Thanksgiving Pics!

Sorry if you see these same pictures on my mom's blog! :) (sorry mom...)

Thanksgiving

This year we had Thanksgiving at our house, and my cousins and grandparents came over. It was really fun to hang with my cousins, and to eat, and talk and stuff. And it was pretty amazing that it rained, because it never rains, and my seminary teacher informed me that it only rains on Thanksgiving once every twelve years. Cool, huh?

My legs are getting better, I can pretty much walk normally now. The specialist I went to on Tuesday said that the reason there is so much stress on my shins is because my knees are so messed up, and I have no arch support in my feet, so all the tension meets in my shins and messes them up. This problem in my shins was bound to happen sooner or later, so it is good that it happened now so I can fix the problem and only miss one game. I am bummed that I am missing the first game of my Varsity career, but hopefully it will be better in the long run. And I have to start up re-hab again for my knees :( But it is a good thing I guess...

Stress

Ah. Stress is a suffocating thing.

Saturday was good, except that I was limping because my right leg hurt so bad but I kept walking on it at Kohl's and the movies. The reason I went shopping and to see Twilight was because I didnt want a basketball injury to keep me from doing everything I wanted to do. It was like I was sticking it to my injuries by doing all those things. But it came back to bite me in the butt when I woke up Sunday morning and couldn't stand up without falling over. Mom took me to Urgent Care to see it anything was fractured in my right leg, and nothing was, so the doctor said i needed to stay off my leg, to let the inflamation cool down and to heal the tears in my muscles. So I didnt go to school today until fifth hour, and then I had to crutch all the way from the Seminary building to ceramics, and I was so tired. During practice, I was in the trainers, icing my leg. The bad thing is that I have shin splints in both legs, not just my right one. So my left one is very painful... it is a vicious circle. I do not want to use crutches tomorrow. I am walking now, with a limp of course, but it isnt too bad. sigh. there is too much going on right now.

I am glad this is Thanksgiving Week.

Scrimmage

We just won our first ever scrimmage as a Varsity team!! The score was like 56-32, or something, so it wasn't even close. There were six 8-minute quarters (don't ask me why...) and no half time, which kinda stunk. We had good runs, and bad times where we weren't there mentally, but overall it was a good game and good practice for our real first game that is coming up here soon, in December. So things are looking pretty good, even though I know we will face MUCH better teams during the real season.

Tomorrow is the last day in our current Seminary building. Monday we are moving into our brand new building right across the street! I am going to miss the bus ride, and Jerry, the bus driver, and being able to chill for about 10 minutes there and back...but am excited for the new building.

I need some major sleep really bad... this whole basketball thing wears me out...zzz... :o)

Long Week

This has been a crazy busy week. There was school on Monday, but not Tuesday, which threw off my whole week. I had three hour basketball practices every day after school, leaving me sore and exhausted. Wednesday was Mike's 18th birthday!! We went out to dinner with Grandma, Joe, and Pop. Thursday was the opening night of Lexi's play (see my moms blog). It was also the CHAMPIONSHIP football game for our school!!! I went to that, and we won! So we are now the independent league champs. YAY. Friday night I went straight from practice to Lexi's play, and she did really well in it, then she, mom and I went to Kona Grill to get some food and one of their excellent brownies. We got home at around 11, then I had to get up at 6:30 to babysit a family with five kids (no worries, they are all really cute kids). Lexi and I went together, then I left at nine to go to B-ball practice, then went back at one, and Lexi had to leave to go to her play practice. We were tag-teaming it. I was going to go out to the movies with some friends tonight, but I am too tired...

I am so grateful for Seminary. This is the first year that I have ever had a calling in class, and I am the Pres., and I have to play the piano every day (very badly, I might add) but I am so grateful for the responsibility it provides me with. I love going every day, it makes my day better because I have it 5th hour, and my 6th hour is full of...filth, basically. In general content. And I am usually stressing about after school activities, so going to Seminary and changing my perspective really helps my day! I love it.

Bruise

Ok I couldn't help posting this picture:

I am very proud of all my bruises, but this one on my arm is pretty nasty! (I'll give you one guess about where its from... correct: basketball!)

So today for practice, we met at the school at 7, had a team meeting, had practice from 8-10, then a parent meeting til noon. The JV and Freshman teams just watched us practice for two hours; it was their easiest practice ever :)

I just got finished filling in my school planner with my B-Ball schedule and had the wild thought "What did I get myself into??"

I will try not to only talk about basketball in this blog, just hit the highlights!

Varsity

I found out tonight that I made the Varsity Basketball Team! It was very nerve racking having to walk down the court to where my coach had set up a table with her and three other coaches, waiting for her to tell me what team I made. This week of tryouts has been really hard, (luckily I have no lasting injuries) but I think it was worth it. I am so glad that as people, we sort of forget what pain feels like, or at least I do, so after we go through something hard we can go to sleep that night and go back at it the next day. (this is not always the case though). I am referring to practices with Melvin, of course :) I expect this next season to be hard, alot harder than last year, more stressful, more physically and mentally demanding, and it is going to be a big challenge for me especially, being the only Mormon on my team. I am in a unique situation, and hope to come out a better person on the other side when all this is over.

I have practice tomorrow at seven. ugh. :)

TRYOUTS!!

So this is the second day of tryouts for basketball. Yesterday, we ran the mile. 7:23. That's all I have to say about that. (But I am SO happy). My legs are sore, but I think I am holding up pretty well in the gym part of tryouts. We have practice (I call it that, but its really tryouts) from 5-7. I love that time slot because I can just go home from school and chill for a few hours, I mean do my homework cough cough then go to practice, then come home and go to sleep. The boys are in the gym before us, so it kinda stinks (literally) by the time we get in there. But I am actually enjoying it! My knees are holding up, and I feel good. I wonder how long this will last... knock on wood...

Camping

I went camping this weekend, at a campsite that was about 45 minutes away. I went with six other junior girls from my basketball team, and my coach. We all rode in a short white bus! So we got there Saturday in the early afternoon, and it was really hot. We made t-shirts, played football, and talked the whole time. That day I got stung by a bee. Twice. I was the only one to get stung and it happened twice. I am glad that I am not allergic, because that would have been bad. But it kinda hurt. :)

Tomorrow is the first day of try-outs. I am pretty nervous, but I am sure it will be fine.