What a year it has been! I would have never thought that I would be living at a time like this. I thought my senior year would be one filled with friends, trips, and senioritis. Instead school has shut down and been cancelled for the rest of the year. Now I long to go to school! (Never thought I'd say that!) The past five weeks have honestly been so crazy! Is it the same for you guys? I mean it's not like we started the year off super well anyways. We had the Australian fires that took over the news. Then we had the rumors of World War III. Wouldn't that have crazy? Then this pandemic?! What crazy times! Over here where I live we've been getting earthquakes and aftershocks quite frequently since everything was shut down. Quite scary if you ask me! And on top of all of that, we found out that a couple that lives right down the street were killed this morning. It's heartbreaking! I didn't really know him, but I did know her. They were the cutest family ever with 3 kids and themselves. They are looking for the killer. Hopefully we are able to figure this out before whoever it is does anything else. If any of you are interested, they have a GoFundMe  account to support the family through this tragedy. I will post it at the end of this post. I just hope all of you are holding to your loved ones, even if it's from a distance. We can come together as a community and try to make this whole situation just a little bit better. If you're up to the challenge, write a note and put it on someone's door. Show them you care!  My family went and did this to my grandparents. It was so sweet to be able to talk to them. (But don't worry we talked from our car and them from their doorways) Sent a text to someone, call them if you feel brave enough. It really does mean a lot. Just because we are social distancing, doesn't mean we have to be socially distant. I hope that we can spread love and try to make this hard time a little less scary!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tony-amp-katherine-butterfield-family-memorial-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

Some of you may have already known that I play volleyball. Anyways, tryouts were this past Monday and I was able make the cuts. I'm a senior, so I have to be on the varsity team. You may be wondering what the problem is. Just kidding you probably weren't wondering and could care less, but regardless I'm going to tell you anyways. So a little background real quick. My freshman year of high school I was cut from the team, so I came back the next year and fought harder to be on the team and made it. I've made the team every year after that. Anyways... most of the girls playing have been with each other for four years and most of them share the same culture, so they connect using that. To put it bluntly there are a few girls I can't really stand. For the most part they're all really nice, but there are just a few that I don't like being around. One of the girls is just straight up rude. In games it's funny because she could make any mistake that she wants and all she does is laugh it off. I personally don't care how you react to your mistakes, as long as you are really trying. If another person. who she's not friends with, makes a mistake she gets all made and makes really rude comments about your abilities. Or as she puts it, our "lack of abilities." I have loved volleyball since I first picked up the ball, but when this particular girl is around, I find that I dread going to practice. Any suggestions for what I should do? I'm also a quiet person who tries to avoid contention which makes this whole situation irritating. 

Anyway, I hope you have an amazing day!