April 3rd - 10th
On Saturday the 4th I had my first Aussie rules footy match. I rode with my friend Scott (American) , Colby the reserve team coach and an Aussie out to one of the suburbs of Melbourne in the morning. I was kind of nervous about it but still very excited. When we got to the field we all went into the locker room and got changed. On the previous Thursday I had bought some team shorts and upon trying them on found that they were about 6 inches shorter than any pair of shorts I had worn since age 10. I'm a little surprised longer shorts haven't caught on yet as they have in every other sport. So on Friday I bought some compression shorts and the matter was put to rest. It felt good to be on a team playing a sport again as I hadn't suited up for a team since last November. On the field I did alright getting a few tackles in and blocking a shot in the first half. However, I also made some mistakes and missed a couple tackles. Footy is so much fun! We got completely crushed though and the scoreboard might as well have read "a lot to a little." I took a few knocks but came through largely unscathed. One guy on our team had suffered a pretty nasty head injury which required 7 or 8 stitches and was diagnosed as a minor concussion. Anyways, I can't wait to get on the field again!
The next day I had a soccer tournament with four of my friends out in Camberwell. It
was put on by the Swinburne soccer club and lasted from around noon until 3 or so with a barbecue afterwords. My friends Martin, Will, Val, Tony and I were on a team together and it was really fun! We lost our first game pretty badly but then after some organizational issues were worked out we played a lot better and won the rest of our games. Martin and I were both asked to come to a training session by the coach was pretty cool but Martin already plays for a semi-pro team and I have Aussie rules so unfortunately that is not going to work out. It was great to play some soccer though and the free barbecue afterwords was sweet.
On the Tuesday of that we I had my first exam-ish thing in my Thermo class which was alright. I was nervous going into it because one needs to get 35% or better on everything in order to pass the class. This isn't very hard to achieve but it still means that if you mess up a seemingly meaningless quiz that you won't get credit for the class. It went alright and I think I did pretty well on it. On Thursday we picked up our Wicked van and Easter Break had begun! I was pretty nervous about driving a standard with my left hand but it worked out alright. It was definitely easier making the transition than I was expecting. On Friday the 10th we drove to Sydney through some fairly uneventful weather and lots of Aussie bush country. Mike, Will and I spent the night in the van parked along Manly Beach. More on our adventure in my next entry!
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