I Missed You

It's been a long time since I blogged.  Not that I didn't want to, but I've been so focused on school and sleep I haven't had the time.  Luckily, I am finally caught up in school and have some more time on my hands.  I raised my pathetic 1.2 GPA up to around a 4+.  Needless to say, I am quite proud of myself.  Now I guess I'll just go over some highlights since my last blog.

Number one was the PIHL Championship at the Consol Energy Center.  This game here was my favorite hockey game of the season.  To start it off right, we had a tailgate! Dylan, Mike Cummings, Armand Dellovade, Dustin Peluso, and Colin Cunningham drove to Pittsburgh like 4 hours before the game and set up a tent, a grill, and started cooking.  The tailgate was an absolute success.  A ton of people showed up in our "Dawg" shirts and had a great time.  It was nice to see a majority of the student section together for the most important game yet.  We were all there to show our support for the boys and it was nice to see the school come together for a great activity.  The game was even better than the tailgate.  Dylan and I were there in our green men suits in the front row with the perfect seats.  We were ready for great day, and our suits got a ton of attention.  I love attention and the suits marked ourselves as the "super fans" of the section.  We got on the jumbo tron multiple times and it was just awesome to see us get our publicity.  We had to move sections because we obstructed the view of people behind us, but Dylan and I still got to the front of our new section.  We jumped, screamed, and cheered our boys to victory.  It was our first PIHL championship win ever.  The game was amazing.  Every player played their ass of in attempt to win.  It was taken into overtime and that is where our heart prevailed for the victory.  The other team didn't even get a shot off.  When the game and celebrating ended the whole team came to the student section and saluted us.  This almost brought me to tears.  It was so nice to know how appreciated we were for our dedication to the boys.  They loved us and we loved them.  They knew we had their back win or lose.  After the game we visited the boys at the school to give them proper congratulations.  The smiles on their faces were priceless.  They were the perfect definition of a team being a family.  After that we went and all got ice cream to celebrate.  What a great way to end a great day.  My favorite treat.

The next day was another hockey game.  The state championship.  Sadly, the result wasn't the same.  We were on the losing end of the game and it was heartbreaking.  Seeing my good friends cry their eyes out broke me down.  I sat their crying underneath my green mask.  I know I wasn't as hurt as they were, but I couldn't believe it was over.  I sent all of my good friends a text saying how proud I was of them.  They had an amazing year and will go down in history as the greatest team to ever go on the ice from West Allegheny.  They are champions in my heart.

Monday consisted of the first Mr. West Allegheny practice.  I was excited and after the practice, I was even more excited for the show.  This group consists of such a variety of people willing to give the show of a lifetime.  We only practiced the group dance, but it is coming along nicely.  I believe this will be the greatest Mr. West A ever.  We have so much talent to put on a fantastic show.  I am so excited to do this now.

That brings us to today... It was a senior field trip!  We went to the zoo and I had a fantastic time.  I partially give credit to the group I was with for the good time.  I was with Tom, Jared, Ethan, Brandon, Ty, Amanda, Sarah, and Ashley.  The whole time I couldn't stop smiling or laughing the whole time.  This was such a great group if kids and it was so nice to be with them for the day.  They are my type of people and are always just fun to be with.  The zoo was so nice.  I haven't been there in about 9 years and seeing all the animals was incredible.  I love animals.  Especially monkeys.  They are the coolest.  Jared is slightly afraid of them taking over the world now, and I understand.  They are so strong and skilled, and through evolution, they will become smarter.  Maybe even too smart.  But I am rambling... Needless to say it was a great time.

After track I slept.  It felt great to get a good nap in.  Napping is an incredible feeling no matter how short.  I felt refreshed.  After my nap, I went to Morgan's house with Josh to work on stats.  These are two more friends I see myself being close with forever.  I love her family as well.  They always ask how I'm doing and I just feel like they almost accepted me as a member of the family although I am not there very often.  While Morg and Josh were studying, Teen and I had a very nice talk.  We talked about college and she asked me a question I was never faced with by an adult.  She asked me what Eryne and I were going to do when I leave for Alabama.  I was actually shocked at the moment.  I told her we were going to make it work out and distance was just a number.  She smiled and gave me the best advice ever.  She told me to go for it.  If you love her, then things will work out and everything will be fine no matter how far you are.  It truly warmed my heart to hear that.  It made me feel so much more confident about the future knowing that adults believe in us as well because what I said is exactly what we are going to do.  We are going to make it through the distance without a single problem.  I just know it.  Morg, Josh, and I then proceeded to share a ton of laughs while Josh finished his senior projects.  The things we were saying were just hilarious and couldn't help but smile from ear to ear.  It was a great night.

Well blogger and readers, I missed you all.  Now that I have my life back on track I am back in action.  I hope you didn't miss me too much.  Thanks for reading this.  I love you all. Goodnight.