Syd's Stories

 Over the weekend, my favorite event happened, mud volleyball. This is the one event on campus that I make sure to participate in every year. This year was a little bit different when it came to my team. Most years, I play with all of the girls on the lacrosse team but things have changed and it worked out for the better! During the first week of classes, I was asking all of my friends if we wanted to make a team. I got a lot of no but there were some people who were down to play. The team this year had my housemates, Alpha Xi girls, two of my softball friends, and my best friend. This team was a group of random people. I was so excited to play one last year. The women's division of mud volleyball starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday which was very early for everyone on the team. We had some girl who showed up late but everyone was able to make it. When we all got there, we all talked for a bit and made it clear that we wanted to win the whole thing. They announced who we were playing and

Coming back to school is very exciting, but there is so much at home that will be missed! Over the summer, I was able to nanny for two little boys that live in the same neighborhood as me and sadly this will be my last summer with that job. I have been working for the family for the last three year and it will be the hardest goodbye. I was able to watch these boys grow up and while I know it won't be the last time I see them, it is the last time I will be with them all summer.  My boys did not only have an impact on my life, they were able to be a part of my family. Every day when we would go to the lake on the golf cart, we would always make a stop at my house to see all my pets and say hi to my family. After a couple weeks they learned when the windows were open, they would be able to yell my siblings and mom's name and they would all come outside to say hi to them. Additionally, they had little chores they would do to earn a popsicle. One of their favorites was watering the