Day 10: Songs you listen to when you're happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad

These are sort of off the top of my head so, I'm sure they're not entirely accurate. But accuracy is most perfectly achieved through chaos.

Happy:

Tipsy in the Sun by White Panda

This song just makes you happy. How can you NOT be happy listening to this. It makes me feel like freshly cut grass and sun tans mash that up with some beach lax and you've got this song.

Sad:

Miserable at Best by Mayday Parade

I'm not the type to try and avoid the feelings I'm trying to fix via music. This song just kinda feels like sad. It's either this song or Self Conclusion by The Spill Canvas. It all kinda makes you wanna put on an old boyfriend's hoodie, eat peanut butter (or nutella) and cry to The Notebook.

Bored:

Anything Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip

Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip may be a mouthful of an artist name but it's fitting. Scroobius Pip is an AMAZING poet. Not rapper, poet. Also, Dan Le Sac has some pretty sick beats to background Pip's words. This song sort of exemplifies how I feel about life and social work in general. Overall excellent song.

Hyped (I don't know what this means so.... We'll go with pumped up):

No Ceilings by Lil' Wayne

This will always be on my pre-game warmup list. It's the attitude I need to take when I hit the field. Confidence may not entirely change whether you have skills or not, but I think it have give you the extra boost to get there.

Mad:

Body Bag by Hit the Lights

Pretty self-explanatory. You piss me off, I'd like to think you pay (except I'm pretty good at forgiving and turning the other leaf)

Day 9: Something you're proud of in the past few days

Wow. There is so much. Well a bunch of my friends either just graduated college or successfully finished their first year of college. Plus a ton of kids I've know forever are graduating and moving on to college and all that jazz. That's something to be proud of for sure.

But more importantly, me and 15 other girls just finished what will go down in history as the first ever ASC WLAX season ever. We may have lost each and every game, but there were large individual successes within each game played. Not only did we make a lot of firsts, but we also got to go through some super exciting experiences. We got to play Rollins College who finished the season ranked 7th in the nation and 4th in our region. This may not seem like something to be stoked about, but this team is only 4 years old. It was beyond inspiring to have Coach Lamb stand there and tell us that we would become that team. He is completely dedicated to this team no matter how long it takes. I can't wait to see the team go there and know I helped lay the foundation (no matter how rocky).

In related news, Lewis-Palmer's team (which now goes by Palmer Ridge) is in the state playoffs! My first season playing lacrosse was during their second season as a team. The following year, I was captain of the first team to have a winning season in LP WLAX history. This gives me hope for ASC WLAX's future and I can't wait until I can cheer my alma mater team to victory!

Day 8: short term goals for this month and why

Gee, what a strange prompt... 

I guess play hard in my game on Saturday against Mesa. It's our season closer and our last home game. I'm going to be playing on broken ribs so we'll see how that goes and I haven't practiced for a few weeks so that will also be interesting. 

I'm also hoping to successfully apply to a few more jobs and get at least one. If I don't get one I'm kinda screwed but oh well, life happens.

I'm also thinking I'm going to have to move in with my grandmother this summer as opposed to living in the apartments like I was planning to.

I guess the only other thing would be to complete my finals well and get back into the weight room/practicing so that I can merk next year on the field.

Day 7: a picture of someone/something that has had the biggest impact on you

This is a super old photo but I thought it was perfect. This is both a someone and a something that have a massive impact on my life. This is my youth group leader from high school, Zack Weingartner. I've know him since I was a freshman and he is super important to me. This picture was taken on the way to New Orleans in  Jan. of my senior year. Zack was responsible for showing me what true love in the name of Christ looks like and he definitely has helped instill my value of the underdog. Many of my career choices and moral decision have been made because of things Zack taught me, showed me or put me in the situation to learn. New Orleans has shaped a lot of who I am and daily influences decision I make. If it weren't for Zack or New Orleans (which wouldn't have happened without Zack) my life would probably be drastically different.

I think every decision we make influences our lives for ever, but I think it's rare that you can specifically pick a certain event or moment that significantly changed the course of your destiny. I'm not talking about knowing that a butterfly in Brazil can cause a hurricane in India. I'm talking about knowing that an earthquake in Japan causes a tsunami in China. A very large event that causes a very large reaction. I think being able to have those moments and experiences makes you very special and I think they are few and far between. I feel incredibly blessed to be able to point to at least a handful of events and people that have cause tsunami's per say in my life. Zack and NOLA have hands down been the catalysts for the most drastic changes in my life's trajectory.