Ridiculousness

Finally stats homework is over, what a pain that was becoming. Seriously, the biggest question on it was from a lab that we spent 5 minutes on. Okay, maybe I didn't pay attention, but there were no notes for this, the homework is usually done off of class notes! Good riddance forever! Not going to miss you!!

Linguistics 305=major ridiculousness. 'Nuff said. This teacher is kinda crazy, only bases stuf off of her opinions, how are we supposed to know what you're looking for if you don't tell us?! GAH! This whole semester has been insane, it's supposed to be a GPA booster, but instead it's dragging it down and I find myself with french being the booster. Never would have thought that would happen! (Kind of ironic though since I'm going to a french University haha)

Man I can't wait till this semester is done! 8 more days!! Holy moly!!

So Busy, But Also Just Lazy

With the excitement this brought, you'd really think the first thing I would do is to broadcast the news everywhere possible and not really worry about bragging, but somehow my laziness caught up with me, something I am not proud of. So now, as I lie almost wide awake now, after being utterly exhausted just an hour ago, I decide it's perfect timing to finally blog again.

A week ago Sunday, I won my second provincial title ever in bowling!! I beat out the Female Youth Canadian Bowler of the Year by 77 pins, she didn't even place 3rd, and I beat the next favorite by 9 pins! It was basically down to my last frame and all I had to do was spare then keep the ball on the lane. I had no clue though. I was determined to not watch the scoreboards, so I had no idea where I was placed. I had some really huge games (231 & 213) but also a pretty crappy one (134-ha!) so I was thinking maybe I was sitting at fourth.

I ended my game, the last to finish out of everyone. Then people started coming over to me, shaking my hand; the girl who took 3rd gave me a hug, then my coach came over and said something about getting my medal then signing papers. That's when I really realized I had won! And the funny thing is, my mom was supposed to have come up from Calgary to watch this tournament. My sister had soccer provincials in Red Deer though, playing for bronze that morning, so my mom was going to come up after that. We were getting through our games really fast though (10 games) so she and I decided it wasn't worth it, she wouldn't get there in time. (Plus at the time I wasn't bowling too hot) So when she called me, I surprised her just like the last time, but I was just non-chalant about it. "So, how'd you do?" "Oh.. I won.." haha. It was an awesome reaction.

Nationals are now in Ontario in May; the weekend after Vancouver. I'm going to get home from Vancouver, spend two days there, then I'm off to Ontario. It's going to be awesome. And actually another kicker about this is, that I'm going to Nationals with people I used to bowl with in Calgary!! So it's going to be pretty sweet.

So this, and just loving life in rez.. I never could have imagine such an awesome year!

Day of the month?

This could very well be the best day of the month. I don't want to go as far and say best of the year because, well, it hasn't been. And I very much hope that it won't be the best till the end of the year! This is one, pretty amazing day though.

The day started ordinarily enough, alarm going off, me not wanting to get out of bed, finally rolling out of bed and rushing out the door to catch the bus to the bowling alley (that's right, I bowl!). The only difference is, it's a Sunday and this is a tournament unlike most tournaments. I'm in this tournament for fun, for the practice for my upcoming provincial tourney next weekend. The day involves 3 games for teams, 3 for doubles and 3 for singles. There are winners for overall scores, either scratch or handicap. (For those of you out there who have no idea what I'm talking about, scratch would be the "face" value of your games, your total will be compared to everyone else's. Handicap means comparing your game to average and then giving you a new score for that game and then comparing it to everyone else's.)

The day is going by well enough, I'm above average (177) so I'm fairly happy. But I'm getting really tired and losing consistency. Then my coach comes over and tells me that I'm sitting in second scratch and that I'll probably stay there (there aren't many game left). Then he goes on to say that these top two get to go to Vancouver for Team Canada Trials!!

Bam! This hits me just all of a sudden, no pressure to keep bowling well, right? Man! I was just trying to convince myself that he was mixed up with a different tournament, but no, just before the last 3 games, they announce exactly what he says.

I manage to keep my energy up and I finish strong. So......

I'M GOING TO VANCOUVER TO TRY OUT FOR TEAM CANADA!!!

How exciting! I've only ever left Alberta for bowling once; two years ago when I made it to a tournament in Detroit. Going home, I couldn't help but have a smile on my face, which I normally don't have... haha.

Man, I'm just so stoked, it's going to be awesome, no matter how I do. I'm so proud!

Oh by the way, another reason this day is awesome: Pi day! So I'm going to go get some pie and watch the tight race in the Western Conference to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I'm cheering on my Flames tonight!