April 10th

Today’s blog will be about basketball and softball.  For basketball, I had a long practice. My team and I found out the hard way that our coach had a bad day. Because every little mistake we did he would make us do multiple suicides and down and backs. But what I don’t get that it was mainly because of the younger girls. Like for the older girls, they wouldn’t be paying attention, talking all the time, and even laughing but we wouldn’t run. But if a younger girl doesn’t answer a question right we would run. I counted at the end of practice that we ran 20 suicides and 35 down and backs. (Yes I counted because all we did was run for most of practice) Then my coach had the idea of making us do wall jumps a minute 6 times. Then we did this defensive drill where you have to touch two lines repeatedly. It was torture because you had to keep your eyes up and if you slowed down more time would be added to the timer. We didn’t even get any WATER BREAKS! When I went home I took forever to eat dinner, took a long and soothing bath, then in 2 minutes fell asleep.

Sorry for the inconvenience, I found out that I can’t write a blog about two different things. So my next blog will be about softball. Sorry about that again, but I hope you enjoyed today’s blog.


     


                                                                                                                                                   Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                                 Aaliyah K.
 
             

April 9th

So you may all know that my school has started IAR testing. But for this blog I will be talking about something else. For today I had softball practice. It was the first official cause last time we had a scrimmage and then a meet and greet. So finally, after so many weeks I got to have my first practice with my new team. We first started doing throwing warmups where after every 10 throws we moved farther. Then we did some running/batting/fielding drills. One was where everyone would be at their position, but there would be three batters. So after the three batters got 15 hits they would switch with three other people who were fielding. But for the three batters, if they got a good rip on the ball on their last hit, they would get to run. And even after the other batter steps up to the plate, they could still run and steal. Then we did a little throwing competition where there would two lines made up on 18 girls. One coach was at the beginning of each line, and they would all start to throw at each other until the end, then start from the end throwing back to the beginning. We did this five times and my line won three out of five of those. After all the sweating and heavy breathing we got in a team huddle and talked about our schedule and parade that was coming up, we then said our goodbyes until tomorrow.

Hoped you enjoyed by blog for today. In my next one I’ll be talking about softball again and some basketball. But for the softball part, you'll get to learn something new about me.






                                                                                                                                                   Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                                 Aaliyah K.

April 8th

Today was the day I would be going back to school. And oh was it a good one. I learned that from Wednesday-next Thursday my school would be taking the IAR test. For both ELA and math. Even though my life was about to become boring and frustrating, I still wanted to have a good time. I tried my hardest to be with my friends and have a good time. I tried to make all my classes more fun than usual. But I just couldn’t get the thought out of my head about the words, “IAR”. It kept getting stuck in my head, I tried not to worry about it, but it always kept coming up. Luckily though, I was able to have recess on Monday and Tuesday. And I was able to forget about it, but after both recess it kept coming back. Every single time, even at home, even at basketball/softball practice, even in my room trying to sleep. It just kept coming up, until my parents decided to set up my siblings and I to watch the movie “Us”. It was a great movie that I enjoyed, and after that I felt a lot more better. I even felt ready for the tests to begin.


I hoped you all enjoyed today’s blog, but now I’m officially on track. Cause it seems I had to do only two blogs for April 1st-April 7th, so technically this is my “1st” blog of the Slice of Life Challenge.





                                                                                                                                                   Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                                 Aaliyah K.

April 7th

Today I didn’t do anything. I did my daily routine, wake up, eat, clean up, wash up, go on my phone for the next 2 hours, play on my PS4 for a couple of hours, play with my brother’s WWE figures, listen to Spotify, eat, watch my Hulu, eat again, do my chores, then sleep. But for some reason i just felt so uneasy for the whole day. Why you may ask, because tomorrow I’m going back to school! UGHHHHH! After a couple of days I’m gonna have to do some PARCC testing or IAR. Oh man I really don’t want to go to school. I tried to do my routine normally but just the thought of it would get stuck in my head. I even tried watching a rated R horror movie with my younger siblings, but it still wouldn’t go away. Even when I was watching my Hulu I couldn’t even concentrate on the anime that I was watching. Even when I was eating! And eating is supposed to be relaxing for me! Omg, I’m not even ready for it, cause this whole break I forgot everything about school. I was acting dumb, forgetting things, saying the wrong word, even my hearing was terrible. I just don’t even know what to do anymore. I don’t even think when I go to sleep Ill be able to sleep properly. Welp, wish me luck.


