Batter Up

I grew up on the softball diamond picture above. Okay, maybe not the diamond pictured above, but it is true nonetheless that I grew up pinch hitting, shagging, and running the bags. If 10 year-olds are eligible to have glory days, playing softball was definitely my time to shine. There is something about organized sports that I absolutely love. Maybe it's the feeling of camaraderie that is bound to develop between even the most perfect stranger. Perhaps I like all the "good games", and "nice try"s and "let's do this". It very well could be the slaps on the bum that naturally signify "good work" and "keep it up." Or maybe it's just the feeling of standing out under the lights. Either way, I am happiest when I am playing sports. And how I have missed softball.

In an effort to rock 2008 and step out of my comfort zone I organized a softball team with some friends from work. Our first game was tonight and as I drove up to the field for our 9pm (yes, PM) game, I couldn't help but feel an excitement that only raked sand and field lights blazing through the dark give me. Not even the luminescent Wal*Mart next door could spoil my fun.

My oh my, it's softball season. And I am loving EVERY minute of it.

Don't bother me, I'm eating

Sometimes I feel like I am stuck in a time warp. Lately I have felt like I have been watching all of my friends and family continue ahead on life's path(s) at a lightning speed while I kick back in my jeans and puffy vest and pretend that everything around me isn't changing. Over the course of the last three days I have received some pretty weighty news about two of my siblings and their newfound "all growed up-ness" (all of which is too important to post preliminarily in a blog), planned my best friend's baby shower, and celebrated with two friends who are making their graduation plans and are excited to walk away from university life with a bachelor's and a master's, respectively. In the middle of this I am looking at my life and wondering where in the world I fit into the land of marriage and babies and master's degrees. I didn't have too much time to ponder the idea, however, because my cell phone buzzed in my pocket. I flipped open my phone to find a message from a good friend that I haven't heard from in months. Here is the text: "How are you? What are you up to? I am expecting a little boy in July." I wasn't quite sure how to answer that at all so I did what I do best and told the truth. I swiftly typed back, "I am eating a cheeseburger." And that about sums it up.

E N F J

" According to the Jung - Myers-Briggs typology all people can be classified using four criteria:

• Extroversion - Introversion
  
• Sensing - Intuition
• Thinking - Feeling
  
• Judging - Perceiving"

This was taken from the website where you can find out what your own personality type is. Mine is freaky accurate, so check it out! I matched up with King David and Oprah. I'll take it! I am an extrovert, intuitive, feeling, and judging. This is the combination of how I run my life, apparently. It actually hit the nail on the head for me! Check yours out at:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/

Go to "Jung Typology Test" and click take test. It takes about 5 minutes. Be sure to read through all of the explanations afterward.... Enjoy!
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