Theeee Gaaaaaame :)

The other day my dear friend presented me with a dilemma!

**Making friends!

It can be very difficult to accomplish sometimes so I've come up with a little game :)

--Friend Game

• Goal: To make as many friends as possible duh! But also to get as many points as possible!

1. 5 Points: Keep old friends updated! Don't forget them :)


2. 10 Points: Wave and smile to someone new in the hallway


3. 10 Points: Talk to someone sitting by themself!


4. 10 Points: Compliment someone


5. 15 Points: Taking the iniative and asking someone new to be a partner in a school project (5 extra points if it's a cute boy!)


6. 15 Points: Sitting with new people at lunch


7. 15 Points: Text someone new


8. 20 Points: Ask someone to help you study after school


9. 25 Points: Call someone new


10. 25 Points: Ask someone to actually hang out!


11. 25 Points: Give someone a NON floppy hug


12. 30 Points: Ask a couple of people to hang out!


13. 35 Points: Have a sleepover


14. 40Points: Hang out with someone besides *not disclosed* over winter break


15. 50 Points: Get invited to a party


16. 55 Points: Go to said party anyways, just ask someone else to go with you ha


17. 60 Points: Go to not just any party but a BIG HOLIDAY PARTY, perhaps a new years eve party?


18. 75 Points: Feel comfortable enough to be yourself around new people


19. 80 Points: Be able to call these said people friends


20. 80 Points: Go to a dance stag with a couple of friends


21. 100 Points: Get asked to a dance

Tell me more that I can add, because I don't feel like thinking anymore!

Reach 100 points and treat yourself to a pedicure :)

The point system helps take away the actual pressure of friend making and rewards you for the little stuff :D

Epiphany

Ahem...

**Surround yourself with people that make you feel happy.

People that don't make you second guess yourself.
People that don't make you feel inferior and sad.
People that you can actually call friends.

It's better to figure it out later rather than never :)

Origins

My car's name is Fender, and for good reason.

It all started two years ago, before it was even my car mind you, over labor day weekend.

Me and Lauren decided to take advantage of the limited amount of laws that are enforced up in the Uintahs :)
Our joy ride was cut short. Lauren had backed up and hit the right side of the car into a tree!
It was then given the name Fender

Fast forward two years later:

I got dropped home from cross country practice expecting a great "surprise" as my dad called it.
I was excited! Maybe I was getting a nice gift!
I was definitely surprised to find that my gift was actually that fact that my grandpa and ran into Fender, denting the OTHER side of the car.

It got fixed
Fender became BEA-utiful
and the name kind of died away.
All was well.

Two months after Fender was made gorgeous, I backed up and...

hit the right side of the car into a tree!

Lovely really, Fender got his name back that's for sure.

Yesterday I had the misfortune of getting into a little accident outside of Pepperwood.

When the guy said it was just a little Fender Bender, through the tears, I started to laugh.

The end.

People

A person is like a rope.

The more stress put on it, the weaker and more frayed it becomes.

The rope can't handle as much, and finally

it snaps

The one thing you can count on..

My mom always tells me that the only thing you can count on in life is change.

After the past week, I've come to cherish this quote so much more than I ever have.

Things happen for a reason, things change for a reason. It's all apart of living.

Sometimes the change that happens isn't what we want it to be, but if we never went through something challenging, we couln't look forward to something changing for the better.

I've decided right now that I'm just going to take life day by day and accept change.

It's the only thing that you can do to stay sane!

Hahah julie don't kill me, but I'll use these pictures as examples :)

Frightmares
8th or 9th grade?

Nationals over the summer! Before Junior Year and look we gained one more :)

Lovee

UEA WEEKEND

I have been so lazy it's a tad bit pathetic.
That's okay though :)

I have actually done something this weekend I promise!
Here's a list

1. Successfully asked someone to the Halloween Dance!
2. Successfully helped Rachel and Tiff ask to the Halloween Dance!
3. Ran Up At Alta Ski Resort! It was absolutely freezing!
4. Played Smash Brother's Brawl?? Some weird video game but I dominated!
5. Hit A Tree with my car... in the exact same spot as last time
6. Drove around listening to 101.1 with Caesey. I don't suggest ever tuning into that station
7. Got Answered back to the Halloween Dance :)

Now all of this seems so stupid to everyone else but I know that I had fun!

I guess the real reason that I posted this was to make myself feel better, because I really thought I hadn't done anything over UEA!

P.S.

