Hey, blogettes! This is Smiles here! Sorry no one has been on the blog to write lately, but I know that I have been very busy with other important things. It is Spring Break for my school right now, so I decided that now would be a good time to make a post and let you know that I am still alive at least. I don't know about Music. I have been emailing her a lot though saying that we do need to get posting on this blog otherwise what's the point of having a blog together if no one is going to do anything on it. Anyways, in our time away from here, I turned 14 on March 1, 2014, attended honor choir, have been busy studying for the permit test, training for track, I am going to be a sprinter since my knee isn't ready for distance yet, organizing Relay for Life for my church, we are joining another church in our community this year to honor and remember two church goers who are currently fighting cancer, or have lost the battle, and have been busy doing things for my youth group.
I am not Catholic, not that I have anything against them or this time of year because I know that Music believes in this time of year and what is needed to be done before Resserection Sunday or Easter Sunday to non Christian people, but my church is doing a service project to give stuff to a place in our community where families that can't afford clothes or need food can go and get that kind of stuff for free. It relies heavily on donations from the community, and since they are running low on things since this is a harder time for people, my church has decided to step in and do a little drive to get some things to restock their shelves and keep them in business because it is a nice thing to have in a small town where there may not be that many places nearby that people can call up and say hey I need this and this and this can you help me or bring it to me because there are many places that don't do delivery services, and if the people are low on funds they may not even be able to get to that place to pick the needed items up.
My youth group also holds a breakfast on Resserection Sunday for anyone and everyone in the community free of charge. It's a really great time with the older kids (sixth grade on up) handling the kitchen work, and the little kids(fifth grade on down) handling the decorating, and then the mid little kids(third through fifth graders) handle waiting on people. We all however make sure that people are welcome and have what they need, and we invite them up for the service which happens shortly after the breakfast is finished. The youth however don't usually get to see the service because we are busy cleaning up and tearing down. Sometimes though we do get to see a little bit of it. It just depends on how many people are working, and how much there is to be done which depends on the amount of people.
It's a lot of fun for us too. I remember all the jokes that were cracked in the kitchen last year and about how someone almost set the church on fire, but they didn't and everything was fine in the end it was just a close call, and that person is no longer allowed to manage cooking things but instead have been moved to prepping the food before it goes to be cooked.
Like I said before, I am really busy, and I am about to get busier as I am doing track, and track meets can sometimes go on forever it seems. It all depends on the team amounts and how many events are offered, and as noted above I am going to be doing sprints which are usually first, sprint relays, and long jump because my knee couldn't take distance. I already tried the distance training, and no it did not work out well, and I knew I had to stop because I could hurt it again or hurt something else or start like swearing or something like I did when it happened because it really did hurt. Besides if I want to do cross country next season I think I need to take it easy now so it can get a little bit better. Cross country is my main sport, and the one that I care a lot more about anyways just because of the feelings and the people that you get to work with and see. That and it is a whole new level of competition where so many more doors are opened.
Cross country is way better than track too, because everyday is something different, and no run is ever the same. There is always something new on the course and something new to learn or improve on, and it doesn't matter if you are good or bad. It just matters that you finish, when in track it seems like you have to be good and fast otherwise you won't make it through the season. Our coach has even listed it in the packet that if you aren't good you will be cut which puts even more pressure and stress on me that I didn't have in cross country.
In cross country, I felt free, and I had all these good feelings. I don't think I will get those feelings in track with everything that there is to remember and do because you want to stay in it, and in order to stay in it, you have got to train and fight. You have got to be amazing because there are cuts and if you get cut then what is the point of being on the team because you are just sitting there wasting space. I'm a person that isn't afraid to go out there and get things and that is why I think that I am going to be the one pushing the hardest and being dead after practice. That is why I think I am going to be the one that works hard and finds things out because she tries them. I need to keep my place on the team. I will do whatever it takes.
It's going to be even harder since I am a sprinter because there is a lot of sprinters and not a lot of distance and that is why I think that next year I am going to be a distance person. I just need this time since I injured my knee in cross country to take it easy still, since I am still in pain with the distance, and I still have that feeling of doom like something isn't right or something is going to happen if I do distance in track that will make cross country not happen next season. I don't need another injury, and that is why I am not risking it and doing sprints this year. But I will take risks in sprints. I have to if I want to stay in races and be on top.
I have my mind set and decisions made. Now it is time to go out there and make things happen. Wish me luck people because I am going to need it. I am going to need it to overcome the pain of my injury, and make good choices that will keep cross country next season in line because like I said that is my first sport, and I am just doing track to compliment that and get me into better shape for next year. Sprints always got me in cross country which is another reason that in the end made me think that sprints were a better choice. They are always saying sprint those first 200 to 400 meters, and then ease up and then 500 meters from the end kick it in and finish strong. I could never really do that, but then again I don't think that I have a kick either which also makes it tough, but anyways yeah. I think sprints will be good for me and I won't regret the choice.
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