THIS PICTURE IS DOWNTOWN APELDOORN HOLLAND DURING THE DAY. EVERYTHING WAS DECORATED FOR THE FUTBOL GAME!
"Life is a nonstop parade of minutes, hours and days - a steady string of magical moments that we can choose to use as we see fit. And the manner in which we use or abuse these irreplaceable moments shape the lives we get to enjoy."
THAT IS THE TITLE OF MY BLOG TODAY. IT WAS TOO LONG TO PUT IN THE "TITLE" SECTION. NONE THE LESS... HERES MY STORY...AND WHAT CROSSED MY MIND WHEN I WAS RUNNING THE OTHER DAY AND I KEEP THINKING ABOUT IT.
BUT FIRST...THIS WEEK I HAVENT REALLY DONE ANYTHING EXCITING. I HAVE BEEN SPENDING MY TIME, ON THE BEACH, ON MY BIKE, AND AT THE FIELD. I WOULD BORE YOU WITH SOFTBALL STATS FROM THE GAMES, BUT WELL ITS A BORE. I PITCHED THE FIRST GAME-WE WON. I HIT LEFT HANDED MOST OF THE DAY AND GOT ON BASE 80% OF THE TIME. SO SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND ON THE FIELD. WHEN I WENT TO THE BEACH I GOT TO GO UP TO "GRANDMA AND GRANDPAS" (MORMOR-GRANDMA MORFAR-GRANDPA IN SWEDISH) AND SIT OUTSIDE WITH THEM A BIT AND CHAT. IT WAS NICE. WE TALKED ABOUT SKIING. PICKED SOME BERRIES, TALKED ABOUT TRAVELING, TANNING, CANCER, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
BUT BACK TO MY THOUGHTS.
WHEN I GOT BACK FROM HOLLAND I HAD A ROUGH COUPLE DAYS. I WAS HOME SICK, I WANTED TO BE AROUND ENGLISH SPEAKING PPL, I WANTED TO SIT IN MY DADS CHAIR AND COVER UP WITH MY MOMS GOLD COLORED BLANKET THAT SMELLS LIKE HER LOTION, I WANTED TO COMPLAIN THAT IT WAS TOO HOT UPSTAIRS IN MY HOUSE, I WANTED TO HIT THE TOWN IN TOWSON WITH MY FRIENDS...BASICALLY I WANTED TO SEE SOME US SOIL. SO I WENT FOR A RUN AS USUAL.
WHEN I WAS RUNNING I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS ONE TIME WHEN I WAS IN MY DADS OLD GREEN PONTIAC BONIVILLE. TAN CARPET INTERIOR, HE ALWAYS HAD THE CHILD LOCKS ON THE BACK DOORS, IT SMELLED LIKE THAT CITRUS ROOM SPRAY (HAVE YALL EVER SMELT IT? ITS IN OUR GARAGE IF NOT-SMELLS PRETTY GOOD) WELL ANYWYAS...IT WAS SATURDAY AND MY MOM WAS WORKING AT THE NAIL SALON, AND WE HAD JUST BOUGHT A NEW DOG. WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO HUDSONS GRILL BC THAT WAS MY FAV RESTURAUNT AND I WAS HOLDING THE DOG. (LATER NAMED HUDSON AFTER I SAW THE HUDSONS GRILL SIGN-HAHA) I WAS SO EXCITED AND LOVED HUDSON SO MUCH THAT I SAID "DAD, I WISH WE HAD 10 DOGS" AND MY DADS RESPONSE WAS "DON'T GO WISHING YOUR LIFE AWAY SHANNO-BA-NANNO" AND THEN WE WENT INSIDE AND HAD OUR KIDS MEAL SERVED IN CARDBOARD CARS AND DAD GAVE US MONEY TO PLAY ALL THE OLDIES SONGS WE WANTED IN THE JUKEBOX.
SO AS IM WISHING I WAS HOME, OR IN TEXAS, OR IN MARYLAND, OR ALL THESE THINGS, I REMEMBERED THAT I WAS ONCE AGAIN "WISHING MY LIFE AWAY" SO I KEPT RUNNING AND RUNNING AND IT HIT ME. I HAVE ABOUT 2 MONTHS LEFT HERE. AND IN THE NEXT YEARS OF MY LIFE I WONT HAVE ANY MONEY TO MY NAME (UNLESS I WIN THE LOTTERY), I WILL MOST LIKELY LIVE PAY CHECK TO PAYCHECK UNTIL I MAKE IT IN THE "BIG LEAGUES". SO IT DOESNT SOUND LIKE I WILL BE BUYING ANY TICKET TO EUROPE ANY TIME SOON. AND I GOT EXCITED, AND HAD A GREAT REST OF THE WEEK. I WENT CLIFF JUMPING, I RODE IN A BOAT (CANOE WITH MOTOR) THAT HELD 3 PEOPLE AND PUT 8 PEOPLE IN IT, I RODE MY BIKE MORE, I TOOK NAPS, I LAYED IN THE SWEDISH SUN...I JUST TOOK IT ALL IN...AND I HAD A GREAT TIME DOING IT! NONE THE LESS ALL IS GOOD MY WAY, AND ALTHOUGH I MISS HOME I REMINDED MYSELF THAT CARROLLTON TEXAS IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE! ISNT IT WEIRD THE THINGS YOU REMEMBER? OH HUDSON...GOOD DOG WE HAD, HE WAS REAL CALM. YOU COULD PROBABLY DROP KICK THE DOG AND HE WOULD JUST GO SIT IN MY MOMS LAP, OR GO LOOK FOR SOME FOOD ON THE FLOOR. HAHA WHAT A GUY!
WELL ANYWAYS.
ALL THE KIDS ARE GONE, SO ITS ME, KAREN, AND MICKEY IN THE HOUSE. ITS QUIET, BUT NICE. THEY ARE RELAXING WHICH IS GOOD FOR THEM.ILL PROBABLY SPEND MY WEEK AT THE BEACH AGAIN! SURPRISE! HAHA.
SKYPED MY DAD TODAY, TALKED TO HIM ABOUT BUSINESS...ALWAYS EDUCATIONAL, IN 15 MINUTES I LEARN MORE THAN I DID IN THE BUSINESS 101 CLASS AT TOWSON. WHICH I ATTENDED 3 TIMES A WEEK FOR A SEMESTER (BOOK COSTED 280 OR SOMETHING CRAZY)
MY MOM WILL PROBABLY CAL ME LATER SO THAT WILL BE NICE, SHE GOT A HAIR CUT THE OTHER DAY AND IT LOOKS CUTE AS ALWAYS.
I THINK MY SISTER IS DOING GOOD. WE EMAIL A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK, NOT THAT MUCH. SHE HAS HER NEW JOB AND IS SO BUSY, AND THE TIME CHANGE MAKES IT HARD TOO. BUT I AM SURE SHE IS DOING GOOD, AND WE ALWAYS CHECK IN ON EACHOTHER.
I GOT CANDY YESTERDAY, MY MOM LET KRISTEN AND I TAKE THE CAR. IT WAS FUN. THEN WE HAD DINNER AND WINE ON THE PATIO. WE TALKED FOR LIKE 2 HOURS...IT WAS REALLY NICE.
THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GREAT. LIKE 68 DEGREES OR 75! REALLY NICE.
I MIGHT BLOG AGAIN LATER, I JUST HAD TO BLOG NOW BC I REMEMBERED WHAT I HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT! HAHA.
I LOVE YALL AND I MISS YALL DEARLY
"WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER"
XOXO,
SHANN
#1 ON THE FIELD, #1 IN YOUR HEART
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