a Full Day

It took me a little longer than normal to wake up. The night before a couple Senior gals had come over to watch the Office and SNL (great initials). Afterward, we watched this dance video that I got with Christmas money last year. Trust me, I realize how white I am, but I thought it would be fun for all of us to try. Aaaand, I might've videotaped them. hehe.

After they left, Kendra had stayed for a bit to talk. Quite refreshing, and I can't believe that it's already less than forty days until our road trip to Texas! This was also pleasantly interrupted by a conference-type call with John, Rojas and Emily.

All that to say was it was a late night, and waking up was hard to do. Got to work about 10, so I could make some important phone calls to prepare for November. But an hour and a half later I was out the door to see Susie's softball game. That ended a lot sooner than expected, and she didn't get to play :(. So, we tried to make up for it by grabbing lunch at Chipotle.

By the time we dropped her off it was just enough time for me to check my email and then go to Rachel's place. We went for a walk around a nearby lake, and then stopped to read Daniel. We had some great discussion about that, and even I was encouraged to read it again. But I had to get going to the next place.

That is, soccer. Literally got there just in time to put on my jersey, the shin guards I'm borrowing from Mr. Banich, and the socks I borrow from Kendra. We stepped on the field with plenty of players, while the other team had only three. Eventually their team did show up, all seven or eight of them. All of which, had way more energy than us. Oh I definitely felt out of shape!

Nevertheless, I actually had shining moments, believe it or not. I had a shot on goal, and I even negged (vocabularly explained to me via Janna) a guy. The guy then called me a bad name in Spanish. I just laughed, because I knew he was more frustrated with himself, than me. I headed the ball, I passed... and made just as many mistakes! After all, this soccer playing is not my cup of tea. But, dare I say it, it has it's fun moments.

And that point at which I can barely breathe, and my heart is pounding inside, feels so good. I love to be active!

But of course, after the game (which we lost), I had to book it to Jordan's volleyball game. They won that one with flying colors, and we only saw forty minutes of the game, because the JV team had also creamed Bear Creek, meaning the Varsity team started earlier than normal.

So we celebrated at Cold Stone (although I grabbed a toasted tuna sandwich at Subway. mmm!), which was full of laughter. Eleven of us, cheering everyone on who entered and exited the store. All things were funny.

And as if all this wasn't enough, Jordan and I watched The Little Mermaid before bedtime.

Youth ministry is a verb.