February 28

Too late. Need to go to bed. Almost forgot to put anything up today. Got home at 3:30 this morning. Yeah. I'm going to bed now. More later.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 24

Well. Most of today, after school gets out will be spent packing for divisionals! I smply canot express how much excitement the prospect of tournaments is going to give me. ;]I really don't have much to post yet, obviously, but I wanted to get something up this morning, since I'll be busy this afternoon. Love you guys!!

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 23

I had this moment of panic when I couldn't remember whether I had put something up yesterday or not. hahaha. It's all good. Haven't missed a day yet. Although that may just change this weekend. Divisional tournies, bby. <3 Band is going and staying in Billings. At a hotel with a pool and a water slide. How wicked is that?! Mwahahahaha. I am so excited. You have noooo idea how stoked I am for this. ;] So I dunno if I'll be able to get posts up or not! But I will be having fun, no matter what, so bear with me! News when I get back, if I can't get stuff up.

Love you guys!
xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 22

Good day so far. It's only half over. Went to Dickinson to the eye doctor. I go back to school in half an hour, after lunch gets over. Don't know what I'm going to do after that. Without basketball, I dunno how i'm gonna fill my time, but I'm sure I'll find SOMETHING to do. ;] Haha.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 21

Well. Today, I think, will be a good day. I'm gonna go to Dickinson and go skating with Sarah and Rachel, and I don't have anything that I need to be doing. Uneventful, but good, day, I believe. ;]

February 20

It is late, and as soon as I get this up, I am going to bed. Wibaux boys beat Hysham today in a super close game, but then lost to St. Labre 103 to 80. (!!!!!!!!!!) It was crazy. That means we take fourth seat in district, but we still have a spot at divisionals (Thank goodness!)Ekalaka took the championship in a CLOSE game against Northern Cheyenne! It was pretty awesome! Totally worth it, and I was excited for them. I was really pulling for the Bulldogs. lol.

Anyway. That is the update.

Love you guys, and now I'm off to bed.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 19

Wowza. Boys lost to Northern Cheyenne, so we play at 9:30 tomorrow morning. Bus leaves at 6:30 for band. =( Rawr. Just shoot me now.

But seriously? I hate how people are so focused on the outward appearance; as long as we can pull off the appearance of being content and happy and whatever it is the rest of the world wants us to be, they couldn't care less how we feel. I hate how it seems like one particular friend always gets the short end of the stick; I thought this place would be better; I thought they'd understand. It's supposed to be such a great place and have such a great ministry, but no, they're just like everyone else has been, and they don't understand. Not even a tiny bit.

Guess I should have known.

I'm sorry, Danny.

Praying for you, friend.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 18

Gotta love wifi n iPod touches. I am currently sitting at pizza hit in miles city. Girls lost out to ekalaka unfortunately bit the boys will play northern Cheyenne tomorrow at 2:30. Anywho Jen needs her iPod back.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 17

Wow. Today is the seventeenth of February already. Hard to believe. Anyway. Overslept this morning, as usual. Seems to be a more and more frequent occurrence as time goes on. Now it is basically time for school, and I am ready to take on the day. <3

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 16

And once again, I nearly forgot to put a blog up. Ohhh well. It is Tuesday night. Tomorrow is the first game of the district tournaments. We play Melstone at 6:00 P.M. in Miles City. Our coach says that they're not any better than any of the other teams in the district, but we haven't played them, so it's hard to know what to expect. Then again, they haven't played us either, so it's equal that way. Anyway, I'll let you know what happens.

And if there's a time for me to miss putting up blogs, this will be it, because I'll be super usy. I'll probably put one up tomorrow morning before school. Hopefully. That'll be the only time I have time for anything. Haha.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 15

I am exhausted. Went to bed way too late last night. And asthma attack today. Or whatever this stupid thing is. And now I can't stop coughing. It's lame. And I am tired. We ran cougar drill at practice today, though, which is basically my favorite thing everrr. Crazy as that sounds because it's lots of running. Anywho. I think I'ma go take a bath and then go to bed.

Good night world.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 14

Valentine's Day. Wow. Pretty uneventful day. Went to church. Went to Dickinson with Sarah and saw Dear John and Valentine's Day. Disappointed with both of them. Hahaha. Dear John was sad and Valentine's Day was kinda stupid. Haha. Oh well. Now. It's almost 11 and it is definitely time for me to go to bed. Good night. <3

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 13

Well. Uneventful day, really. But a good day. I slept til 9:30 and then got up and lounged around. Then I went and got my hair cut. Pics up hopefully in the next couple of days. =D I REALLY like it, though. It's quite a bit shorter, about to my shoulders, with lots of layers. I was totally excited. Then I went and hung with Sarah and the coffee shop and got my espresso fix. =P Then came home and watched Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (hilariously funny) and then went to Beach and saw Leap Year. GREAT movie! I HIGHLY recommend it! It was absolutely adorable. Roads weren't bad at all, so I dunno what everyone was so worried about. Visibility certainly wasn't as nice as anyone would like, but it's not like you could only see a few feet in front of the hood of your car. Haha. All in all, it was a pretty good day.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 12

Well, JV girls won their last game of the season! BAM! Haha, ohh yeah. lol. Unfortunately the varsity girls lost, but the boys won. Tournaments start next weekend. oh yeah. Bring it.

