I had a busy extracurricular month. I continued with soccer even though I really don't want to do it any more. I would rather play volleyball. Our team is getting a lot better at passing and working together. I even scored a goal in one game! I did well as goalie at practice, but I am dreading the time when I have to play goalie in an actual game. Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Tom came to one game and we went out to Cracker Barrel after and hung out.
I also finished up my second season of Girls on the Run. I really enjoy running. I like to run long distances, but I am also really fast. I can usually outrun all the kids on my soccer team. Mom and I ran together for the GOTR 5k, well, at least until Mom couldn't keep up anymore! I finished in about 27:35, and somewhere around 5th place. I'm pretty sure I want to continue with GOTR.
Speaking of running, I ran in another track meet. I was in the 9-10 year age group, so the competition was tougher than in past years. I didn't place in any events, but I ran the mile in 7:54, the 100 meters in 18.67, and the 400 meters in 1:38.
I kept up with choir and we got to do a choir concert at our Farewell to Cedar Ridge. We sang the old school song and the new one that Mrs. Renwick wrote. We also performed "So Long, Farewell" from The Sound of Music. It turned out really well. It is going to be hard to say good-bye to our school.
The day of the concert, I went from the GOTR 5k, to my soccer game, to the choir concert. I had to change in the car between events!
The weather has been warmer, so we have done more outside. Our family went to the park one Friday afternoon and planted flowers and vegetables the next Friday. We also have gone to Nana Arden and Papa Rodney's a couple of times, and celebrated Jonathan's birthday and Daddy's birthday.
Daddy left for a week to check out the Marine Corps in San Diego, CA. We missed him a lot but did OK. I had to be brave and go to soccer practice a couple of times by myself. It's a piece of cake once I did it the first time. When Daddy was gone, Mommy came to Donuts with Dudes for me at school. We had a movie night when he was gone and started the new version of Benji. It was frightening, so we fast forwarded to make sure it had a happy ending.
I was able to spend the night at Madelyn's dad's house one weekend. I also went to Ella's birthday party at Lazer Lanes. We had a lot of fun in the bumper cars and playing lazer tag.
Ready to run the 400 meters
