The Future

            Well this last week it really hit me. As I walked back from the library with my cap and gown in hand I realized that before I know it I will be walking across the stage getting my high school diploma. I realized that before I know it, my friends and I will be going our separate ways. That some of the people I see every day, I may not see ever in my life again. I am having mixed feelings about this happening.

            As I have expressed in other posts, I really love Holbrook. Yes, I wish that there were more stuff to do but I still love this small town. I like how everyone knows just about everyone. I love how we have a smaller school that allows us to get really involved. I enjoy the challenge of coming up with something to do and all of this makes me not want to leave this town.

            However, at the same time, I am completely ready to leave Holbrook. I am ready to leave my parents nest and live my life. Being a senior we always get asked what we will do the day after we graduate. They always tell us that the worst feeling we could get is waking up that next morning not having a plan for the future. With graduation approaching quickly I have had to make some decisions on what I want to do with my life. Making these decisions has actually made me want to leave Holbrook more.

            My entire life I have been encouraged to value education and as I got older I realized the importance of college. College will provide me with the opportunity to achieve my goals and have a profession that improves the lives of others. After doing much research on different jobs, I have decided that I would like to become a physical therapist. The next choice I was faced with was the college I would like to attend. So after Googling colleges that offer a degree in physical therapy, I came across Northern Arizona University. After getting accepted I have decided this is where I am going to attend.

            I guess where I am trying to go with this is that the future can be kind of scary. You never know what it has in store for you. This led me to a great quote from Abraham Lincoln. He said, “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” You will never know what life has in store for you. This reminds me what my basketball coach Delmar would always tell us. He would tell us that we are not in control of whether or not we get injured. That for all we know, we could walk outside, slip off the stairs, tear our ACL, and not be able to play another game. Then he would tell us that we need to just go out there and play our hearts out. I believe we could do this in our lives too. We need to live life one day at a time and make the most of it. Go out there and domiNate.

Spring Break

                Writing my blog this week has been a real struggle. I am sitting here draining my brain of ideas that I could write about. However, it seems like all I can think about is spring break.  This made me realize that I am finally coming down with it. Yes, I am talking about senioritis and I am coming down with it fast. It seems like all I look forward to is the next three day weekend or the next school trip where I get to miss some school.  So this blog I am going to talk about what I am looking forward to the most in the quickly approaching future.

                I absolutely, positively cannot wait until spring break. At the end of last year when we all were signing up for classes, Mr. Gardner came and talked to all of the juniors about show choir. He told us that there would be some openings for both boys and girls. Then he said something that caught both Zach’s and my attention. He said that they would be going on tour to Hawaii. So Zach and I talked about whether or not we should audition. After deciding that we were too scared to go and sing solos we dismissed the idea.

                Well about a week later in the computer lab, Mr. Gardner confronted us about auditioning. He told us that we could still go afterschool and audition. He explained that it would only be in front of him and assured us that it wouldn’t be that bad. He then told that we should just pick our favorite hymn and sing that for our audition. This had us convinced. We determined that this one solo would be worth going to Hawaii. So we went to the choir room after school. We were sitting on the couch while Mr. Gardner asked us why we wanted to be in choir and stuff like that until it came to the part we were dreading the most, the solos. This part still makes me chuckle. After me telling Zach to go first and Zach telling me to go first, Mr. Gardner said that we could just sing a duet. So after getting half way through the song, he stopped us and told us the audition was over. Relieved, we walked away.

                Well to speed up the story, the school board, sadly, turned down the trip to Hawaii. This led the choir to go to their backup plan, Disneyland. This is why I am excited for spring break. We get to go, perform there, and then get the rest of the time to have fun around the parks. I have never been to Disneyland before so just adds to my excitement. I guess where I am trying to go with this is that it is important to try something new. It is important to step outside of your comfort zone and do something that you always wanted to do, but were too scared to try.