Sadly, it is now 9:40 on a Friday night and I have absolutely nothing to do. I really do not wanna go to bed. I'm actually really in a mood to go out and DO something. But. With who? That is the million dollar question. Sarah is at work; workaholic that she is. and it's still a little late for most people. Ohhhh well. Too bad, so sad.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 11

Went to Ekalaka tonight. Girls lost, boys won. That means we may have to play into the tournament. I don't know for sure yet. It might depend on whether we beat Baker tomorrow. Hmm. Oh well. I played a whole 5 seconds, though. Woo Hoo! hahaha.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 10

Almost forgot to put a blog up. It is now 11:30 and I had to get out of bed to put this up because it was going to irk me to have another empty space on the blogspot list. I am now being harassed by my father and told to go to bed and to bed I will go. Not much to report, but there is a blog for the day. Ha.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 9

Hm. Uneventful day. But a good day. I'm reminded again how quickly things change and how inevitable it is no matter how much we wish we could just keep everything the same. People are going to walk away and sometimes you just have to love them enough to let them go. It's weird, though, when you're so used to telling them all the details of your life and you suddenly don't have anyone to tell it to. It's just one of many changes, and it will all even out in the end.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 8

Sometimes things don't go like we want, but in the end, it hardly matters. A week from now, a month from now, none of this is going to matter; it'll all just be old news. So I'm not gonna let the loss (to Beach, of all teams) get me down. It happens, and even the best teams lose out. All you can do is keep your chin up and go out to play; lay your best out on the floor, and at least walk away knowing that you gave it your all.

And the only attitude I can change is my own; I don't need to take the blame for a game that was lost because we beat ourselves, and I don't need to let it get me down, either. Next time, I will keep my chin up, and I will be a driving force all by myself regardless of whether the team is backing me up or not, because in the end, the only person I can improve is myself.

Thank God for parents with a good perspective. =)

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 7

Gahh. Can't believe the Colts lost. Pshaw. Good day, though, all in all. Played around with Sarah and everyone at the Super Bowl party. I am now thoroughly exhausted.

Good night, world.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 6

AY yi yi. It is LATE and I seriously need to go to bed. Um, we had games in Jordan tonight. JV girls won by like, 4. I got a couple good rebounds, and got fouled, but missed all four of my free throws. AWFUL. On the other hand, I made a shot from just inside the three point line, which I was quite stoked about, needless to say. Haha. =D And I got to play varsity, because the girls were killing them, so JV would have gone in anyway, but one of the starters fouled out so I got to go in for her. It was pretty fantastic. Definitely a good night.

And now. To bed.

Good night, world.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 5

I am watching Robin Hood: Men in Tights. It has to be one of the greatest movies ever. It is HILARIOUS and Carrie Elwes or whatever his name is is also ridiculously funny. And kind of good looking. He's the dude from Princess Bride for those of you who don't know.

And I am convinced to confess that yesterday, I saw a shirt that said "If I had a stick, would you leave me alone?" and I couldn't help totally wishing that it was mine. haha

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 4

I love inspiration. And creative writing. Thank you Jodi Picoult, even though I don't like most of her endings. <3 lol.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 3

So I've basically decided that I need to get my head out of the clouds. I've been thinking about it he least couple days, and I realized that my good friend Sarah is right, and I do tend to set myself up for heartache...Just not by trusting people too much.

It's more by building something up in my head; I'm a dreamer, and I play out these scenarios in my head, and even though I KNOW they won't happen, and I tell myself that repeatedly I'm still a little bit disappointed when it doesn't happen how I dreamed or doesn't happen at all. I make expectations of people, build them up in my head, and its not really fair.

So. Basically my goal is to get my head out of the clouds. Stick to the facts, don't expect more of people than they can give, stop setting myself up for disappointment.

In other news, the girls killed the Hysham Pirates, AND I got to play the last 3 minutes or so of the game. Boys lost, though. =( And we didn't get early lunch, so we all scarfed down our food at ridiculous rates, as usual. That was pretty much the day though.

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 2

So. Today's barely even started as it's only 7:41 A.M. Buuut we have games in Hysham today, which is like, 180 miles, which means we're not going to get back until latelatelate, soo I'm putting this up now because I probably won't have time later. And that'd stink to miss two days. So yeah, I'm doing it now.

Basically having games today is gonna make it feel like a Friday, but that's ok. It should be a good day. The bus leaves at 12:45 which SHOULD mean we get early lunch. Hopefully, or we only get like, five or ten minutes to get through the line AND eat our food. Which would make me extremely angry.

So anyway, I guess that is my PREDICTION for the day. Haha. Letcha know how games go tomorrow.

Peace

xoxo,
Erika Rose

February 1

Watched City of Ember. And now Scoobey Doo with Birnel kids. And Sarah. Then to practice. Then who knows? <3 Gotta love Scooby Doo, though. He pretty much rocks.

xoxo,
Erika Rose