GO HORNETS

Well after a rough start - Things have a taken a turn for the better...Thank GOD!!!

8th grade has already proven itself to be quite the rollercoaster ride. Her first day was probably the worst first day she has ever had.

To start out she had volleyball tryouts at 6:30 A.M. Getting Hailey (and myself for that matter) up that early is a battle within itself, but the first day....geez that's tough. After 1 1/2 hours of tryouts then came first period... ATHLETICS... really???

Let me see if I can try to explain the reason this is a problem

Haily's entire life she has been told how much she looks like me.....how I could have easily had this child all by self.....somehow by divine intervention....wouldn't that have been nice if it were true :) annnnyyyways my Hussey gene is very much the dominate gene. From her eyes to her freckles there is no denying that Hussey that is.....well; US.

There is another little bit of Irish charm that comes along with all that beauty....

THE CURSE OF THE RED FACE.

I know what you're thinking; everyone gets a little red face when they get their blood pumpin. But with us it looks like we stuck our head in an oven...like we just came out of a sauna after 5 hours of "sweatin it out"....like we have the most severe case of Roseola you've ever seen in your life. It's bad...trust me; I know!!!

So she was mortified that for more than half the day her face wouldn't "chill out" it stayed so red that when she tried to put a little make-up on ; it turned orange. Not quite the look a teenager is going for on the first day. Even though I'm more than positive she looked GREAT...but again that means SQUAT to her.

But after all of the red/orange face....the getting up so early the dog looks at you crazy....falling asleep in the middle of a conversation her hard work paid off. My girl made the 8th grade volleyball team!!! She called me at work to tell me the news and I cried. Not out of shock of her making the team, but becasue after that first day and seeing how upset she was she deserved this!!!

Also in a previous post I mentioned some stuff Hailey was going to have to take care of herself; well that paid off to. Her counselor was great and she ended up getting exactly what she wanted!!!

GO HORNETS.....and....GO HAILEY!!!