What Makes Me Happy. (:

So I have not had a very good week. I just started basketball and have been having some problems with my friend. So when I got home after a long practice I was so excited to see that my sister's car was in driveway. I hurried up and got my stuff out of my car and went inside.

Before I opened  the door I was met by my nephew.

"Hi Nina" he says with a huge smile on his face. 

"Look," as he pointed to his popsicle. Nobody else was in the house. I picked him up and instantly started to cry. It is crazy how a simple "Hi Nina," can make everything seem better. What is more crazy is how close you can be with someone that can't barely talk. 

I didn't want him to go home but he had to. He started to cry when I told him he had to put his shoes on. He kept saying "Nina go bye bye." But I had school the next day so I knew I couldn't. So after you my sister and nephews left I talked to my mom and she told me that I could go and spend the night with them. I got my stuff together and went to my sisters. When i got there my nephew was still crying because he wanted me to stay with him. When i opened the door he started to laugh and ran over and gave me a hug. I gave him a bath, we colored, and played with his Woody and Buzz dolls. Then I tucked him into bed and read him a story. 

I guess I'm just trying to say that sometimes when things are not going your way. Or you are having a bad day. You have to step back and realize the things that truly make you happy. 

Basketball

This is my senior year. This means my last time to play high school sports. Sports are my life. I do them not  because my parents want me to, or to be involved, but I do them because I have a passion for it. I love everything about it. From the practices where you think you are going to die because you just ran 5 suicides, to playing your last game.

I just had my first day of basketball practice. Not only is it my senior year but I am the only senior that went out and we have a new coach. I didn't want a new coach. I wanted to have to same coach from freshmen year to senior year but there is nothing that I can do about it now. I just have to accept the new coach and do my best. His coaching style is EXTREMELY different then our old coach. That is good and that is bad.
This year is going to be way different. More intense, and a lot more is going to be expected out of all of us. This new coach is going to have higher expectations. Not saying that our old coach didn't want us to succeed but there is just something different about this new coach.
Being the only senior out means I have to be more of a leader. I feel a lot of pressure but that is good for me. I will have to push myself and be the best that I can be. I have to show everyone that there is a reason, other then because I'm a senior, that I am playing.
This years basketball is going to be different. But it is up to me to choose wither it is going to be different in a positive way. Or if it is going going to be different in a negative way.