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Mar. 26th, 2012 04:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceebeegee*I'm drinking a "Wicked" hot chocolate from Jacques Torres right now OMG SO GOOD. It's got chipotle and some other kind of hot spice in it. I like my chocolate with a little bit of sass to it.
*The results of my MRI came in and I talked about it with my (hottt, BTW) orthopedist. Apparently it IS an ACL tear--not a bad one but still. This is a little worrying because apparently ACLs do not heal on their own--if it's bad you have them reconstructed through surgery. I don't know that you do for tears that aren't as bad but I'm seeing the (hottt) doctor next week so we shall see.
At any rate I have been playing more and more since our season ended, with the Meetup pick-up leagues. I've mostly been playing with one in particular, run by a guy named Dale, who does the 6-on-6, 3 30-minute game format. My condition is getting better and better--I'm not nearly so exhausted by the end of the games. Last Wednesday was kick-ass--for the first time since I've started playing soccer again, I SCORED A GOAL. Yes, you heard me right:
And not only did I score one, I assisted on an even better one, a much trickier goal. The ball was passed to me and I did this kind of backwards, sideways chipped pass into the center scrum and another forward was there who sent it in, easy as you like. This makes me VERY VERY HAPPY. I have been worried sick I wouldn't be able to play at a good level again, that I'd lost my skills, with all the injuries. But no! I am coming back! My wind and my speed are improving and my ball-handling skills are also getting better. The best thing was, after the goal and the assist, the guys started passsing it all the time to me, like "okay, she's cool." Saturday was also lots of fun--in another Meetup gathering, I played in my first FULL-field game since college. FULL field, not 3/4 of half-field like most of thes games--full field. And we didn't even have two full contingent of teams--we had only ten players each so no subs. AND we didn't even take a halftime--WE JUST PLAYED FOR 90 MINUTES STRAIGHT. How much fun was this?! You don't even know. I floated home, I was so blissful. It was even better because all the guys were showering praise on me (I was the only female), about how well I played wing and kept pulling the defense out of formation.
Wing. That's who I am. I started at halfback and that's fun, but what I am is a wing--I played left wing for the vast majority of my soccer career and that's where I feel the most comfortable. That tricky little left wing, floating out there on the outside, ready to swoop in and harsh your buzz and flip the ball into the goal.
The one drawback is that it's not easy playing on the artificial turf--every now and then my cleat will catch on the turf, causing me literal AGONY, and then I have to limp off the field for 5 minutes or so. One player on Saturday pointed out that I should get turf shows, that they'll be easier on my knee, so off I go to Modell's!
*The results of my MRI came in and I talked about it with my (hottt, BTW) orthopedist. Apparently it IS an ACL tear--not a bad one but still. This is a little worrying because apparently ACLs do not heal on their own--if it's bad you have them reconstructed through surgery. I don't know that you do for tears that aren't as bad but I'm seeing the (hottt) doctor next week so we shall see.
At any rate I have been playing more and more since our season ended, with the Meetup pick-up leagues. I've mostly been playing with one in particular, run by a guy named Dale, who does the 6-on-6, 3 30-minute game format. My condition is getting better and better--I'm not nearly so exhausted by the end of the games. Last Wednesday was kick-ass--for the first time since I've started playing soccer again, I SCORED A GOAL. Yes, you heard me right:
And not only did I score one, I assisted on an even better one, a much trickier goal. The ball was passed to me and I did this kind of backwards, sideways chipped pass into the center scrum and another forward was there who sent it in, easy as you like. This makes me VERY VERY HAPPY. I have been worried sick I wouldn't be able to play at a good level again, that I'd lost my skills, with all the injuries. But no! I am coming back! My wind and my speed are improving and my ball-handling skills are also getting better. The best thing was, after the goal and the assist, the guys started passsing it all the time to me, like "okay, she's cool." Saturday was also lots of fun--in another Meetup gathering, I played in my first FULL-field game since college. FULL field, not 3/4 of half-field like most of thes games--full field. And we didn't even have two full contingent of teams--we had only ten players each so no subs. AND we didn't even take a halftime--WE JUST PLAYED FOR 90 MINUTES STRAIGHT. How much fun was this?! You don't even know. I floated home, I was so blissful. It was even better because all the guys were showering praise on me (I was the only female), about how well I played wing and kept pulling the defense out of formation.
Wing. That's who I am. I started at halfback and that's fun, but what I am is a wing--I played left wing for the vast majority of my soccer career and that's where I feel the most comfortable. That tricky little left wing, floating out there on the outside, ready to swoop in and harsh your buzz and flip the ball into the goal.
The one drawback is that it's not easy playing on the artificial turf--every now and then my cleat will catch on the turf, causing me literal AGONY, and then I have to limp off the field for 5 minutes or so. One player on Saturday pointed out that I should get turf shows, that they'll be easier on my knee, so off I go to Modell's!
