April’s Blog ;)

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Yesterday, October 27, was awesome First off the Junior Girls Volleyball Team had a tournament in Wabowden. The team is made up of me, Toni, Ashley M., Hillary, Katie, Shyla, and Tiffany. Lana is on it too, or at least she will be soon. I can’t wait ’til she is because she’s awesome, and really good at volleyball!

Anyway, we took a van to Wabowden (thanks to Mr. Nogier for driving us.) Mrs. Coulson and Ms. Bradley came too because they’re our coaches, so thanks for organizing this tournament, you two are great coaches! Then we got to Wabowden, and we did our stretches in the hallway before the game. A different girls team was playing anyway so either way, we’d have to wait.

Then we finally got to get on the court and play. We played that game, but I can’t remember if that was the one we won or lost. But then we played another game, and I think that was the one we won! Either way, we got to play a game that would get us in the finals.

But before we played that game, we had a really long break…like around four hours. So we went for lunch, and then we just watched the volleyball games being played at the gym at that time. After a long two hours of waiting, we finally got to play again. We lost the game though, so we didn’t get in the finals .  Oh well. On the whole our team played excellent, and we tried our hardest. It was very exciting to watch us play, according to our coaches. But we will play in more tournaments! I think we are going back to Wabowden on November 21, and we have one in Cranberry, too. I don’t know when, though. Personally, I think the four hour break was a bit of what made us lose. We were used to just watching the games and not really into it by then, so maybe if our break wasn’t so long we might’ve won. I think we should’ve got to play sooner…but that’s just my opinion. But like I said, we did GREAT at the tournament, and it was a lot of fun!

Then when I got home my dad phoned from Newfoundland. He’s visiting there for two weeks and comes home on Sunday! . After that I unpacked my bags and then my phone rang. It was Darren and Michael and they wanted me to come to the Youth Center. But I was too tired from volleyball to even think about going out…so they just came and got me anyway. We were going to go to Darren’s house but then we met up with Dustin, Kelsey, Shyla, Matthew, and Drew. Drew went uptown, and Shyla said she was going home. I asked if I could follow her, and she said yes. Then everyone else just followed us so we all ended up at Shyla’s house. It was a fun time! . Then her parents came home, and we had to go home. Shyla, Darren, Michael, Dustin, and Shyla’s dog Keeta walked me home . When we got to the stop sign by the trailor court, I told them they could just go and I could walk up the street myself. Darren, Michael, Shyla, and Keeta left but Dustin walked me home anyway. Then I went on my computer and went to bed; I was really tired by then!

Today I’m going to Toni’s house to work on a paper on Teen Talk for a newspaper that sometimes comes out in our school, I forget what it’s called. Teen Talk was a weekend presented by Eton, Jana, Marina, and Eveline. They were great presenters and I learned a lot. Me, Toni, Elaine, Hillary, Amanda, Ashley M., Ashley H., and Derek went. Some of the things we discussed were body image, communication, healthy relationships, drugs, suicide, sex, and a few other important topics. So a big thanks to those four, Mrs. Elliot for letting us go, and any other adults that helped support this weekend!

*April