My Athletic Bestie

   I think its safe to say that we all have those friends who are really talented and/or beautiful, sweet, hilarious, smart, outgoing, caring. They're so good at one or many things that you almost hate them but you can't because you love them. I have this friend who is by far the most multi-talented person I know and sometimes I think about her and am like "god I want to kill you and take all your talents, but I've known you forever and that would hurt your mom's feelings". Also I haven't done that because personal attributes are not the Elderwand and I can't just kill someone to get their things.
   This friend is a first year student at Trent, and I don't feel concerned about disclosing that information because one of her talents is physical prowess and she could destroy anyone with a creepy agenda. Apparently at Trent rowing is a big deal (sports or whatever, am I right?). So this means that a lot of people showed up for tryouts, and bear in mind that I myself have not had the motivation to try out for a team since grade six badminton. I cannot stress enough that before my dear friend went to tryouts, she had never rowed a day in her life. She made the team though, because she rocks.
   This is a claaassic move on her part. Its just like the time that she started karate as a child and had a black belt within five years, or the time when she was in my dance class in high school for a day before being moved up to the advanced class with her sister who had been dancing since she was a wee young thing, or like the time when we joined cheerleading together (psyche! I was on a team in high school) and she ended up winning MVP at the athletic banquet at the end of the year.
   I have high hopes for this rowing thing. I fully expect her to go to the Olympics as well as some other cool special rowing awards that is even more hardcore than the Olympics. I know that I probably sound like I'm super jealous of her, and I think it would be an insult to her skills to say I was completely not jealous. I'm a little jealous of her ability to develop such a great passion for new things and that she gets to meet new people and have life experiences. She is a champion of athleticism and I just needed to get that out there. She is also really cute and smart, but I don't want to turn this into a novel.

PS Also, that year that she got MVP for cheerleading I won an award too, Most Improved. Its true, almost as prestige as MVP. Almost. So close, but so far.