Region is in five days

Can I Just Say...

TRYING TO CRAM A WHOLE SUMMER'S WORTH OF MEMORIES INTO YOUR BRAIN...

Is definitely not for the weak.

I suggest a journal of some sort.

Or a picture album!

Neither of which I'm very good at keeping up with :)

Summer 09'

:) It's been fun hasn't it????

Harry :)

Harry Harry Potter. Ron Ron Ron WEASLEY, DUMBLEDORE!

Die hard fan

Insanely excited

Hogsmead Party

--Be there or be square

HARRY POTTER

:)

The end

Laziness Prevails

Last week was FBLA Nationals in Anaheim, California.
All of my friends that attended with me will have these extravagant posts about how great it was blah blah blah. Don't get me wrong it really was one of the most amazing things I had been to in MY LIFE, but.....
I'm too lazy to type out a play by play about everything that happened.
Therefore I will type a short and sweet list of the things I will remember the most :)

• Julie's text messages full of quotes from the week
• Disneyland ( Space Mountain :) )
• Mine and Zoe's Rebellious Saturday Night, no matter how hard we try and forget it
• Rainforest Cafe
• Opening and Closing Ceremonies
• The Beach
• The Instyler ha!
• Laughing with Paige and Julie at 2 in the morning :)
• Girl Chit Chat's with Jules and Zo
• Dancing in front of our Hotel Room Window... in just our underwear!

There ya have it :)

Summer :)

It's finally finally here!

Summer is what everyone looks forward to as soon as that first school bell rings isn't it?

Although it's summer and my life is now complete because it is summer, there still are a few things that are on my mind.

Numero uno! Cross Country started today and it was..... AWFUL!

I mean I love my team and everything but I have never been in the worst shape!

I did not expect seven miles right off the bat but guess what?

THAT'S WHAT WE RAN

I'm really scared that I won't get back where I was last year but I'm hoping that's an irrational fear.

Dos?

I already miss my friends! I don't see people everyday and it's depressing.

Tres...

The plus side though I see people that I hardly ever see during the school year more :) and that makes me super duper happy!

BONFIRE LADIES!

Okay..

I think I'm done now :)

THE END

Something to work for

Goal: Something to work toward

-Ambition ** an earnest desire for some type of achievement

~Your Inspiration~

MY GOALS--

Especially goals for cross country season :D

• Never Give Up--Stay Dedicated no matter what


• Don't settle for anything less then I deserve


• To be nicer to everyone, even those who rub me the wrong way


• Never lose my competitive spirit


• Don't slack off, train hard


• Run PR's like crazyyy :)


• Stay in Top 3


• Be a leader


• Be an inspiration, a role model


• Be the best person I can be!


• Don't start drama


• Don't judge, hate or discriminate


• Don't be a disappointment


• Never lose my addiction to running


• Maintain the insomnia from thinking about running :)

and the biggest one......

• Earn the title of STATE CHAMPION

Freedom...

Is sooooooo close, in so many ways.
Just three more days and it's over...
well until next year anyways :)

You all know what I'm talking about, although most of you are already done.

-AP-

:)

Just a little tid bit of info for ya..
I love my team!
They are what keeps me going day in and day out.
No matter how I did in a race ( and believe me this track season has definitely not been my best ) they help me get through.
I just wanted to say thanks and I love you guys :)

Optimism Day!

For many of you that know me,

I like to make up theme days :)

My newest one has been Optimism Day!

Yeah yeah I know every day should be optimism day but the sad truth is that it isn't for a lot of people. I'm trying to change that.

So I have this plan to gradually start naming days of Optimism after a really bad day before or when I've been in a really horrible mood. Soon everyday will be Optimism day! Of course it's not all about me! I've noticed how when you are in a bad mood others are affected. When you are being pessimistic about something, someone usually joins in. Want to know why?

Misery LOVES company!

Therefore, I'm calling out everyone. When you notice how you are acting and it's not the most... pleasant ha ha, change how you are acting right that instant! Start smiling, laughing,SINGING A SONG, complimenting someone, anything! Just be genuine and happy :) Make someone else's day brighter by being nice and I'm pretty sure yours will get better too!

Just remember..

If you can't change something, change how you feel about it.

OH and be Optimistic PLEASE! Because being truly happy is worth more than anything in this life, especially since we only live once!

You definitely don't want to be living in a life full of sorrow and drama.

As my mom always says,

If you're Happy then you're Healthy :D