three weeks...

I just made about 8 different lists of things that need to be done in three weeks. I want to say I can only hope for sanity, but maybe I should accept that the next three weeks will be pure insanity. And I just thought of two other things to add to my lists...

we are the champions...

... of Merced!

If you're looking for a vacation spot, I wouldn't necessarily recommend Merced, California, but we always have a good time when we go.
This year we won the tournament, shutting out our opponents 16-0 and no errors on defense! We are so excited to go to Georgia on Wednesday to compete in Nationals!

Fight on.

failure

My occupational therapy professor was rambling the other day but as usual she came through with a little gem of advice. She started talking about failure, which is something I'm very afraid of, as I'm sure many others are. But she told us failure was important, and that we should evaluate how we're doing by how many things we've failed at recently. If we haven't failed at anything, then we're not taking risks and we're not really putting ourselves out there.

Stumble also took me to this quote, which I found fitting for the topic:

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
- Robert F. Kennedy

I'm not trying to fail my classes or anything, but I think there's a good deal of truth in those words. Now go out there and fail! ;)

oops...

I am obviously not very good at blogging. To be fair, this last month was a bit of a roller coaster. At one point I turned to my roommate and said, "I feel like I'm on an episode of the O.C. Surely there must be a hidden camera following me." To which she replied, "I would watch that show." Aside from the soap opera, I had a good month and have a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks. I wish I could say I'm looking forward to graduation on May 14th, but maybe I'll get there.
Anyway, I spent spring break in Utah with my sister at BYU. I drove out with a few friends from USC. I had a really great week hanging out with Hilary, relaxing, seeing a few friends from home, and making new friends. Unfortunately, I literally took three pictures. I went to lunch at a very good bar-b-q place with one of my best friends from home, Austin Hatch. It was St. Patrick's Day and they gave us some really good green cornbread!
I went out with the softball team a couple weeks ago to celebrate being named Southern Pacific Champions. We went to Saddle Ranch Chop House on Sunset and had a great time. They have a mechanical bull there and we all got to ride it! That was a first for me, haha. They have really good bar-b-q here too. When I walked in the smell made me feel like I was back home in Austin!
This past weekend I went back to Utah with my friend Dani because we had tickets to both of the morning sessions of conference. She stayed in Provo, but Hilary and I got a hotel in Salt Lake across the street from the temple for Saturday night. We had a great time, especially because Trenton was also in town on a ski trip with the rest of the boys from our home ward in Austin. We had fun hanging out with them Saturday night. Of course, conference was amazing. It was my first time to attend a conference session, and I really enjoyed it. I hope I'll get to go again in October.
The next two weeks will also be a little crazy... this weekend we have a softball tournament in Merced that we're very excited about and the following Wednesday we leave for Georgia to participate in Nationals! Unfortunately on Monday I pulled a muscle in my back pretty badly so I hope it will be good enough to play this weekend and back to 100% for Georgia.
When I get back from Georgia, graduation will be about three weeks away! I can't believe it is all going by so fast, but I am so grateful for the many blessings I have in my life.