second place never was so sweet

Pictures from the second to last soccer game of the season for Woods Charter School. It's so difficult to know that the season is over and that I will not be able to participate in any more games with these amazing athletes. Although I have only played 1 year on the team, it has been so much fun and I'm so happy I did. Just some pictures (courtesy of Kim Chambers) and now realizing how much I am going to miss everyone come graduation.
Although we lost 2-1 in the championship game, the game last night against Franklin was so worth it, that it doesn't even matter. Winning in over time against a team who had illegally stacked their team was one of the highlights of senior year. I am so happy to be a part of the team and love you all. Mike, Jon, and Chris, you guys are the best and I am so excited to get to graduate with you all.

Don't knock it; You've been here before

My fingers hurt. My wrists hurt. I love life. I was able to play piano and guitar for two hours straight today. On a school night. I wish I could express the magnitude of this occurrence.

I never seem to get everything done that I want to. This is usual for everyone; I understand this. However, it drives me crazy because I have such a difficult time relaxing and taking a break unless I am done with all of my work. Good news is that I am getting better at being neglectful of my work. Not completely true, but if I am able to do something at another time I will take the opportunity. Also, I've found that if I make a quick list of things I did do, it helps me feel accomplished and realized that I haven't been wasting my day.

Today I was able to do some of my favorite things and as a result am feeling no stress despite a bio test tomorrow and college application deadlines closing in.

-Piano & guitar <3
-Went for a run
-Took some pictures
-cleaned my room
-blogged ;)
&& I am almost finished with my Elon, UNC Chapel Hill, Davidson, and Messiah applications!!!

I am blessed and need to remember this. Miss Lynette McRae sent me the nicest email. I am so lucky to know this woman and have her care enough to email me nearly every week with encouraging words.

1 Peter 1:18
Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ's sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It's because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God. <3

Love, blessings, and thoroughly content,
Rach

I actually DO give a...well you know... about an oxford comma

And I really like Indie pop/rock. Namely, Vampire Weekend who I got to see in Raleigh this past Sunday. Their show was a lot of fun and I didn't have the hairs on my head to equate to the number of plaid shirts, skinny jeans, and v-necks in the audience. Although I am not quite hipster, (understatement of this lifetime, I know), Vampire Weekend is top-notch in my mind.

Just a thought. Their song "Oxford Comma" hit on one of many of my grammar pet-peeves. An oxford comma, the comma used before an and or other conjunction in a sentence with a list of three things: Ex. I went to the store to buy an apple, banana, and melon.
(The last comma in the sentence.) Please use it, it will make me happier. Apparently Vampire Weekend, intelligent Columbia boys, (the university not the country) heard about a club that was trying to keep the use of the Oxford comma alive and they did not have this pet peeve as I do. Alright, nerdy Rachel is finished. Just some insight into my world. Use the Oxford comma as you now know what it is and it will take up that much more space in your essays.

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Senior retreat starting tomorrow. Should be fun. Pictures to follow.