soccer sabatical

I had my last soccer game tonight. Well, the last one for a while at least. I guess you could say I'm going on hiatus. Ultimate frisbee starts in a few weeks. As much as I'm going to miss Chunky Monkey, I'm so excited to see all the frisbee people. I haven't even played frisbee since Texas... It's been too long.

But we did win tonight. I got two goals. Too bad I was feeling very exhausted--I think I'm getting sick and it's leaving me with no energy. It was still fun and a good way to go out.

Good times fo' sho!

futbol

Chunky Monkey went undefeated in the last league. This league is a little different. We've won a couple, lost a couple, and even tied once.

Our team has its ups and downs. Some days we run hard, some days we're a little lazier. Tonight I felt like we were all running hard and passing fairly well. We beat the team by some ridiculous amount like 13 to 3. Paul, I think, scored at least eight of those goals; he should get a haircut every week.

Beth and I are the only girls who play the field. Katie is in Keep. So I get to play half the game. We sub out every three minutes or so. Sometimes I just want to stay in longer. To be honest, sometimes I'd be happy if I didn't have to sub at all. I like running.

I did get one goal tonight. It was a fun game.

I'm back on the team!

Okay, so I didn't score two goals tonight, but my one goal was well worth it. Not only was it a pretty shot, but it put us ahead in a very close game. We held the lead to the finish. I'm happy, because they were a very good team. Maybe an undefeated season really is well within our reach.

The low-down.

I went running on Monday.

I didn't go running on Tuesday.

I went running on Wednesday.

I played soccer on Thursday.

What will the rest of the week bring?

I'm off the team.

I didn't get my two goal quota tonight, so I've been kicked off the team. That's the only reason they signed me. Maybe I'll go play in a league in Europe or something.

Okay, so soccer tonight was a lot of fun. As it has been this whole league. I love my team and I feel we're meshing better than the first game. We've won all four of our games so far and I'm thinking we might just be the champions at the end of this all. But anything can happen, we'll just have to see how it all plays out.

I just have to say that I'm in love with playing. It feels good to be out there again. I'm actually scoring goals--even if it is just one, not two. It's always like this after a long absence, though. I'm out there playing with some spit 'n fire, just so happy to be chasing a ball. I'm sure I'll gradually get worse if I keep playing for a while. Or maybe not. That just seems to be the trend sometimes. I'm happy for now at least.

This week.

Let's see, what have I done this week?

Sunday: Went camping with Christian Sabey and Matt Hein, oh yeah and some girls. We were in capital W Wilderness; I have never seen a peice of concrete so remote in all my life! And those trees! They were so many you would get lost in the remoteness of it all.

Monday: Nothing. Watched the ReAL game and had some indepence day firework goodness.

Tuesday: Ran 4 miles at ten o'clock at night. The temperature started out surprisingly coolish, but then turned into bloody hot. I felt pretty good; strong.

Wednesday: Secret Frisbee, or should I say Ladies Night, or rather I think it has turned into ward flirt. I get bugged by the girls who come and flirt with the boys. Well, one certain boy. Annoying.

Thursday: Nothing. Went to the Ben Harper concert with Marcus.

Friday: Nothing, 'cause I'm going down to Provo to have a 24 season 3 marathon.

Saturday: Supposedly playing soccer with some peeps in the heat of the day. We'll see if it happens.

Memorial Day

I spent Memorial Day at my parents. I should've brought my running shoes so I could go out on my sister's first training run with her. It would have been a good run in the rain. I lounged around and watched movies instead.

Eliza and Paul bought a new soccer ball this weekend. We got some people together in the evning for a game. It was really a lot of fun even though I didn't have any cleats on and was sliding all over the place, but so was everyone else. These two little kids came to play with us, which was awesome. Just two random brothers from the neighborhood. Gabe was on our team and he was probably no more than seven years old. He was a rock star! It was fun.

I left soccer to go play frisbee. I guess since it was a holiday people didn't think we would still play. That was nice since the numbers were smaller. We were playing 6's or 7's the whole time. It was some good, fun ultimate. Monday night hasn't been that fun in a long time. I wish it would stay that way.