'I will never forgive a single day
Mile markers seem to call my name and say, "you're safer now.
Through every town, we'll light your way in reflective green all the
way" The entire state of Carolina waits for me.'

                                                  -Ben Gibbard

During the girl's soccer game against Cannon, I was on the opposing team's side being ball boy. That's alot of fun if its a good game. Just as I saw Jess line up for a free-kick, I start screaming my usual cry of encouragement for our girls/insult for opposing team. I see jess boot the ball, miss the goal by a few feet and I watch the ball fly into the woods. I tell one of the freshmen guys to go get it. They don't...which is ok with me, because if they don't have enough respect for seniority, then they'll get their fair treatment next season. Its really their choice.

As I hop the orange net, I slip and begin to fall down the embankment. I scramble to grab a branch, but the grasp I had on the small twig was covered a thin barrier of wetness that prevented me from saving myself. I slid and eventually tumbled down the hill into the freezing abyss of the tiny creek. I bashed my head against the sandy bank and opened my eyes feeling the cold seeping through my thin shirt. Just as I lifted my head and the adrenaline rushed back into my body, my phone rang above the noise of tweeting birds. It was my mom. She said she had good news. I suggested that we had gotten the truck we had been looking at. She said no and began to tell me that I had been accepted into the Junior Statesman Association Summer School program at Georgetown. I then stood up out of the creek and grabbed the ball. I felt so good that i punted the ball straight up into the air. I realize that was not the most appropriate exultation of joy, because the ball hit a large dead branch and it broke off and missed hitting me by about 9 1/2 inches. I crawled out just to watch another ball get punted into the creek. A younger guy, maybe 4th or 5th grade popped up and said, "don't worry man, I'll get it," and proceeded to bound into the forest. When he returned, i thanked him and walked away thinking I'd rather have him on my team than any freshman guy.

After the girl's outstanding 2-0 victory, I went home with Mike. We hung out all day friday starting with a great breakfast at Chili's, playing tennis, halo 2, illegal chip and putt, and paparazzi. We finished the night off with a few good/grouling hours of 'Risk' and earthworm fights. I worked on more of "Greg's Journal" today adding a few more entries and coming up with a cover design. I needed some new pants as well. So Matt and I went to Goodies and Gap and I found some pants and a few shirts on sale. I felt like such a 'bargain shopper'....and quite queer.

There are times in life that you wish you had, but then realize that you do.

thanks for visiting my life-

Jake