things i've learned in the past two weeks.

hello world of blog stalking, cyber creepers, most of whom i don't know ;) it's been like a week and a half since i've blogged which is pretty much a normal thing for me right? right. but then there was this girl named Sarah who promised she'd let you know how she did with basketball tryouts a week ago. *sigh* let's begin that long story shall we? well, a week and a half ago i stepped onto the basketball court nervous as ever, crossing my fingers that i would do something spectacular, make a crazy shot, just do something to get the coaches attention and increase my chances of making the team. i did. and those three hour strenuous tryouts almost killed me. not that they shouldn't, it's basketball for crying out loud. but my dad picked me up at seven, we didn't get home till seven forty five. then it was family night, and i had to eat dinner. then at eight fifteen i remembered i had homework which i spent an hour and a half doing. then i remembered i had been running arround for four hours straight and should prolly shower. then it was my nightly routine of journal, scriptures, prayer, and at eleven at night i finally fell asleep. ONLY to be woken up at four thirty by my mother the next morning for early morning seminary. CONCLUSION: i can't live like that every day for the next four months. i'm dealing with things every other girl on that team isn't. i'm a transfer and have to drive half an hour (on good roads, on bad roads it can take up to an hour) to and from school every day. plus, i have early morning seminary. i woke up the next morning crying at the thought of putting myself through all that. i just couldn't do it. SO i did something that six months ago when i was happily playing basketball in utah i never imagined myself capable of doing. I QUIT. and even though every day i think about basketball and how much i miss it, i don't regret it at all. i would have missed seminary multiple times a week had i stayed, and basketball practices were on sunday, i'm not sure whether or not i would have been able to avoid those. then i realized something. everything happens for a reason and the things that have happened to me since i've moved have made me such a better person and i wouldn't go back and change anything. i know who i am now, and i know what i stand for, what my standards are, and I'M PROUD OF THEM. so that is all. i'll prolly hold off on the blogging for a little while...or at least through thanksgiving break. so have a happy turkey weekend and thankyou. for reading my blog despite my anticlimatic posting.
forever and always
sarah leslie.

yo soy emocionado tocar baloncesto

that's right people. tomorow marks day one of baksetball tryouts. they run three hours every day monday-thursday. basically, i'm beyone nervous. i want this so bad, i love being able to belong to a team, feeling like you have this group of twelve friends who will be with you through thick and thin. i've missed that so much since the move and want it back. really bad. it will hopefully improve my: i have no friends outside of church who are girls situation. and i love the three hours of exercise a day i'm forced to get. i always feel so much happier! if i don't make the team though i don't have any regrets. i didn't practice as much as i should have this summer which makes sense considering i moved halfway across the country. it would just make me want to practice even harder this year and give it one last try next year. HOPEFULLY though i make the team and don't actually have to consider that. basically that's about all i have to say. also, all my free time is about to be taken away from me forever...or at least for the next four days...hopefully forever though. i'll let you all know the outcome of tryouts friday or saturday. i want to be back in uniform so bad.

wish me luck yes?

forever and always

Sarah Leslie

i support

despite everything that is going on in her life i still love her all the same. team jonas asked us that we post this on our blogs in support of demi. she'll get through this.

sudden realizations

One: i'm pretty sure there is no chance whatsoever i'm going to make this basketball team in two weeks. tryouts are monday-thursday for three hours each day and i'm honestly terified. i don't think i'm good enough for this team.

Two: despite this whole basketball situation i really like where my life is at right now. i love where i am right now, although i won't deny the fact that i'm ready for this year to be over so the firsts can be done with.

Three: as of tomorow we will have lived here for five months. CRAZY.

Four: I don't really like the Jonas Brothers that much anymore. Reasons?

-Joe Jonas is dating (and lost his purity ring to) freaking ashley greene

-they're not the same boys they were even a year ago.

-Nick Jonas is way too atractive for his own good.

-Mr. Jonas kicked Demi Lovato off the tour for 'emotional and physical issues' she was having and she is now in rehab for reasons unknown. the biggest rummor being cutting. AND she deleted her twitter which is a bummer seeing as she had three million followers. i personally think all this is because she is still heart broken from hers and joe's relationship. of course joe bringing ashley on tour probably didn't help ANYTHING.

-i still continuously stalk Kevin and Danielle Jonas because they're perfect together and Kevin is the lone person who has stayed the same...kinda. but i still like them enough. now that i'm done with that Jonas rant of sorts...

Five: I feel really good about myself right now because my international foods teacher went out of her way to email my old foods teacher back home and thank her for the background and experience she has given me. ms. newbury replied back with a few words of encouragement that made me feel really good, and made me want to continue my dream of becomming a chef...if i don't become an english teacher or a sports medicine doctor hehe.

Six: tomorow, i am going to the temple for my first time since we've moved, and i'm really excited about it.

Seven: i turn sixteen in six months and twenty two days

Eight: i love Cory Monteith from Glee.

