAY too strong.

Well, I know this is short, but I just needed to tell you that right now my mother is looking at strange socks for my volleyball team. We've found some ones with things like flying pigs, cupcakes, ice cream, and a gator skin design (WEIRD!) on them. And now she's looking at ones with monkeys on them. I am only slightly scared. Oh, now it's a unicorn. OH MY, I AM TOTALLY TERRIFIED AT THE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO WEAR THESE! Our volleyball team is supposed to vote on what we want...PLEASE NO UNICORNS! AND I AM NOT AN ALLIGATOR! THEREFORE I SHOULD NOT BE WEARING GATOR SKIN!!!!

Hopefully my team has great tastes. Whatever happened to our plain neon socks? Hopefully nobody likes unicorns.

Or alligators.

But I know some of them DO like gators. OH DEAR!

Ok, this one may top them all - there's one pair with a MOOSE on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

There's some that look like a bucket of popcorn. And forget what I said about moose socks topping them all; there are some with GNOMES ON THEM!!!!!!!!!!! HELP ME! Stacy and Clinton (from What Not to Wear) would not approve! What were they saying about novelty socks the other day??!! Ok, I admit. I wear patterned socks INSIDE my shoes. They do not show. But do polk-a-dotted socks count as novelty socks? Do they? Great, they don't. I'm so glad you agree with me on this.


AHH, HELP, THERE ARE SOME WITH BIG FOOT ON THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


XOXO,
        Boring sock lover

Twaddle

Twaddle means nonsense (says Microsoft Word). Wasn't sure if you knew that. And that is a hairy plant.

And by the way...in case you didn't notice...I am seriously too random.

Like you didn't know.



AND ON TO THE REAL POST.....


I'm sore. Very sore. My thighs are sore, my back is sore, my arms are sore. Just about all of me hurts. But it's a good pain. Being sore means I've worked some muscles I don't usually use - or I at least don't use a TON. In swimming we would work out SO HARD but I was rarely sore. Then in volleyball, we work out obviously, but not like swimming, and I get SUPER sore.

But I still love volleyball. Swimming stunk. Volleyball is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better. I love my coach and assistant coach.

And for a little (more =) randomness....because it wouldn't be my blog without all this randomness (and I need to come up with synonyms for random). And it wouldn't be my blog without all the parenthesis. And it wouldn't be my blog without the word and all over the page. And it wouldn't be my blog without all the blabbing. I'll be quiet for a minute. Not. =) I'm quiet in person...if you can believe it. Anyway.....

~ My knees buckle when I walk because I'm sore (weird but true - ok, they only buckle when I'm not really attempting to walk - I'm basically just falling about, if that makes any sense =) ~

~ What Not to Wear is on tonight (yay!) ~

~ I've had my hair in a ponytail TWO DAYS IN A ROW (big deal, I know. like I haven't done that before and like it REALLY matters.)!!!! ~

~ I only recently figured out that I can wiggle my ears ~

~ I am sick of watching beach volleyball. It's all that's every on at night! ;-) ~

~ Ecclesiastes 3:11 - He has made everything beautiful in its time...Lovely verse ~

~ I'm probably the only person that looks up synonyms for the word synonym ~ 

~ I thought it was cool that I knew that the capitol of Mongolia is Ulan Bator (not sure if that's spelled right - the iPod and the map on the wall aren't spelling it the same...) and so I had a clock on my iPod that told me what time it is there. I can't really explain the reason I thought it was cool. And I don't know why I had a clock for it on my iPod. Ok, yes, I do. I didn't know what else to put on there. I also had Cairo and Honolulu. I removed them all last night. And how was that for random?! ~

~ Now my only clock in "World Clocks" is London ~

Like you wanted to know all that.

XOXO,

Emily <3

ps: While we're on the subject of synonyms, I looked up synonyms for random. None are quite as good as random. So be prepared to get sick of that word. 

Like you can get sick of a word. The one word (which isn't really a word) I've gotten sick of was IDK (stands for I Don't Know). Which really explains why I started using it - and not just while texting. Hmm.....

Ok, I REALLY use the words and, random, and like WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too often.

I congratulate you if you made it to the end of this jumble of words. You're brave.

A Bunch of Gerbils

We went to the pet store today. Here is the evidence.

 

Aren't these gerbils cute!? My parents say they look like they're praying before they eat.  =)

I used to have a gerbil.

His name was Henry. He was the fattest gerbil I have seen in all my days.

Not that I've seen many gerbils really up close...

XOXO,

Emily

ps: Sorry for the lack of posts (again). Swimming just ended and now volleyball is starting. And by the way, it's A ZILLION TRILLION BILLION GAZILLION (ok, I think you get it) times better than swim team!

Goodnight.