Cross Country

Cross Country was a huge disappointment this year. Hmmm where to begin. Well we had state in the bag, we had everything in the bag. It was a team full of determined, hardworking best friends. So it was fun and hard. We won races without trying. We won a race when we let our jv beat our varsity. We were unstoppable. I'm not sure what ended up being our downfall. It might have been the drama, or we might have gotten cocky. It might have even been because we hadn't raced in 3 weeks. The week before districts I got sick. Well sometime while I was sick my 2 best friends on the team turned against me. They claimed I had been cheating on Julio [with total jerks and some of the people they claimed....I didn't even know!]. They claimed I had been with her ex. Haha...right! So it was war, things were done and said on both sides that shouldn't have been. We patched things up for districts. Its still not the same, but it never will be. We went in to districts determined to win, or atleast qualify for state. Not long into the race I think we all realized that Nyssa had gotten faster and we had stayed the same. We raced our hearts out. We had to go to state. We raced so hard most of us collapsed at the finish line, and thats where the problems began. Girls passed us in the shoot [the shoot was too wide] and the places were mixed up. We filed to the jury of appeals and the jury never met. We even had girls from other teams come up and say "hey she beat me!". But none the less, Vale took first, Nyssa took 2nd and Umatilla 3rd. We weren't going. It was close enough that those mix ups that weren't fixed ruined our shot. We filed complaints all the way to the top and the suspense was dragged out for a week. We found out that it didn't matter. My dad had filmed it but spectators film couldn't be used. It was heart breaking. We are proud of what we achieved though. We had 2 girls qualify individually, the Cardenas sisters. Nancy took district champ and went on to take state champ as well. She worked so hard for it! Obi qualified individually too, he did great at state taking 25th out of 120 as a sophomore. I was proud of that kid!

Other News

Once XC was over I began looking into colleges. I found one that I really love, Warner Pacific College, and I applied. First I went to a campus visit. I got to stay in the dorms and go through a typical class, chapel, and got information on financial aide and stuff. It was so perfect for me! Unfortunately I have to keep looking because they're a private college and it's expensive. It would be so perfect though! It's in Portland and so me and julio would be going to college near each other [he's applying at Portland State Univ.], and PSU is where I plan on going to graduate school. Plus it has everything I need for a Social Work degree. Ahhhh we'll see I guess!
I Took my SAT's and I get the scores in a week! I think I did really good, but you never know for sure. I did really good on my ASVAB's although I can't join the military cuz of my asthma. Julio comes home for a whole month in 2 days! I'm so excited! It's been tough getting used to high school without him. Our 2 year anniversary is coming up January 3rd! Wow it went by so fast! I've started working out again and ooo so sore! Well, I think that's all that's new. I know its been forever since I've updated. Ohhhh and I'm blonde! I'll put a ton of pics from this school year up! Enjoy!