*coughs* I'm actually not playing on the team... just training.
Update:
I didn't go on Tuesday. Instead, I received the pleasure of emptying 1.5 tissue boxes... the really big rectangular ones. I used up nearly a whole box of decongestant tablets, and woke up with a swollen right eye Wednesday morning, and the skin underneath my nose was rubbed raw from all the tissues I used... I even had to use a plain chap-stick on it; it hurt so much. <_< I
might have gone to play on Wed., but practice was cancelled since we got another two inches of snow. I was able to go out and eat some, for about one minute.
Then, after babysitting yesterday, my mom whisked me home, I got changed, and took me right back out to the fields, telling me that we were meeting at the tennis courts, so I had to wear my sneakers. Right. I ended up playing for the first 20 mintues in sneakers, taking horrible touches, and no being able to turn right. Oh well. At least I regained some of my dignity from how I played in goal without gloves... I only messed up twice, some shots went high, and a couple tucked away into the corners since I'm only used to playing in goals about 1-/17 feet wide, and a little less than 7 feet high. The professional ones are 8 by 25.
Aaand, today we did meet at the tennis courts, ran almost a mile on an up-and-down, left and right trail, then did aerobics... which consisted of 25 sit-ups, 10 or more regular push-ups, and then a lot of sprinting to Coach S, then back to the line, then on to Coach M, then go back the same way...
Then we jogged back again, and began working on the basketball courts with passing, volleying(--- tossed me the ball, and I instepped it back, and then repeated with the top of my foot), then trapping the ball with our thighs and chests, and volleying the dropping ball back. Then we did "suicides" with a ball, and after a small 5-v-5 scrimmage, in which I scored with my left foot...
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all with a pulled hamstring.
Wow. I even mentioned that my hamstring hurt to Coach M after we went down the trail the first time, but he just said, "OK, go over to the bathrooms, walk; jog if you can...(we got water from the fountain then did the aerobics...)
This week was not good for me at all... Oh well. I'll survive. At least I did everything
basically right today, and with a sore muscle "to boot". Man, I was limping nearly the whole time... And it hurts going up/down stairs... had a guy staring at me at Wal-mart for about a minute until we left... (we (Aeva and I) had to get white shirts for a dinner tomorrow at church; we're serving, and the money goes to camp...
At least on Monday half the team (the older ones) won't be there as they have a basketball game... so maybe us little kids can bond more.
Yeah. This is gonna be fun... Please keep praying for me...
EDIT: I forgot one thing that brightened my day... as I walked into Superchurch (the pre-school was having parent/teacher conferences, and I was baby-sitting), the little two year old that I regularly watch goes, "An'zla! Dere she is!" and came running over to give me a hug...
And remember two things:
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Argh, I'm such an idiot... I can't believe I did that.
(Although personally I don't recommend it, since that's not in the rules.. 
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This has "God" written all over it! 
And we'll keep prayin'! 
