Soccer

I'm so behind on posts, ah! Oh well. Free- blog writing- computer time- has been and will continue to be limited, because of a temporarily intense work period. But if it wasn't for work, I'm sure I'd find some other excuse to use like the beautiful weather we are currently experiencing. Ha!

I have so many little tidbits to catch up on... Tucker's 15 month appt, Tucker's 1st hair cut photo, Easter, a trip to Legoland, cooking, and probably a zillion other special memories I'd love to capture. Tonight, however, I've decided to write a quick note about soccer.

Last night I played in my first soccer game in over five years. I played indoor with a few of my girlfriends on a very friendly and supportive, low key team. It was great fun, but I am out of shape, very out of shape. Indoor is always intense, but it hit me even harder than I expected.

I think I was only in for about 90 seconds before I had to sub out the first time and in total I probably played less than 8 or 9 minutes of the full 40 minute game. My heart was racing and my legs were burning so badly. I actually fell twice on the field because my legs were so weak and wobbly. I tried to run fast and then faster but I know I was at least 10X slower than I used to be and I'm not really sure if I'll regain my speed. Breathing was nearly impossible and I spent most of the game panting and convincing myself not to vomit.

Silly as it may sound, aside from those nasty side affects, the game was great fun. I slowly but surely started to remember how to play the game and actually made a couple of passes that weren't absolutely embarrassing. The girls were encouraging, so I decided to commit to play on the team for the season. I am hopeful that by the end of the season, I'll be able to play a full five minutes without needing a sub. It probably sounds like a simple and rather weak goal, but after last night, this really feels nearly impossible right now.

P.S. Yes.... I'm very sore today!