And that was my blog for today. As you can see, I was very frustrated and annoyed when I wrote this blog. But now all of that anger is gone, and feel a lot better. I hoped you enjoyed todays blog.





                                                                                                                                                   Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                                 Aaliyah K.

April 6th

Today my mom and dad and I went out to Famous Dave’s. But my younger siblings couldn’t come because they were at our grandparents house. So for the first time in 8 years I will be able to go out with my parents all by myself. Hooray for me! Well since it was pretty nice outside, we decided to walk there. It was a 20 minute walk, but for me could’ve been a 10 minute jog. Because you see my mom always talks to me about working out, but whenever we get the chance she never tries. And like my 65 year old grandma has just started working out at the gym. I told her it was the last straw, but then she gave me an idea. Why don’t me and her jog all the way to Famous Dave’s! I loved that idea, I was pumped stretching and jumping. But of course, as soon as 2 minutes pass she gives up. I wasn’t even tired pacing myself, and then she yells at me she’s tired. WHATTT! You’re suppose to have more stamina than me and you’re already tired! I couldn’t believed this, but I just kept jogging the whole time. After we got their we orders their feast and devoured the whole thing. But man was I still disappointed in my mom.


And that was my blog for today. I hoped you enjoy, and I can’t wait to see you in my next one.







                                                                                                                                                   Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                                 Aaliyah K.

April 5th

Today I had softball practice. I was excited cause the first practice I had didn’t go too well. But this time I was sure I was going to do good, and I did. We mostly did fielding, I was at third mainly making good throws to first and second. But then after a couple of plays I was switched to the catcher position. I put on my new navy blue catchers gear, it was fresh clean and it felt pretty light on me. I got on making a couple of decent throws at second and third. I made some great stops on wild pitches, and I didn’t get that dirty. Then we switched to some fielding and running drills if most of the practice. Then for the last 15 minutes we did a fun hitting, running, and throwing drill. One coach would lob a softball at you to hit from a certain angle. The two catchers (one is me) would switch out with a ball in their hands. (And no, they didn’t need their gear) Another coach would be at second waiting for one catcher to throw to them. So for the batters, after they got a good rip at the softball would run from first to second. At second they were suppose to slide in case they were in a situation like that. But after they rounded first, the catcher would throw to the coach at second so they could tag them out. Even if you were out or safe, you were expected to slide either way. We did this until everyone got a turn, and yes the catchers were able to do the drill also. After we all got dirty and said goodbyes, I had to go home and take a good shower to get all that dirt off of me.

I hoped you all enjoyed my blog for today. I really am enjoying this challenge more than I’m suppose to.




                                                                                                                                                   Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                                 Aaliyah K.



                                             

April 4th

Today was a pretty normal day. I did the usual, wake up, eat, clean up, wash up, go on my phone for the next 2 hours, play on my PS4 for a couple of hours, play with my brother’s WWE figures, listen to Spotify, eat, watch my Hulu, eat again, do my chores, wash up, then sleep. But today was no ordinary day. After I got done eating some tacos for lunch today, my dad starts happily screaming. When I run to him and ask him what’s wrong he just smiles at me really creepily. He then let’s out a sign and says he got my younger sister and brother signed up. I tell him, “What, signed up, signed up for what?” He replies with, “SOFTBALL AND T-BALLLLLL!” WHATTTTTTTT!?!?!? I was so mad, they literally did soccer a year ago, why would they change it. Did they not like it, cause to me it seemed they enjoyed it. He tells me he’s been planning this for months now. By why wouldn’t he tell me that, I mean he knows softball was always my thing. But he comes up with the excuse that he wants them to try new things. I wanted to be happy for him, but I just could think (especially my sister) would be playing my sport. After a few minutes I got over it and decided to continue my daily routine. I went on my phone, got some chips, ran upstairs, and watch some anime.


And that was my blog for today, I hoped you enjoy. Hopefully with the pace I’m going at right now, I can finally catch up.
     



                                                                                                                                                   Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                                 Aaliyah K.