Moving On

A few days ago, my moms boyfriend of four years asked her to marry him. About five years ago, my dad was diagnosed with cancer and passed away a year later. For these last four or so years, it has been my mom, brother, and I living together in one tiny...but big in my eyes, family. Things havn't been easy by any means. My mom didn't really have a steady job, my dad was the one who made all the money. My brother started smoking a lot of weed and he would only listen to me. Grades fell and my chances of getting into college seemed thin.
Luckily though, I did make it here to this awesome school. In this past year of college so much has changed. I am about to have a step-dad and I really don't know if I am ready for that. It is wierd how life can change so quickly.

Golfing

I think golfing is a very overlooked sport for teens to play. Most people think golfing is just a sport for old, retired, senior citizens. The truth is is that golf is a fun sport for everone to play! I started playing golf when I was five and absolutely hated it. Every time I would swing at the ball I would get mad and my Dad would get frustrated. It was just annoying, so I switched over to playing a more normal sport for that age like baseball and soccer. I didn't pick up another golf club until I was fourteen when my friend got a job working at a golf course. We could play on a proffesional 18 hole course for free! Golf carts included! At first I was absolutely horrible and hated the stupid sport still. After a few games I could finally make contact with the ball. Suddenly, what was once the most frustrating sports in the world turned into an addiction. I joined the golf team at my school and quickly became captain of the varsity team! I really influence anyone who has never played golf, to get a group of friends together and go out and play. It is a game that most people overlook as being fun , when in reality there is nothing better than gettting a few friends together and riding up and down a golf course on a golf cart. It will be difficult at first, it still is for me at times, but don't give up! It is a very good sport to know how to play, especially for many business majors. A lot of a business transactions are made on the golf course!

Two Different Worlds

It's wierd how when someone goes off to college, they are really going off to college. I thought that when I went away to NAU, nothing would be different. I thought I would keep in contact with all my old friends, especially my best friend Erin from back home. She went off to Chicago for college and now we barely speak. When I went home for winter break, it was kind of wierd seeing all my old friends. It actually made me kind of depressed. At times it makes me really sad, but then I think about how the point of leaving to college is not sit around thinking about all the people that you miss, but all the people that you will meet. This is a new chapter in life that maybe I just wasn't ready for in the beginning. Living in the dorms has been one of the most fun time of my life and it has been a huge learning experience. I have learned so much about my self by living in the dorms. I learned that I am horrible at folding clothes, that I really love to sleep in, that I enjoy being around people much more than being alone. I love being in college and having this whole new group of friends, but the old friends from high school and the times we had will always be in my memory. For to long I have lived my life thinking about the past. Thinking about regrets that I have, choices I should have made, things I wish I would have done. One can't live their life thinking about the past at this age. There is so much more to go, and I can't wait to see what awaits me.