EFA- Pies and Crepes

I joined EFA last month and so far I feel that we are doing great. We did a pie sale for the week before Thanksgiving break and it was very sucessful. I made a chocolate creme pie and the entire thing sold. I am glad that I was part of something that helped raise so much money. Next we are having a crepe sale and I am in charge of bringing peanut butter and cinniomon. I hope that I can help make this one as succesful as the last sale.

We also want to work on spreading the news of what our mission is because it is not only important to the club to raise money but to all tell people why we are raising money and to help raise awareness of the problems of education in the Middle East and the importance of it. I am reasponible with another group member to make information phanphlets that tell about the project. Its a big reasponsiblity because they have to be good if we ant to really get the word out. I will try my hardest to create a very infomative and understandable panphlet.

MUN- Comitties

We have now chosen our own committees that we will be working on in our country this year in MUN. Last year I chose to be one legal commitee where we mostly focused on the problems of patents and third world countries. This year I wanted to try something new and so I chose military weapons. I chose it because one of the topis will be landmines and the problems surround old undiscovered ones. This is something new and it seems very interesting so I wanted to work on it. I have heard of undiscovered landmines leftover from wars blowing up inocent civilians that happen to tred unknowingly on them and either suffer major injuries or die. This is horrible and I want to know more about it so that I will have a better understanding of this problem our world faces and a better understanding on how to fix such a problem.

One thing that is new this year is that I am working in my committe with a freshman who is new to MUN. This is different because last year a was on a committee with two other people and both of them had been on MUN before and I was the new one. This year I will try to help her because I am more experienced and I know that I appreciated having help when I was new last year. I am excited about being able to help more people in the group because we have a lot of new members this year.

MUN- Countries!

Today we had our first meeting for MUN that wasn't about money or when we would be meeting. This week we were assigned our countries. We got very good countries this year including Syria, Turkey, and Macedonia. After reading the t, I knew topics that each committee would be covering, I knew I wanted to do Desec because it was covering land mines and critical matters or war technology and I found that problem very engaging. I wanted to to Syria but the spots for that were already taken so I had to choose Desec for Macedonia. I am still very excited because even though I did not get my first choice country, I got my first choice topic, which I think is more important. I am glad that I now know what I will be researching and it is something that is very improtant matter in this world.

Volleyball- Falculty Game

This was my last game ever a a Sturgis Storm volleyball member. It was different then most other games because the B and A teams played together and the B and A teams all played every position instead of just our normal positions. It was fun but because there was so many people I didn't get to play the often and when I did play it was in a position that I was not used to play in a game like back row or server. During the game I missed all three of my serves which was disappointing because my serves had been so much better in practice but I never had served in a game before and I just wasn't used to it. I did make some good receives and hit the ball over the net which made me happy. What I loved about this game was that I got to see just how far all the players had come. We may have lost but most of the girls playing had never played in a game before and now were playing much better. I have seen improvement in them and in myself and I am sad to let this team go. I hope to continue playing this great sport in some form at college.

Volleyball- Barnstable game

Yesterday we had a game agaist barnstable and our team played so well. Well lost two matchs and won one. I got to play in two of the matches and I was very proud of how I played. This game tough I didn't outside hot a lot but I was doing so well with my passing and serve recive.

This was the first time during the game that I felt like every pass that I made when recviving a ball went exactly where I wanted it to. What I did was basically I just relaxed. When that happens and you clam yourself down when you see the ball coming at you it isen't as scary and you just pass it. before I would be nervous and so I would hit the ball it the wrong way. I decided to calm down because this was my last game and i wanted to relaxe and have fun.

Also during this my positioning was on. I have been practicing so long in my one position that I now know how to switch go to my base and be in defense position with out even thinking about it. When I was knew to the game I would have to think 'go here. now" and that would slow me down. During this game I relized I was going to every poistion immidiatly once I read the other team and how they were going to send it over. This is other reason my passing was going so well. Before there was hesitation in getting to my next position but now I could be there 1005 percent and ready for anything.

Volleyball- Missed Hits

During my last practice I focused a lot on my outside hitting. In my last game I had a couple of outside hits and now that i have the confidence to hit during games I want to work on improving and making them even better. My hitting during practice start off a bit slow. I was a little bit off becasue this was my last practice and I was feeling a little bit sad. I continued to work though and one of my teammates even helped me. He told me that my shoulders when I went to hit the play would ratate to much and then send the ball outside. I worked with my teammate and he showed me the way to angle my sholders to get a good shot. It was difficult because it felt natural to me to completly rotate my sholders when hitting put the practice really helped. We also worked on our defensive foot work so when the other team sets up there attack for sending the ball over I know where to be to revive the ball. I felt that my transitions from resiving middle hits, back hits, right hits, outside hits, and free balls were going very smooth.

That practice I even stayed after for a little bit to work one on one. After I left my last practice ready for the next two games.

Volleyball- Excellet game

This Friday I played in one of my most exciting and well played volleyball games to date against Nauset. This was there homecoming game and from the beginning you could tell that it was going to be special. There were more people there then and there was so much excitement everywhere.

The first match I played okay and just played my normal rotation. We lost the first two games and so on the third game coach put me back in. This game I made the most plays I ever had. I recived several balls and was hussling all over the place. Then in the game I madde my first ever spike during a game. I have spiked many times in controled practice seeting but this was different. When I hit it over so perfectly I just felt so great and so powerful.

We won this game match and it felt great to be a part of that. I know that I was playing well because of instead of having me sit out the next match like I normally due every rotation, coach had me go in again. This made me feel so happy and proud. The next game I was so proud of my team. The score was tied almost the entire time. I felt like I played well again and even blocked a ball and made another strike.

I have never played this aggressively in a game before. I loved it. Before I was mostly just a receiver or a passer but now I was attacking balls. I was happy to know that coach was proud of my playing and I was becoming a better player. Especially with volleyball coming to a end in the next. I wanted to have a game to remember playing in and be proud of forever.