Just My Journal

Starting this year, I was in my first semester of Nursing. Now, I'm finishing my second. I stopped playing tennis, made more friends, and had my relationships tested. And now, I'm here to share. First of all, school is not hard. It's one of the easiest things actually. Sure there is a lot of content, but the worst part was timing. I always made time for sleep. For those students who spend sleepless nights studying or working on papers. That's not for me. I always say I need sleep to function. But it's more than that. It's to recharge, refuel, and to give my mind a break. Did I escape with a 4.0 this semester? No. But for one class I was 2 points away from getting an AB - which would make my grades A, AB, AB, AB and I can live with that. But most of all I made time for fun. Going out with friends, to different events, trying new things. Sure, being known as a book worm isn't the worst thing in the world. But, I want to be more than that. With tennis, am I...

its always hard when you are on a team learning how to work with others, where you belong, how you belong, and what you can do to improve on yourself and thus improve the team but being on a team is critical, or even more so, competition if you are to know anything about me, know that i am a tennis player i don't care what you play or where you play it, but i think every child should play a sport at some point in their lives and how you define "sport" is up to you it could be gymnastics, dance, tennis, basketball, swimming, whatever but be sure it's something where you are told "no" where you taste the sting of defeat why? because if you never experience defeat you can never know how to rise above it. you never know how to improve afterwards. and you would have never learned that part about yourself. i was talking to my coach about how the mens tennis team needed more guys. and i knew of some guys who wanted to play but were very hesitant and i th...