The loss at Stevenson

(I'm a stickler for chronology; this post is dated 4/24/09)

Their field is at a complex in Owing Mills, MD where the Ravens do or did train in the off season.  There's this springy turf field that would hurt to fall on but be awesome to play on but instead, we get to play on the semi-uneven grassy field right next to it.  

I remember being so excited for this game; it was our season opener and I was all ready.  I was going to put my new music on my iPod for the ride, I had made the girls bows with blue and white ribbons to pin to their stick bags AND I had heart stickers.  The heart stickers were for the girls to wear because they all had so much heart; preseason was a big challenge for our team, being so small (at the time) and our first game out of the gate we were ready to show off all our hard work.  But we were in for a rough battle.

Spring scored the first goal of the game but Stevenson fired back, hard.  We were down 10-2 at the half and came out 15-5.  I had a shot in the beginning of the second half; on goal, but it was saved.  I also had a draw control in the middle of the second half.  I had two turnovers as well.

Playing an away conference game with one of the top 20 programs in the nation as a season opener isn't easy for any team, especially ours. We had a lot of kinks to work out but as time goes on, the girls become more in-sync as our team continues to improve.

After the game we went to Chic-fil-a for dinner--my first time ever!  It was quite an experience; I got a chicken caesar wrap and had it with caesar dressing (I had saved half and eaten it later that night because I had had food from my secret psych or something....)

valentines weekend

For Valentines Day, Coach made us all red t-shirts with "I heart MU Lax." Anna came to coach and play with us which was super fun!  Anna Sody and Heather Bretschger were my hostesses when I recruited at Marymount in May 06.  They are the ones who showed me Marymount and the ones who convinced me to come here in like a matter of a few hours.  

Anna's my Mama Bear but she graduated last year and so this was my first year without her and I never could have imagined what a difference it would make.  I'm having a great year but I miss her terribly, especially on the field.  Anna has a tremendous presence in my life and I'm always thinking of her.  She helped bring me to where I am today and for that, I am forever grateful.

I had to work Saturday afternoon and afterwards, Wally, E and I went over to a friend from work's house for a party!  We had an awesome time but I was up super late and had

 work in the morning.

Sunday was a KILLER but now, Tuesday, I'm just days away from my team's first game!!!  This is me during the Villa Julie game last year.

This Saturday we're playing Stevenson (Villa Julie) in MD.  That night we're having a little victory celebration/ birthday party for Wendy! Give me a shout out if you wanna come by, its gona be a great time!!!

boots!

Speaking of beautiful weather, yesterday and today were no exception! Yesterday I spent some time with Wally on the back field throwing around, shooting and playing 1 on 1. The sun was shining and we were having so much fun!

Today was beautiful as well; I went home in between classes to get some stuff done and managed to fit in a quick run. Because the weather was soooo nice, I thought I'd take advantage and debut my highly beloved Cole Haan boots for this spring season.

Originally from their Fall 07 line, I'd discovered these boots sometime last winter in an old Vogue a friend of mine had. I saved the magazine and tried desperately to find these boots, but to no avail. Sometime during the winter, when I was babysitting and living on campus, I found the boots on the Cole Haan website and knew that it was fate. I ordered the boots as soon as i could (along with a matching market bag) and waited anxiously for FedEx to deliver them.

The day they came it was like christmas! I went to the library (wearing my NEW BOOTS!) and met up with Ericka. I used my boots as an excuse to stage a procrastonatory photo sesh in the library... here are some of the results! You can see the bag that I got too!


I babysat a LOT to save up for those boots and now that they're mine (gosh, I've probably had them a YEAR already!) I'm gonna love them forever!

stop!... trampoline time!

The past few days have been gorgeous, with temperatures in the 50s and 60s and I have been enjoying the wonderful weather to the fullest extent.

Saturday I was able to enjoy a lovely nap out on the trampoline in the sun! Being out there reminded me of this fall when the weather was nice and my friends and I spent days and nights on that trampoline.















Here's me one nice, Sunday afternoon in September. Ericka's taking the pictures and unfortunately for her, I was unable to master the camera like she had for these pics. That day we had gone for sushi together in Falls Church, walked around the shops a bit and played outside. We hung around in the sun and waited for Wally to return back from a CMA retreat.

Here's a pic of our sweet sushi lunch, complete with totally kick ass drink glasses!!!

And me with the stringgy carrot!

arabian snowballs

I'm jealous of all the people who went to snowball... it looks like it was a really good time. 

oh this week

This week has been crazy, busy, hectic and unbearable at times, but FINALLY it's friday!

I was really pissed off earlier this week when I read some things about Macy*s. I would like to give a big screw you to Chief executive Terry J. Lundgren, chief financial officer Karen Hoguet, chief administrative officer Thomas Cole, and vice chairs Janet Grove and Susan Kronick for accepting $1.39 million in bonuses AFTER LAYING OFF 7,000 EMPLOYEES earlier this week.

I was talking to my dad about this situation earlier this week and he made a good point; so many companies, businesses are jumping on the were-suffering-from-economic-hardship-due-to-the-poor-economy bandwagon. I understand that things are going badly, trust me I see it everywhere. But how much of it is actual and how much of it is percieved? How much of it is just people being hyper-conscious and super critical of their economic standing just because other people are? I wouldn't be surprised at all if a (significant?) portion of this downturn was just because some people heard others were doing bad and so they forcasted that onto themselves?

It's hard but we're getting by. Just keep looking forward and everything will be alright.