April

Me oh my does time fly!

Today I learned that my most favorite coach is leaving us next year. I sobbed. He believed in me when no one else did, not even myself. He pushed me to my physical and emotional limits. He has helped me to become the runner and person that I am today. And I am so thankful. So very thankful for the time that I've had with such a great coach. I honestly have no idea how I'll make it through the rest of my running years, and I can only hope I won't give up. So this is to a great coach and a new challenge 

Anthro and candy canes

Yesterday I got an anthropologie skirt and a consignment store. It still had the tags on too. I wore it to a banquet with a simple t shirt but had a big flower pin that matched perfectly. I'd say I was the best dresses person there. And today I had my first candy cane of the Christmas season. I'm eating my second one right now. And I also finished reading to kill a mockingbird for school. It's the third time I've read it and I love that book. What I love most is the characters in it. Scout reminds me of myself when I was younger and I also dearly love Atticus and his poise. I really want to watch that movie now because that movie is very well done. 

Regards,

Annie 

Consignment stores

You know what I love? Consignment stores. They're basically designer thrift stores except it doesn't have the smell of a thrift store (thank goodness). There's a small consignment store by my house where I've gotten a talbots, anthropologie, and banana republic dress. Today the orchestra was playing for an event in the morning, and I had heard about a larger consignment store near by. So after we played we went to the store, which was in the cutest little downtown area I'd ever seen. The whole block as well as the store was- please don't kill me for saying it- very hipster. After making my way past tattooed hipsters in suspenders I found a banana republic dress that fit perfectly. And then I got frozen yogurt and costco. 'Twas a good day.

Condolence Prizes

Wouldn't it be great if we got everyday condolence prizes? Or just prizes for doing the basic things that are sometimes just a little tough. Like maybe holding back a negative comment or finishing your homework before dinner. I feel like a deserve an award today because I held back some very opinionated comments. It's probably a good thing because how many times does someone's rude comment really change your opinion on something? So yes, claps for me because I didn't start a big argument. I also went running in the rain today. That's the only time I enjoy rain, when I'm running in it. Because it doesn't mattered you're wet when you're just running outside, and you aren't carrying around books or a bag that could get wet and it's pretty much the only time it's normal for someone over the age of seven to play in the rain. You get to splash in puddles as you sprint down a hill and feel the rain on your face but everyone's all right with the fact that you're soaking wet because you're just outside and not going anywhere! Then I went home and had some home made hot chocolate, which was a first but definitely not a last. Oh and my dearest friend turned 18 today! So she can now buy goldfish :-) . But we became really good friends this last year when we both were injured at the same time, and we went through the highest of highs and lowest of lows together, so needless to say we became very good friends. She's always been my example of never giving up and always trying your hardest and I am so grateful for her and wouldn't have been able to get through my injury without her. 

'Tis all,

Annie

Best friends and an unstoppable ping pong pair!

Last June

Looking back on the blog, up until a few minutes ago, the last time I had blogged was June. June 24th. I predicted that the rest of my summer would be uneventful, and to a certain extent it was, but that summer was also the start of a whole new chapter. It's hard to see myself as that same girl blogging about my summer, that girl who had no idea that something sad, beautiful, and tragic was yet to come. I probably sat there writing about my summer giddy with excitement and thinking that everything beautiful would never end, but alas, school starts, hearts break, knees hurt, cars run out of gas, painters run out of paint, and the millionaires run out of money. And that's the beauty of life: the unexpected, the unpredictable! At any given day in your life you'll never know exactly what comes next, so you just have to do your best at the day your in and try to learn enough to prepare you for what's coming and enjoy it.

Rain

After months of praying for rain we got rain today. Which I suppose is good, seeing as how rain is essential to crops and crops mean food and that means not starving to death. But I did forget how much I dislike rain. And for living in sunny Southern California you might be surprised by how many people absolutely love the rain. Or at least say they do. Because if they really liked the rain maybe they'd be walking through the quad in the rain rather than the narrow awnings where those of us who don't like rain take shelter. But I eventually gave in and couldn't stand the crowded walkways and walked right through the middle of the quad in the heavy rain. But it's ok because I used my chemistry book as an umbrella; I'm not too fond of chemistry. But I still pray for rain and say a prayer of thanks for the rain because there's some things in life that you need, and you might not like them, but you just have to deal with them. And dealing with things you don't like is a good skill to learn. It's also good to learn not just how to deal with those things, but enjoy them. When I got home I enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate by the Christmas tree because no amount of wishing for summer will make it come faster, so you just have to enjoy the season you're in. Enjoy the season you're in because someday it'll end and all you'll be left with are the memories, and I'd much rather be left with good memories than bad ones.

Love,

Annie

Summer

There's 104 days of summer vacation
And school comes along just to end it
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it

Like maybe... 
Building a rocket
Or fighting a mummy
Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower

Discovering something that doesn't exist (Hey! )
Or giving a monkey a shower

Surfing tidal waves
Creating nanobots
Or locating Frankenstein's brain (It's over here! )

Finding a dodo bird
Painting a continent
Or driving your sister insane (Phineas! )

As you can see
There's a whole lot of stuff to do
Before school starts this fall (Come on Perry)

So stick with us 'cause Phineas and Ferb
Are gonna do it all
So stick with us 'cause Phineas and Ferb are
Gonna do it all! 
(Mom! Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence! )

So, the phineas and Ferb theme song because it's officially Summer. After 3 busy weeks in late june/early july, i have nothing to do all summer. unlike phineas and ferb, my summer will consist of running, sleeping, eating, texting, pinteresting, blogging, and playing the piano. so the best of luck to all those who suffer from the annual problem of our generation