I Beat Boys

A born feminist, I always wanted to beat the boys.

With four brothers always picking on me it became apart of my life wanting to be just as good as them. At a very young age my competitive nature kicked in.

This nature proved to help me succeed. Leading me to hold a swimming record at the young age of 4 in Chantilly VA for 10 years (one of my only real sporting accomplishments, ha).

It made me believe so young that I could do anything. A few years later I convinced myself that I would be the first woman in the NBA.

My life revolved around sports and I was fairly good. Though I never really became the best I have always been good enough to just keep up. And the trash talking I learned from the long line of Redfern trash talkers. In my older years I used it as a flirting technique that has yet to get me too far.

I was told at a very young age thats boys don't like to get beat by a girl, and if I wanted them to like me I needed to let them win, but the competitiveness kept me from backing down! So I always give it my best and I still have those moments when I beat a boy (or maybe the boys let me win). A few moments include:

Beating two teams of elders in the mission at basketball during an event at the mission home right in front of President Villalba.

I beat a date once in bball, he didn't take it too well and the date ended early.

I beat another guy one on one in bball for a free ice cream (I really just wanted the date;).

And yesterday morning while training I beat my boss in a 50 yrd swim. The other guy with us told me I should've let him win since he signs my paychecks. And that if I really want to get married I probably should start letting the boys win. But where is the fun in that???

Besides how am I suppose to get through the hardest training year of my life without a little competitive juice flowing through my viens? However, this time around I KNOW that I am going to get the beat snot out of me by men and women alike, with this competition I am just trying to survive!