Coming home this weekend!!
Also, I'm quite pissed at myself - I threw a ball wrong in rugby today and twisted my wrist in a way that apparently a fractured wrist isn't supposed to be twisted. And now it hurts like crazy.
*sigh* I guess that means no more passing the rugby ball around. And I may have just ruined my chance at getting a splint on next Friday, rather than another cast.
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Someday I'll be a real rugger...
Right now I am listening to "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: Part 1" by The Flaming Lips on Carmen and Neil's Radio show. It is an awesome song, even more so because it was dedicated to me!! It makes me feel very warm and fuzzy inside =^_^=
In other exciting news, today at rugby practice I got to pass the ball back and forth!!!!!
This was a VERY big moment for me. I didn't realize how much I'd missed it until I was back in there touching the ball and participating.
Then everyone else did a bunch of contact drills and it was back to being a gimp. But for one shining moment, I was a real player again!
In other exciting news, today at rugby practice I got to pass the ball back and forth!!!!!
This was a VERY big moment for me. I didn't realize how much I'd missed it until I was back in there touching the ball and participating.
Then everyone else did a bunch of contact drills and it was back to being a gimp. But for one shining moment, I was a real player again!
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
AUWRFC New Jersey Fall Break Tour 2005
This weekend was KICK ASS. I loved rugby before (obviously, if even a fractured wrist and a cast past the elbow couldn't dissuade me from the game), but I'm obsessed now. I love playing rugby, watching rugby, talking about rugby, and hanging out with people who play rugby.
The weekend started Saturday morning at 7 am, when we met at The Spot in the rain and got our tour T shirts (Front: "AUWRFC FALL BREAK TOUR 2005," back: "AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S RUGBY: MAKIN' JERSEY JUST A LITTLE MORE DIRTY"). Then we dashed for the cars and loaded up - I was with Garthie, VD, and Petrides.
After four or so hour of driving and singing, we arrived at Princeton's pitch. Petrides helped me saran-wrap, duct tape, and plastic bag my cast, and thus waterproofed I helped in any way I could to set up for two games (against Westchester and Princeton) in the driving rain.
It was AMAZING. The games were shortened to two 20 min halves each, rather than two 40 min halves (on account of the weather). The team played excellently, and (quite contrary to my expectations, given the weather and my inability to play) I had a marvelous time running up and down the touch line screaming and watching and analyzing and learning.
After two great games (except for the last 5 min of the Princeton game, but we won't talk about that), everyone stripped off most of their wet clothes, threw them in plastic bags, and we drove the hour and a half to Maddy's house, where we engaged in hot tubbing, showering, laundering, eating, and general hanging out until everyone drifted off to sleep.
Sunday we went to a mystery pitch in South Jersey to play TCOJ. Thankfully it had stopped raining, but the team's performance didn't lift with the weather. For some reason we played three 30 min thirds (instead of the normal two 40 min halves), and in the first two we were just falling apart. Finally, in the third we picked it up and took the game back on our terms and ended in a huge rush (despite several injuries).
But that's basically it for the weekend. I got a few hours of sleep, woke up and helped pick up, then ate breakfast, packed, and headed out. I miss these girls already and can't wait for Wednesday's practice.
The weekend started Saturday morning at 7 am, when we met at The Spot in the rain and got our tour T shirts (Front: "AUWRFC FALL BREAK TOUR 2005," back: "AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S RUGBY: MAKIN' JERSEY JUST A LITTLE MORE DIRTY"). Then we dashed for the cars and loaded up - I was with Garthie, VD, and Petrides.
After four or so hour of driving and singing, we arrived at Princeton's pitch. Petrides helped me saran-wrap, duct tape, and plastic bag my cast, and thus waterproofed I helped in any way I could to set up for two games (against Westchester and Princeton) in the driving rain.
It was AMAZING. The games were shortened to two 20 min halves each, rather than two 40 min halves (on account of the weather). The team played excellently, and (quite contrary to my expectations, given the weather and my inability to play) I had a marvelous time running up and down the touch line screaming and watching and analyzing and learning.
After two great games (except for the last 5 min of the Princeton game, but we won't talk about that), everyone stripped off most of their wet clothes, threw them in plastic bags, and we drove the hour and a half to Maddy's house, where we engaged in hot tubbing, showering, laundering, eating, and general hanging out until everyone drifted off to sleep.
Sunday we went to a mystery pitch in South Jersey to play TCOJ. Thankfully it had stopped raining, but the team's performance didn't lift with the weather. For some reason we played three 30 min thirds (instead of the normal two 40 min halves), and in the first two we were just falling apart. Finally, in the third we picked it up and took the game back on our terms and ended in a huge rush (despite several injuries).
But that's basically it for the weekend. I got a few hours of sleep, woke up and helped pick up, then ate breakfast, packed, and headed out. I miss these girls already and can't wait for Wednesday's practice.
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