Nine: i wish i was taller

Ten:i really want a Gnome for christmas *hint hint mom*

Eleven: sometimes i'm convinced that i'm Taylor Swift and i like to go prancing through the hallways bursting out in song. this is probably why people think i'm strange haha.

well i'm pretty much done with this whole list making thing. i'm super excited for november and all it has to offer. this friday is the end of the term, then in two weeks it's basketball tryouts and the week after that TAYLOR AND MADISON COME FOR THANKSGIVING! then it's pretty much like december and christmas and 2011 and before i know it the school year will be over and i'll be back in utah playing with my friends hehe.

enchanted to meet you,

Sarah

maybe it's halloween

or maybe mormon trunk or treats are even more fantastic than the actual holiday itself. i loved being able to spend time with my friends from church, from the other ward, and a few friends from school. it was so great. actually, that is a complete and total understatement. why? because i love my life! i can't believe how lucky i am to be surrounded by the people i am, i have these amazing friends who love me for who i am! i go to the most amazing high school i could have ever imagined i'd be able to go to, and if i do say so myself i have a pretty fantastic family as well. i can't believe how fast october has flown by, and it's a good thing too! i can't wait for the upcomming holidays, because everything is a first right now. i do have to admit though, i'm starting to get really scared for winter. my cousin ivory told me that i'd be fine as long as i wear long underwear. anyways, just thought i'd quickly check in and let everyone know all is well. there isn't much more i could ask for im my life right now...except for maybe a few of my utah friends to get to come up here and visit for a while :) love love love.
sarah leslie
p.s. it's really bugging me that i can't rotate that picture but it's still fantastic all the same.

it happened.

HEY! okay so i know i said i was going to become pro at being a blog slacker again but i just love talking to nobody too much. So i thought i'd tell you about my past two days at school. gosh, i love school so freaking much. even though it took me half an hour to find my locker today and i was looking for spanish and ended up on the other side of the school i love it there. i love that my foods teacher already trusts me with a meat mallet and i love the guys i sit with at lunch. i love the five mormon boys who go there and the fact that our school feels like a mall. i love my classes and the fact that the teachers are so willing to work with me and help me to get caught up. i love that i leave school smiling, that i already want to go back there.
the end.

happy one oh one oh one oh

That's what Joe tweeted this morning. so happy ten ten ten! Today has been a fantastic fast sunday! our church meetings were so fantastic! the lessons were perfect and exactly what i needed to hear in my life right now. Brother Kunz spoke on the trials in our life and the reasons that they are put there, how we are only given trials that we can handle. i guess i should remember this when i feel like i can't take anymore. later we received a fantastic visit from our home teachers, brother garfield talked to us on the importance of families and the blesslings we get from going to the temple. on top of that, he just got back from the albuquerque balloon fiesta and so he brought us four frozen tubs of green chile and mom quickly changed tonight's dinner plans. i'm so excited to dip fresh tortllias into a big ole bowl of my madres green chile stew. ahh mouthwatering i tell you. This past week has been an interesting one for me, i found my faith and testimony being tried continuously, yet as i look back i can only smile as i see how much it has grown, even in this short week. on friday we went to rockford for what was hopefully the last time e v e r, walking through the doors with our pink withdrawl slips. the most horrible part of that visit was when we had to go get the remainder of our lunch money from our accounts, it just happened to be the exact time that we had lunch. the moment we walked through the doors it was like twilight when the cullens walked in and everything froze. the entire lunchroom full of people was silent as we walked twoards the lunch ladies, after a few minutes of awkward staring they went to whispering, come on people, we know you were talking about us. well yeah, so that was super hard for me to deal with but we're done with rockford and we don't e v e r have to go back. thank goodness. then it was off to register for classes there. i love this school, i already love the environment, i love the counselors, everyone working there. and as of now i love every one of the 2,900 kids going there. it will be good to go to a school the size of lone peak again. i start tomorow! i have first day jitters all over again, but i'm not worried about making friends, i know this is where i'm supposed to be right now. the only think i'm really worried about is getting lost. with the four gyms, two stories, caribou coffee shop, and bajillion hallways, the layout of the school is so confusing. at least i'll get my exercise going up and down these stairs every day. i can't express enough how grateful i am to the people who have been there for me every step of the way, who have cheered me on, and talked to me on the phone through my many emotional breakdowns (cough cough Julia) i don't know what going to this school is going to bring...hopefully many good things, good opportunities, great friendships etc. all i can do is take the knowledge that i am a daughter of god, that he loves me, and is cheering me on, with me wherever i go. this will be a good school year, and i will walk away smiling and a much better person. of course, it doesn't hurt that this is one of the top 200 schools in the nation. ready for tomorow, it will be here in the blink of an eye and then, just like that, i'll be back to being a slacker at blogging. hey i'm really good at it don't you think? wish me luck yes?!

Forever and Always

Sarah Leslie