One of my favorite quotes would probably be “Live your dash”. This quote has always inspired me because when you die, your gravestone has the date you were born “dash” and then the date you died. that dash that separated the birth and death represents your life no matter how long or short it was. “Live your dash” to me means that when you die, that little life represents my life and I want to live my best life so that when I pass, people who knew me or who come to my funeral look at my dash and think wow, She really did it right.
An invention I think someone should make would be heated turf. At really nice sports complexes they have “Cooling” turf for the Summer but they have nothing for the Winter when our toes are freezing and numb. I would rather have hot toes then frozen toes. When I have told people about my idea they ask how would it work? Well, underneath the turf there would be little tiny ventilation holes all over the field that heat would be able to come through while we are out on the field playing. This invention would be beneficial to every sport on turf, not just soccer.
Writing about my dream last night would usually be normal but yesterday I had a really scary dream. So a few days ago my whole family was home and we were just hanging in the house. My mom decided to take the dog for a walk and when she stepped outside the garage door she noticed something odd. One of our flower pots that line up the side of our driveway was in the middle of our driveway shattered. If it had just fallen over it would have cracked in one place and would not have moved to the center of our driveway. It looked as if someone had come to our house, picked up the pot, shattered it, and left. If we were in a normal neighborhood it wouldn’t be as scary. But we live hidden deep in the woods with very few neighbors, and a chunk of woods separate us from all of our neighbors. When my parents went out the other night and left me home alone I was kind of jumpy all night just thinking about the prowler we had outside our house. ANyways, back to my dream. I have a window in my room that can see right out onto the driveway. So yesterday night, I had a dream that there was someone outside my window smashing our plant pots outside of my window. Then after the person got done with that they chucked one at my window causing it to break. As they started climbing in my window to get to me I woke up shaking and scared. To make things scarier, right when I woke up from that dream, my alarm clock went off and scared me so bad I fell off my bed. This morning I looked at my clock with my mom but both my “Wake up reminders” Were set to there normal times. So I have no clue why it went off at 1 in the morning.
If I ever have children I have many things I would do differently from what my parents did to me. First, I will never pressure them to play a sport and will NEVER yell at them during there games. Its there game and their time to shine. I know they will give there best and its not my place to yell or try to tell them they did a lot wrong. As a parent its good to encourage your child more than getting down on them. If they have a bad game I will support and be kind to them instead of ignoring them because of their performance. I will also never keep them up for hours telling them they’re not serious enough about the sport when they train 3 days a week and have 3 games every weekend. Another thing I would do differently is giving them more freedom. I would give them a phone at the age of 10 (That seems like an appropriate age) and I would let them have the apps they want and check it occasionally. I believe that as a parent if you try to ban your kids from apps and having a phone for a long time it just makes them more rebellious. If you give them trust and freedom from an early age, they will do there best to keep your trust and freedom by following the rules that er set in place. I will also never pick favorites if I have more than one kid and I will not give all my attention to one child if they are struggling. That teaches the other child that they aren’t as important and teaches them to not be as loving towards their parents at a young age. If I ever have a child that grows up to be abusive or threatening I will make sure my youngest child is always safe and send the child who is struggling to get help instead of keeping them in the house as a threat to my other child.
Why are people so cruel? This has been a question I have wondered a lot just because everywhere around us there are people who are cruel for what seems to be “no reason” But what we don’t know is that they are actually probably really struggling. People aren’t usually cruel unless they have been hurt before and that’s the only thing they know how to do. I myself have experienced people who have been cruel. My brother for one has a cruel side to him. he was raised well but he is socially awkward which caused him to not have many friends, I think that had a big part of him growing mean and threatening. I was also bullied a lot in seventh grade and I think that was because they were jealous. Seventh grade I moved to a new school and made some friends and was having a good time. but some people didn’t like having a new person in their group, which turned them to be cruel to me. We finally got past that but by that time I just decided to switch schools.
My dream car would probably be a white/black Jeep Wrangler. I know it sounds basic, usually, people say a Lamborghini or some other high tech car but I keep it plain and simple. Jeeps look really cool and I would love to have the doors off in the summer and just ride around with my hair flying behind me in the wind. I could also see my driving around with a bunch of my friends in the car with the doors off and the music turned all the way up.
Spain: I leave for Spain in almost a month and I’m super excited/super scared. I just found out a few days ago that apparently, I’m the only girl apart of the program so it’s me and 12 other boys all ages 16-18. I also learned that on my flight home alone I have a 4-hour layover in Iceland so I have to find the right terminal for my next flight by myself and then sit alone for 4 hours. That part really scares me because I’ll only be 16, sitting in an airport all alone. My parents are going to fly down with me early to Barcelona before the program starts so that we can sightsee for a few days which should be fun. We also got tickets to see The Barcelona team play. I don’t know who they play tet, but I’m really excited to see them play. When I get back from the trip I will be able to get a car and start driving and get a job for the summer which I’m really excited about.
I leave for Nationals league in 3 weeks with my soccer team to North Carolina. (I have been saying South Carolina in my other blogs but I found out its actually North Carolina.) I’m really excited for the trip since my team gets to fly there together but I’m really nervous about my playing time. My coaches have been really unfair to me and some other players and have been playing his favorites. It’s sad because he has favorites and to make it worse…we all know who they are. To make sure I earn more time and a possible starting position I have been determined to train after school in my basement every day to try and become better at my skills and speed. One thing that’s really annoying is that a bunch of girl on my team goof off at practice and don’t take it seriously and they still start the game. I, on the other hand, am serious about training and getting better and get hardly any playing time. I’m really hoping Spain can really help me grow and I can come back Finominal to prove to my coaches that they made a big mistake by sitting me on the bench. Since our team just won our bracket we get to go to Nationals league again next year and Regionals. I’m really excited because Regionals this summer is in Michigan and I love Lake Michigan. My mom and dad used to live in Michigan so they have taken my brother and me there to visit many times.
My Party: I am having a “Bon Voyage” party in early December so that I can get together with a bunch of friends before I leave for 3 months. I’m really excited for the party and have a bunch of cool ideas for the party. I’m considering inviting a few people from my creative writing class that I have gotten to know. My parents wanted me to make it also an early birthday party which I thought sounded dumb since my birthday is not until February. So that idea got shot down.
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