On august 16th in the late afternoon my (step) sister Jen gave birth to a 8lb. 13ounce 26 inch beautiful baby girl named Olivia Grace. Ill have pictures soon. and will be down there visiting right after school starts. YAY!
Go away,
come back another day
frisbee players want to play.
another WSL cancelled. Bummer, but now i dont have to chose between the game and my coolest cousin's 11th birthday dinner. I just got him a book of 100 insults, METS monopoly, anda spiffed up button down shirt.... man is he the coolest kid ever.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN
I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feelin'
I'm happy again
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin',
Singin' in the rain
Dancin' in the rain
Dee-ah dee-ah dee-ah
Dee-ah dee-ah dee-ah
I'm happy again!
I'm singin' and dancin' in the rain!
I'm dancin' and singin' in the rain...
Its raining. Summer league is cancelled. Im babysitting.
Im going to go do work for the SAT's in august.
LIFE IS GOOD. is something wrong with me?
(I miss gonzo and jeremy)
Not a great mix.
leaving in an hour to go sailing with trigger and his family in syracuse.
leaving in 25 minutes to go to the doctor before they get here to pick me up to get a strep test.
102 temp. cant swallow. glands are swollen. eeeck! bad timing.
Last night i was sitting on a rock in the back yard of my country house watching the full moon rise. It was a golden orange, looking more like the sun than anything else. It radiated a glow such that it seemed hours earlier in the night. And i wondered as I looked through the trees on this moon rise, how serene it would be if i anyone else saw this site on a vacation. We seem to take for granted all the moments in our daily life that are spectacular, and we only then take a moment to appreciate them if we are in another setting. Tourist come from all over the world to NYC, to gasp in awe at the lights and buzz at night, at the resturants, and shows, and parks. How many new yorkers live thier lives taking advantage of everything out city has to offer. How many people who live up town actually think of Central Park or Riverside as their back yards, and how many people who live near the water are thankful of the views of the water, or bridges, the lights at night.
As i sat outside last night, completley alone for the first time almost all summer, i thought about this past year. Granted in 30 years i am not sure how much of it i will remember, but right now it seems like i was never upset for longer than an hour, i was never alone when i didnt want to be, and i never felt pressure only support, and how I was so thankful everyday for everyone around me. Thinking about it now - it sounds almost silly. But it was pretty damn close to perfect.
Last night i thought about ms haines. who is leaving beacon to make her life richer. She has passed on so much knowledge to hundreds of people, not specific facts about any part of history, but about how to live, question and dream. she has passed on the hope she has in other people and through all her cynacism, she passed on her activism. She showed the ones who wouldnt work and didnt care how to be passionate and helpful.
I thought about Lublin, who today is arriving in TURUK FINLAND to play worlds. I thought about our last conversation when she called me screaming about her excitment level and told me i was the only other person who could understand. SHE WAS GETTING ON AN AIRPLANE TO PLAY FRISBEE. sweet. I thought about how we really became friends, we learned how to work together, I understand so much about how she acts, i dont think ill ever get frusturated again. I can see in my play so much of her style and awarness. I can hear in my voice her spirit, but try to refrain from the hecklings and calls... I wish her only the best at worlds, it is an experience that will be so meaningful, he excitment again pushes me to work harder and experience it myself.
I thought about the team(s). The way i had to push my self with the guys. how insecure i became this year, and how i am working to get rid of that. How they really did push me - to break joes mark, to point block iggy, to run faster than trig, to have more consitent throws than gonzo, to have more flow than squeak, to be as crazy and free as stephen, to have as much heart as quasim and jonah, to have as much desire as adam, to have as much dedication as jeremy, to always learn something new with ricky, to keep a sense of humor with and about lil nick. I thought about those qualities i needed to work on were the ones the girls should be learning right away. There is so much potential for beacon ultimate next year, i am so happy i am going to be apart of it. Ultimate really does change peoples lives, and i dont think anyone who as been changed regrets it.
I thought about gonzo and jeremy and how they always were the best friends. Had the best lines. Allstar formed. blogging became a point of concern. i became paranoid that the girls they liked we not good enough, they both took extra care when talking about trig. apple picking. late arrives when they couldnt go home.
I thought about lehmann as a coach and as a person. In both he is an amazing friend. Jakob, Kat. there is nothing to say, except i thought about them and smiled.
Same with jessie.
i dont know how to write what i thought about trigger. in 20 days we have to say goodbye. and i think that will be the largest hickup so far. there has never been something i have wanted to do less. If i was five i am sure i would have at least tried to work something out, i would wear dresses, eat the stem of brocolli, never annoy my brother, get no presents on christmas, give up all my toys...etc if i didnt have to say goodbye. We'll see. It will all work out - that seems to be the pattern in my life, which is what over all i am most greatful for.