Catching Up

It's been a great few days and I'm excited it's going so well before I say good bye to San DIego for the rest of summer. This last Thursday I was invited by my best friend Aimee to go to the San Diego Padres' Baseball game at Petco Park vs. the Washington Nationals. Aimee, Kelsey and I drove to the game instead of taking the Coaster because Aimee's dad was able to get us free tickets and a parking pass right near the field. It was a ton of fun because the game was exciting, we saw some guy friends of ours down the third base line, we hung out with our good friend Connor Garrett and his whole family and we got on the big screen!!!

I also went mini golfing with my boyfriend Steven and OUR bestest bud Casey Connolly haha. I always had a good initial putt, but when I was within inches or so I just choked every time haha. Steven and Casey were funny to watch with how they examined each course, took their time and how they even brought their own real putters while I used a plastic one haha. Good news is that even though I lost miserably with quite a bit of shaving points, I did get the only hole in one of the night!! Yippee!!
 

 This weekend was capped off with some quality time spent up in Fresno with my mom to celebrate my cousin Gabe Duarte's High School Graduation. I drove the 6 hour drive (my mom won't drive on freeways) to Visalia where my grandma of 90 years had us stay at her place and we watched old western tv shows. The next day we drove to a Mexican restaurant in Fresno where we met family of ours that lives up North, friends of Gabe and ate some good food. It was a really nice chance to see the family and mingle over good food.

Tonight Steven and I are going to the San Diego County Fair, which will be Steven's first time ever there. I'm going to do the bungee jump even though I'm super scared haha. I can't wait to enjoy the food, rides, lights and just all around fun!!

Peace n' Blessings


Me

View out of my bedroom

San Diego Padres

Don't get me wrong, I love California and the beautiful lifestyle I'e had the opportunity to be blessed with. But as I've grown older and am now attending school in Michigan, I can't help but notice that some people didn't get the memo that it's time to grow up. There is a difference between the people in California and Michigan and I'm thinking that though I'd miss my tan and the authentic mexican food, I'd be surrounded around people I've grown to love and wish I could've known them my whole life.
After today, I'm just ready to get on the plane an head to Australia and leave childish drama, disrespectful, immature, flaky, b*tchy and Fake people behind. Ya, I'm venting right now and no, it isn't the smartest idea to do it on the web, but if you're telling me you've never felt this about your friends and surrounding people, then you're either lying or you live in Michigan. It'll probably blow over by tomorrow, but the sad part is that it's not out of character for this to happen. Right now my days consist of working out in the morning, going to the beach, maybe beach volleyball and hanging out with friends/boyfriend or family later. This sounds perfect to me, but I'm starting to feel like I'm in the twilight zone a bit.

Dstreet/Moonlight Beach

On a positive note I found out my teammate from college is moving to Australia in a couple days and we have plans to meet out there. I also have my cousin's graduation this weekend, the San Diego Fair is opening, I'll be sure to bungee jump and then the day before I leave, Switchfoot is performing at our beach all day after a surf contest. Hopefully, everything goes as exciting and fun as it sounds.

Love,

Me

All Set?

With my departure date being so close, I can now look at each remaining day and be able to roughly explain my schedule. What I'm more concerned about is all the details of this Australia trip and where I'll be staying since I'm getting in a day early. We also haven't heard form the people in charge of our trip in a while, but I'm sure sometime next week I'll get an e-mail.

Tomorrow I'm going in to workout at 7:30am and probably go to the beach the rest of the day.
Thursday I think I'm going to be going to the Padres Baseball game with my best friend Aimee and I think some other girls as well.
Friday morning I'll be driving with my family to Fresno (5 hours) for my cousin Gabe's graduation from high school! Saturday is the graduation party and dinner and Sunday morning we all drive back to San Diego.

I've got my Visa and Passport, but now I need to find a good book, a tv series, our family camera and maybe a hiking backpack. We'll see how that goes.

Love,

Me

Countdown To Down Under

Anyone would want to remember all the memorable moments and details of events in their young life as if they were right there living it all over again...good or bad I think. In an effort to stay connected to anyone who cares to read this and document what I feel is worth remembering, I've turned this blog into a journal to track my summer abroad in Australia and New Zealand that I'll be sure to fill with pictures, videos and more.

