User blog comment:Sandwich989/Worst. Day. Ever./@comment-1333071-20120909012952

Sandwich, Sandwich, Sandwich... when will you learn that this world isn't meant to be fair? The smartest advance, those who aren't as intelligent don't- no matter how hard they work. How do people get positions in government? Yes, they're elected, but they're connected to people who help them out.

With that being said, I'm so sorry this is happening to you and you feel so awful. A similar thing happened to me today, and I'm going to relate it to you...

I am a practicing youth doctor each summer, a counselor at a YMCA after-school program, a hardworking student, a licensed driver, and an overall responsible person. Despite all that I am also a teenage driver, however I phrase it. Today I got in my first "accident" (and believe me it was an accident) with a mailbox. I immediately checked for damage, and, seeing none, continued on my merry way. I ended up going out to an Asian restaurant with a friend before driving her home and myself back to my own dwelling. I greeted my parents and headed upstairs to change my clothes to go work in the yard... and when I heard my name being called angrily I went obediently downstairs and asked, "What's up?" (At that point I honestly believed I had done nothing wrong.) I was told that I had broken the car's tail light (more like smashed) and that I was to go (immediately) to check out the damage that I hit, but I wasn't allowed to drive. My mother ended up taking the time to drive me over, and when I saw the mailbox I hit, I realized that it was twisted at around a 50 degree angle-- a position that it was DEFINITELY NOT in when I had left the site! On top of that the house was for sale, so there was nobody home for me to apologize to. I, of course, informed my parents that I would gladly pay for all the damages, no questions asked, and asked for a few weeks to earn the money (as I earn NC minimum wage- very low). However, I'm in trouble for not telling my parents that I hit something, not for actually damaging the car. I am no longer allowed to use any car whatsoever (they've gotten good at phrasing, I'm rather smart), I am to pay for the damages, AND I am no longer allowed to hold a job (which causes MORE issues).

What's the moral? You try hard, but then that one little thing comes along and blows it all. If that didn't happen, life would be perfect, right? Life isn't perfect.

My advice is to do exactly what you said. Keep working hard and prove to your coach that you should be on varsity (because you DO deserve to be). I also highly recommend training in higher heat, because, honestly, 94 degrees isn't that bad. xD Talk to me when you get to my avg. summer temperature, around 110-115 degrees.

And your miles ARE SO FAST. Don't get discouraged! My fastest mile is 6:54 (don't laugh, please please) and that was after three years of hard work on a track and field team in middle school, and I haven't run since.

Keep your head up! Things happen, but life is 10% about what happens and 90% how you deal with it.