SSHS

"Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, we're going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time." (old school)

ooooh man, i love being reminded of hilarious things that happened in high school. this was one of my favorite quotes. along with, "why you trippin off him, derek?" (save the last dance) it reminds me of beer pong tournaments and long walks home. it's funny because in college i felt like i walked home drunk plenty, but the walks always seemed shorter than when i walked home in my own town, when really my town is smaller than chapel hill.

i have been thinking a lot about my varsity soccer team in high school. rituals, routines and behaviors that have now shaped my life. i'm thinking of changing the structure of my novel to include these aspects because i am realizing how important they were to making me the person that i have become. here are some stats from the county championships on long island, south side won states most of these years except for 1999.

Girls Soccer
COUNTY CHAMPIONS

Nassau Suffolk
2006 - Class AA: Massapequa Sachem East
Class A: South Side Islip
Class B: Wheatley Center Moriches
Class C: Friends Academy xxxxxxxxxxx
Catholic AA: Sacred Heart Catholic A: St. John the Baptist
2005 - Class AA: Massapequa East Islip
Class A: South Side Islip
Class B: Wheatley Mattituck
Class C: Friends Academy Mercy
Catholic: St. Anthony's
2004 - Class AA: Massapequa Commack
Class A:South Side Huntington
Class B: Cold Spring Harbor Babylon
Class C: Friends Academy Mattituck
Catholic: Sacred Heart
2003 - Class AA: Massapequa Whitman
Class A: South Side Huntington
Class B: Cold Spring Harbor Eastport/S. Manor
Class C: Friends Academy Mattituck
Class D: none Mercy
Catholic: St. Anthony's
2002 - Class A: South Side Smithtown
Class B: Lynbrook Islip
Class C: Friends Academy Mattituck
Catholic: St. Anthony's
2001 - Class A:South Side Sachem
Class B: Garden City Rocky Point
Class C: Cold Spring Harbor Center Moriches
Class D: none Mercy
Catholic: St. Anthony's
2000 - Class A: South Side Whitman
Class B: Valley Stream South Islip
Class C: Cold Spring Harbor Center Moriches
Catholic: Sacred Heart
1999 - Class A: Massapequa,South Side Whitman
(co-champs)
Class B: New Hyde Park Sayville
Class C: Cold Spring Harbor Mattituck
Class D: none Smithtown Christian
Catholic: St. Anthony's
1998 - Class A: Massapequa Whitman
Class B: South Side Sayville
Class C: Cold Spring Harbor Center Moriches
Catholic: Sacred Heart
1997 - Class A: Massapequa Northport
Class B: South Side Harborfields
Class C: Cold Spring Harbor Mattituck
Class D: none. Smithtown Christian
Catholic: St. Anthony's

also, i bought some pink gerber daisies to go in the new vase sandy and bret got me for my birthday, and they look awesome! they have been my favorite since middle school. and they were the only flowers my friends and boyfriend ever bought me in high school. even though i'm poor, one extra expense i will not cut is fresh flowers. i really believe they make a huge difference in my mood. that makes up for the small burp in my day today. great!