On June 19th I'll catch a direct flight at 11:55pm from Los Angeles airport on Quantas airlines to Sydney, Australia. I guess I get in at around 7:30am Australia time...sooo, what I'm thinking about doing is staying up for the first eight hours of the flight watching a new TV series and then taking some Tylenol PM to knock me out for the last 10 hours..ya, do the math, thats an 18 hours flight ugghhh.

I get in a day early, but the trip consists of training for field hockey at olympic facilities, two classes on social sciences and history of australia, playing for a club team there and of course tour around. There is around 25 people going I believe and most are girls, along with my teammate Adelle and other good friend Desiree who plays on the girls soccer team.

I gotta go for now, but I'll update again soon.

joyfully,

Molly

A Message From Coach

I was going through and deleted over 2,000 junk emails when I saw one from my coach John Adams sent july 14, 2010 which I never saw and never read who passed away along with two other teammates in a car accident August 9th,2010. As you can imagine it broke my heart/ allowed for closure at the same time. The last thing I told him over a text which was that same day was, "John I gotta go right now, but I just wanted to tell you thank you soooo much." And he told me that we would talk later, but of course we let life get in the way.




Molly,

You are a powerful amazing person! Your dreams, goals, heart are ultimately your responsibility. We can all help or try to get in the way but in the end its up to you to act in a way that makes it all successful. In the end, you have excuses or success. There really isn't much in between when your honest bout it.  

Renegade Performance has made a difference for you in a very short time period. Your success is at hand. Finalizing your training and reaching your goals are so close. As things change and it becomes more challenging to finish what you started, your integrity to your goals will be tested. FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED. For every great champion, the training and the competition is the easy part, its handling everything else that is the tough part.  

Renegade Performance fitness model has three secret ingredients. One of them is the tires! It is so important I gave you one of my own set that took me three years to design and test into a finished product that really makes the difference. Get those things there find a way to get them in use. Store them in your car if you have to; thats what I did at Pillar- remember? Get the full Renegade Workouts done 4 days in a row- same days each week at the same time each week!

I believe in you. Not the you that has all this talent and wins all the time. I believe in the girl that is tough enough, smart enough, and special enough that she can get it done when its really difficult.  Be the solution and make your destiny despite the barriers.  

I've always got your back. You need anything - I'm here. Besides your in the Renegade family now. Its like the mafia; once your in your in for life.

kick ass!

-- 
John Adams
World Renegade

A Day at a Tattoo SHop

Watching movies in the past or hearing your friends talk about their experience when getting a tattoo can just sound so..hardcore! The common misconception might have been only rocker chicks, gang members, and biker dudes were showing off their elaborate ink work, but now tattoos have become such common nature in today's society.  From butterfly tattoos to the infamous tramp stamps and full sleeves, tattoos are starting to become the art people wish to express on their body. Looking around any college campus or maybe just at home you can find somebody with a tattoo using their body as more of an art project that requires hours of needle pricks, after treatment care, and probably an addiction to go out and get another tattoo.  Though tattoos have become such a common thing to do now a days I'm not so sure I am going to fall under the statistic as to how many college students leave with a degree and some ink work as well. The tattoo is permanent unless you want to spend thousands of dollars like my own brother, Jordan Cassidy, getting tattoos that have absolutely no meaning for him anymore at this point in his life. So my advice for the day is think not once, not twice, but repeatedly before you decide what you want to be a permanent birthmark on your body the rest of your life.

common sense?

Okay so this bill that has been passed to require higher licensing fees for tattoo parlors doesn't end there by no means. The bill that may seem as an inconvenience for some is a way to weed out others according to Andrew, the owner and tattoo artist of Lost Tiger Tattoos in Lansing. This bill high lights some other laws they want these tattoo parlors to abide by as well. Probably the most annoying would be announced check ups from the Health Department to look over everything from your customer records to how you have trash lids placed over every garbage bin. as well as submit to random inspections and train their employees is really what one would call the Health Department as really stepping their game up! Among other laws is the restriction that no artist under the influence of any kinda can perform tattoos or needle work while intoxicated...that would be major bad news. You ask for an I love mom tattoo with a heart and an arrow and instead you get a broken heart with the tattoo artists ex-girlfriend's name in the middle. More commonly though is the person wanting the tattoo being drunk at the time of the artwork being done. From a crazy spring break you want to remember or the next morning you wake up and see a woman's face on your arm and your married, they all happen though Michigan law forbids it.