10 more days!

I can’t believe it, 10 more days till softball tryouts. The school year is going so fast. We recently just finished picking schedules. My two electives I hope to be taking are UCTV and journalism. Since I want to be a broadcaster UCTV is so important to me, it is the morning announcements at our school and also a class. I am very excited for next year but I still can’t believe were going to be juniors! So back to softball, 10 more days and the nerves are already building up. I don’t know if you remember but I played right field for varsity last year. But this year I have been training for catcher. We had a senior catcher so obviously she is gone now, and believe me we will miss her. But I have been working since September and I hope I am ready. I have to go against five other possible varsity catchers, I am scared! This year I am going to work so hard because next year is when they hand out the softball scholarship. Playing softball in college is a dream/ goal I have. Sports can be one of the most amazing experiences you will ever go through.

Hi this is Erin calling from Union Catholic High School....

For the past two Wednesdays I have been participating in the phone-a-thon at UC. A bunch of people get together and we call alumni and ask them to give a gift to the 2008-2009 annul fund. I really enjoy working school functions; I use to be at every single one in middle school. The best phone calls are when you call an alum and they donate for the first time! I had one older man on the phone for 20 minutes and we just talked about baseball and how softballs starting soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He ended up giving me a 125 dollar donation ~ I was so excited! The donations given by our alumni help our sports, clubs, academics, technology, and just UC in general. It’s a great cause and a great way to get in school spirit!

14 days till softball tryouts!!!

There is a First Time for Everything

The past couple of weeks have been quite interesting. For the first time in 15 years, I was sick for five days; that has never happened to me before and it was not a fun time. Then, on Wednesday night, I broke my nose, the first bone I have ever broken. It happened at the basketball game versus Westfield and thankfully we were at our home gym. My nose collided with another girl’s shoulder and the rest is quite obvious. It was scary at first, and everyone pretty much knew it was broken. It is kind of funny when I say out loud “I broke my nose”; to me, it’s just not something you would hear regularly. Today I am going back to the doctor to see if I need surgery to fix it if the bone is out of place. Since it was my first break, I didn’t really know what to expect. I knew it would hurt, but not how much. I quickly learned that it will hurt badly, but not continuously. I just hope it isn’t out of place, because I want it to heal quickly.

Goals

Goals, it is a word that everyone has their own definition of. I personally have many goals in life, like making the high school softball team, playing softball in college, getting straight A’s, scoring well on my SATs, to be successful. Some of my goals I have been able to check off and others I haven’t. The other day though when I received my report card I was able to check off a huge goal of mine. Since freshman year I have been working so hard to obtain a GPA of 4.0. I’ve come close with 3.9, 3.8 but never my goal. But this marking period I had finally reached my goal, now all I have to do is keep my grades exactly that same, doing a little bit better in Spanish. I think everyone has goals. It doesn’t matter if your goals are small, like getting an A on a Chemistry quiz, or talking to the person you may have a crush on. Goals start out very small and then eventually climb the ladder to an even bigger goal. It is just like business, sometimes you have to start as the security guard and work your way up to become the president of the company. My biggest goal I would say is I want to be a broadcaster. I want to go to college majoring in communications. I don’t know if I will ever succeed at this but if I never try how will I know? Never give up on a goal because you never know how long it may take. It could take years and years for a huge goal but maybe a few days for a smaller one. Always go for what you believe in and climb your own ladder of goals.

Accepted Dance and UC S.T.A.N.D. Club

This past weekend was the Accepted Dance for the 8th graders for the class of 2013. It was probably the last chance for prospective students to come and see UC. The students who were helping at the dance were divided up to do different jobs, such as freshmen and sophomores were to bring the 8th graders down to coat check, then into the gym. The DJ was great and really got the kids involved. Last year, there were a bunch of 8th graders sitting on the bleachers, either because they didn’t know anyone or just didn’t like to dance. This year, it did not take long before everyone was up and dancing.

Tomorrow night, there is a S.T.A.N.D. movie night. S.T.A.N.D. is one of the clubs at UC, dealing with the issue in Darfur. Darfur is a very bad area at the moment, being in the middle of a civil war and this club does a lot to try to help. Tonight, dinner is going to be catered and provided between 6 and 7, and there will be a movie about Darfur, which is supposed to be a very good documentary. There is a 5 dollar entrance fee, and the proceeds go to helping Darfur. I hope it is a great success for everyone involved, because I know there has been a lot of work put into this.