Track week !!!!!

Heey guys!!  I hope you all had a lovely week!!  Well this week was busy with track, since the meet was today!!  I wish I could put the pictures on here, but it's on my phone not on my laptop.  Well this week period 2 worked afterschool sales.  Nohing really major.  Monday.  Monday was my bestfriends birthday!  And I couldn't miss it because I barely hang out with her now with leadership and track.  So I recieved payments in the morning, recess, and during lunch as usual.  Right after after school sales, I went to eat pho for her birthday!  Then I went home, got changed and ready to go to shokudo (sp) for her birthday that night!  It was my first time there, and I love honey toast!  We got home around 11, and on Tuesday I was really sleepy.  Well Tuesday, same old day.  Recieving payment again at the same times.  After school sales, then track.  Wednesday, same thing again.  Payment, after school sales and track.  Softball was canceled, but that's okay because we don't have a game tomorrow.  I wish we did, but at the same time no because I would still be tired from the track meet.  Thursday, payment again which was the last day to turn it in.  Also during period 2 some ladies came and we had a meeting about yearbook.  I think the new features they introduced were pretty cool.  With all those edits, our yearbook next year is gonna be really nice.  To end the day, ofcourse after school sales.  Then track.  Only those who's grades were good enough got to go to the meet today.  My grades were good, so I obivously got to go.  Then we had the mock track meet.  Friday, all I did was stay home and I was feeling kind of sick.  Saturday, track meet.  It was really fun!  It went on for a long time.  I think we all did a good job with everything!  I did the distance medley 400, and the 4x400.  I also did shotput.  I was hoping to get the ribbons when we got to boys and girls club, but it can wait.

The highlight of my week would have to be the track meet.  It was really fun!  I had a great time running, and watching everyone run.  The girls from Ilima got 5th place as a team.  The Ilima boys got 3rd.  We all did good no matter what though!  I liked running.  I'm actually kind of glad I ran 400 instead of 800.  Because if I ran the 800, I probably would have walked at some point.  But I think Macky did a really good job at the end.  She looked really tired but she sprinted and got passed the girl in front of here.  That was a pretty wide gap that she closed.  So I really have to give her credit for that.  Another highlight is going to my friend's birthday celebration.  I had a great night with her.  We barely hang out, so it was nice to just spend a night with her for her birthday.  The food was amazing, and so was the honey toast!  First time and I loved it!  I really need to eat there again.

The lesson I learned is even though it gets hard we need to try our best to strive through.  Coming from the quote, "If you can't fly then run.  If you can't run then walk.  If you can't walk then crawl.  Don't let anything stop you from moving forward."  That sort of motivated me throughout the race.  For the 4x400 I was in the 2nd lane which meant I was in the back of everyone.  They were going pretty fast, but I passed one of them atleast(x  I was slowing down toward the end.  But afterwards I just pushed myself to go faster.  So no matter how hard it gets, just strive through with all your might.  Get through whatever you need to in order to finish.  Do it with your best effort.  Like the race, if you slow down and don't put all you got into it, what's the point of racing?  What's the point of doing anything if not your full effort is put in?  So the lesson I learned is to get through things with all your effort, to strive through.