Newbie.

     This summer I have been training with my lovely coach, Clara Flanagan. But our time together has come to an end due to the approaching school year. So to compensate, I decided that I was going to find something else to do that would keep me in shape until fall ball in October. I had been toying with the idea of finding a beachbody program that would fit me. And in my search I grew attracted to the idea of Insanity: the Asylum. And just today i have received the package and I am ready to begin my 30 day program... starting tomorrow. I have decided to involve my friend Nicole to help keep me accountable to the program, and she herself was interested. So all this to say I am very excited to be starting this new program, and looking forward to getting more in shape (and hopefully developing those abs that Shaun T has promised me).

     I'm hoping that I will find joy in being in shape. I know not to lean purely on Shaun T and my sweat. But at the same time it feels so good to be healthy. And I want to be prepared for this upcoming lacrosse season. I have trained myself this summer for exactly that purpose, so that I can step up my game. Because with all the new players coming in this year, Lord knows that I'll need to step it up or I will lose my defensive spot on the field. 

Here we gooooo!!!

Copy Kitty.

The Sweet Sublime of Summer. And my alliteration use as I prepare for school.

Today just so happens to be the day that I am going back to school for the first time this summer. I will be surrounded by peers that I haven't seen in two months. "How was your summer?" The question I struggle with the most. I wish I could say that I partied all summer and met boys. But alas, I did not. I hung out with my core group of girls. And while I did have some amazing experiences this summer in the eyes of my friends I will have fallen behind. 

This summer has been a time to mature. And boys and fake friends were not included. I spent the majority of my summer away from the people at my school. It was much needed time away. Well, at times. Though I did miss out on some key relationships with my other friends, I did find time for myself. 

Coming into this new year I am hopeful. Hopeful that I will find my place at school. Even in the two years that I have attended Ravenwood I have shifted personalities and friend groups. This summer I found out that I don't need to worry so much about keeping everyone happy. If my relationships aren't mutual, I don't need them. Period. I don't need all of these acquaintances. I am happy with who I am and who I know. This sounds selfish, but I was in a lot of unhealthy relationships last year. I was bitter, jealous, and turning away from God in most of them. But I think that I am now in a better place and ready to start of this new year. 

*Deep breath*

So here I come. I know exactly what I will say when others ask about my summer. 

"Delightful. Yours?" 

And with that I will move on. Not much on an ice-breaker am I? 

Honest Abe.

Hello to all,

My name is Chloe McKinley Reeves. I am starting a blog. I have tried time and time again to start my own blog. I try to think of insightful and meaningful words to say; something worth reading. Yet, I find that it is incredibly uncharacteristic for my scatter brain, always bursting to say something but can never find the way to say it. So this will be an easy-to-read kind of blog. Don't worry I won't pull any lofty words that you won't understand. I will just express my honest emotions in the plainest most understandable way I can. Short and to the point. That's me. Well, that's what I'm striving for (I like to blab a lot, like right now).

A warning ahead- I have no plan for this blog. It will be what it is.

And that is all that I have to say on the subject.