I got a little bit of a laugh when I looked at the last post I'd put up here. But it was really more of an "Awwww seriously? Why didn't I accomplish like anything!?" type of laugh.

You see, in the most recent post, I'd put up 10 things that I hoped to do this past summer. Looking back, only one of these got done. ONE. And that was #1, only because I have a summer job. Please note that #2 was not accomplished. Sad day. :(

Here's what all happened:

1) CHECK. I work. Woo?
2) FAIL. Big surprise there, huh? I like to shop  :)
3) FAIL. I skateboarded in my garage and on my driveway like five times maybe? But I would NEVER say I learned how to skateboard!
4) FAIL. I think I MAYBE rode my bike once? And I love riding my bike! I miss you, dear Bikey.
5) FAIL. I think I ran outside twice. Even though my hope was pretty vague (it didn't say how many times), I still consider it to be a failure.
6) FAIL. Emmie wasn't 18 when auditions came around. But next summer this IS happening!
7) FAIL. Work sucks. I'm inside all day, every day. :(
8) FAIL. Hells to the no. A six pack did not happen by any means. If anything, I put on the weight!
9) FAIL. Didn't play once. I miss it...maybe if I played I could accomplish 9, 8, and  7!
10) FAIL. I went a maybe 5 or 6 times. Decent, but definitely not every week. :(

Oh well, there's always next year!

BTW: it's SEPTEMBER. New Year's Resolutions, anyone? I failed--I said I'd lose weight. PHA!

summer 2013! woot woooooooot!

this summer, as usual, I have a list of things I want to accomplish:

1) make monayyyy
2) save monayyyy
3) learn to skateboard (now THAT will be interesting!)
4) ride my bike every day
5) run outside (this is easier said than done--I DEFINITELY like running inside on a treadmill more for some reason!)
6) try out for American Idol with Emmie
7) get a tan
8) get a six pack
9) play some more tennis
10) hit the batting cages once a week AT LEAST (get it? get it? HIT the batting cages? ha so punny)


ummmmmm so yeah. I think that's it! for now at least  :)

UPDATES!!!!

So it's been...like 6 months since I've last been on here (sad, isn't it!?). Sorry! So let me catch you up...

-MTB and I broke up about a month later (June 19th is when we broke up). I am perfectly fine and loving the single life...but that's free to change anytime, mystery guy! ;)
-I entered the fabulous (and not nearly as stressful as everyone says) college application process! I applied to several schools, but had my heart set on Bellarmine University. How fitting is it that the first letter I get back is to that? Um yes I'm going! Duh! hahaha so come fall 2011, I'll be in Louisville for elementary education (more to come)
-I got in my first-ever car crash on December 12th on Springmill Road on my way to SMG for choir and mass. I was the only one in the car luckily. I only remember hitting the patch of ice, but I was told later that I spun and bounced off of a snowplow's wheel then hit a telephone pole. My car is completely totaled, but other than a few bad bruises and an undiagnosed mild concussion, I'm fine! PRAISE GOD!
-I made some awesome friends, including one who I have gone to school with all of high school but didn't become friends til senior year...go figure. haha I LOVE MY FRIENDS!
-I ran my first (and only, so far) mini marathon with Mo this past October. We rocked it (for walking-jogging it haha)
-SENIORITIS. YEP. THE END.

I wish I'd asked...

(written by me, ARH, on February 11, 2009)

Answer Me This (Had You Known)

I'd asked you what was wrong;
You just ignored me.
It seemed you had moved on,
This time without me.
I walked away and since then
I've not yet come back.
Answer me this, and I'll see what I'm leaving back.
Had you kown
That you'd been drivin'
Me off a cliff?
Had you known it's
Been a while since I've felt this?
Had I known
Had I known
I did this because
You were my gift.
We used to laugh,
We used to cry,
But always done together.
Now things've changed,
But probably not for the better.
I'm still crying,
But this time by myself.
Hopin' I'll wake up,
And find it's just a dream.
Now tell me, baby,
These few things...
Answer me this, and I'll see what I'm leaving back.
Had you kown
That you'd been drivin'
Me off a cliff?
Had you known it's
Been a while since I've felt this?
Had I known
Had I known
I did this because
You were my gift.

They leave, we forget; they return, we remember

(written by me, ARH, on July 17, 2008)


Familiar Face

Summer may be coming to a close;
School's about to start.
But our friendship stays strong through it all.
Most everything's new,
Just not you.
You're the familiar face,
You know your place,
But you could care less
What the others think.
You're independent, and creative,
Is that maybe why I find you attractive?
Everything's a blur now,
But I remember you
I remember you,
Never to leave my mind.
You were there through it all,
You were there through it all.
You know me through and through,
There's nothing you don't know.
Cuz you're that familiar face,
The one who gives me space...
And makes my heart race.