we made it to the tournament

After a full school year of training, practiceing and working hard the hofstra womens lacrosse team which i am part of reached one of are goals of making it to the CAA tournament which is a tournament that we have made in the past two or three years. this is a big accomplishment for are team but we arent done. now comes more hard work to fixed what needs to be fixed and so this way we go into the tournamnet confident and strong and ready to play. it is really exciting and i am so excited that we have this opportunity that we must take advantage of. its so exciting even though its definatly going to be a little stressful balanceing inishing my work for all my classes and then studying for finals and haveing lacrosse at the same time but after it is all done it is definatly going to be worth it. im so excited and cant wait to see what happenes. here we go PRIDE!!

ever be reminded of someone who has passed on

So this weekend i had two lacrosse games in Virginia, we won the first one and lost the second we are doing pretty well in the caas so far. but over this trip we stayed at a hotel, obviously , but on Saturday the day before our JMU game i was on the elevator waiting for an older woman to get on so we can go down to the 1st floor. finally when the women stepped on the elevator i got a whiff of the perfume she was wearing. it was a smell that i haven't smelt in a long time but i definitely recognized it. after thinking for a couple of seconds trying to figure out what it smelt like it finally hit me, it was the smell of my grandmother how passed away about seven years ago. after figuring this out i was kinda happy because it was nice to smell my grandmother again.

Caas week 1

so after a fast weekend and the first weekend of CAAs i can say that we started off strong. we won our 2 games against ODU and William and Marry. it is a good start for us because it brought us two wins closer to making the tournament. we played pretty well but we still have things to work on, no matter what u do their is always room for improvement; that's how i think. i find it hard to believe that we only have 5 ga,es left in this season; it is crazy how fast time flue by. with one day off a week and the rest consumed of lacrosse practice, school and games these next four weeks are going to go even faster. But i am just taking one day at a time and working as hard as i can to us my time diligently and productively to get the most out of what i am doing. Cant wait till this weekend when we play two more games that give us a chance to win and do well and accomplish are goal. should be great.

CAAs

Spring brake has come and gone and now i am in the final stretch of my first year of college. its weird to think that i am almost done but i love it because i could definitely us some down time meaning that i have nothing to do. with lacrosse everyday and many assignments due i have very little free time these days but i dont mind that much because its just making time go faster. i am in the second half of my season now so practices are harder and the games count more then they did before. the games we play from now until the end of april are our CAA games which means we have to win in order to get into the tournament which is something that our team is very capable of doing. its so exciting and i cant wait to play these games becasue i know they are going to be so much more intense and to win these games and to win CAAs is something we have been working all year long to accomplish. now is when all the hard work of waking up at 430 in the morning to lift and practicing for 3 hours a day pays off. its now or never for the rest of this season.

spring brake

Final it is spring brake and i am so glad because i could definitely use some down time. By down time i mean just a brake from school because i will still have lacrosse like everyday. but i am excited because this Monday my team and i are flying to California. we are playing stanford on wensday so we are going to be spending four days there. i am just excited to travel even though this is more of a busyness trip then a vacation its nice just to get away sometimes. now that all my classes are over today i am going to just relax and go to practice. all i have to do is focus on lacrosse practice for the next three days and then we fly out. i am sooo excited and i cant wait to see California since i have never been there before. i just cant wait to get away.

beautiful days

The past couple of days have been beautiful and it makes me so happy. I love this kind of weather. It makes me want to spend all my time outside just relaxing in the sun. What i really want to do is just sit in the sun and read a good book for hours and i can not wait until school is over so i can do that. But for now i am pretty busy with homework and lacrosse so it kind of bums me out that i want enjoy the weather the way i want to but i don't mind that much because i know in just a little over a month i will be able to enjoy it without any worries. I do like that at lacrosse practice i only have to ware shorts and a t-shirt compared to a couple of weeks ago when i wore so many layers and it was cold. Yet all in all this weather is wonderful and i really hope it stays like this from now on and that the cold weather doesn't come back until next winter.

summer is almost here

I cannot believe that my first year of college is almost complete. It went by so fast, it is crazy. People always told me that it is going to fly by and I definatly believe them. There is only about eight weeks left and then summer vacation is finally here. Summer time is definatly time that I am looking forward to. I plan on working a lot like I did last year, but I plan on making more money becuase I get out of school much ealier. Even though my four jobs keep me busy I still have plenty of time to do other things with my friends. Things like volleyball and road trips, it is going to be great and I cannot wait for it to finally so i can relax and have a great time with my friends.

stressing out a little bit

So i am almost half way through my second semester of college and it is not to bad so far but i am defiantly more tired and my schedule is defiantly busier then it was last semester. i know my busy schedule has a lot to do with the fact that i am in season now which i am happy about but at the same time its harder to be more productive with my school work because after practice i am so tired. even though i am exhausted after words i do still manage to complete my work but all this responsibility is starting to cut into my sleep. But now that I'm almost to the end of my first year all of my major projects and stuff is getting closer and i am stressing out a little bit because i am going to have so much work to do with so little time to do it. i know ill get it done because i will not let myself not turn an assignment in because i want to do well in my classes but its just starting to become a little overwhelming at the moment. but i will be okay, i always am just got to take it one day at a time until its finally all over and summer is here. summer is something i am very much looking forward to just because it is m y favorite time of the year.

Happiness

Happiness is a feeling that one may feel many times in their life in many different ways and in many different situations. To me happiness is when you are comfortable with who you are, who you spend time with, and what you accomplish. It is a warm feeling that makes you feel that everything is just right and you don’t ever want that feeling of security to go away whether it is that you are happy with your boy friend or girl friend, your spouse, your best friend, your bet or family. But it doesn’t just have to come from who you spend time with it could also be when your are playing a sport or reading a book. There are so many ways that someone can find happiness and be happy but it is up to them to experience this feeling not anyone else, other people or things may help in making one happy but it is up to that person to except the feeling.

my time to play is finally here

so far my team and i have been practicing for six days a week for about three to four hours a day for the past three week preparing to start our season. It just so happens that our first scrimage is tomarrow, Saterday 13th and i am oh so excited to play. I have been waiting to play lacrosse at this leavel ever since i was a kid. back in my younger days i would come and watch the girls hofstra lacrosse team and look forward to the day that one day i will be playing lacrosse at a college leveal not nowing at that time that i was actually looking at me exact future. but know the that time is hear and i am so happy that it is.

me ....Jackie Ardolino

hello my name is Jackie Ardolino and i am 19 years old and i attend Hofstra University. here is where i play on the women's lacrosse team, this sport is what brought me to this school. i love lacrosse and i really enjoy playing it. I've been playing lacrosse since i was in 3rd grade and have loved it ever since. but any ways i come from a town called Shirley which is located in Suffolk county which is on the island. i love the island so i guess thats why i chose to stay here when it was time to go to college, i also plan on liveing here when i am done with school so the goal is to marjor in speach pathology, go to grade school after i graduate and get a good job and settle down after college. as fare as my family goes i have two older brothers and one younger sister and then their is my mom and dad of course but besides that i am a simple girl who love sports and being independent and i tend to live a successful life and do my best in what ever activity i take part in. well that's about it, thanks for taking your time to get to know me.
- Jackie Ardolino