Getting Involved

Well I have officially played my first game of soccer ever! Wosh was that ever an experience and a half and BLOODY FUN! Yeppers I'm hooked. I haven't played any type of team sport since grade 8 so I was a little nervous how I'd do. But my team mates on "Universal Restorations" (our team name) were awesome. They asked me which position I wanted to play. I laughed and said I didn't have a clue. All I wanted was for them to give me orders and I'd obey! Well it worked pretty darn good. They did just that. They started off with putting me in the center defense position and then I was placed in the center forward. Holy smokes batman that is one heck of a lot of running in an hour and a half. But hey I actually think I got the hang of the basics. Plus there were a couple of other girls on the other team in defense who looked as solid as bricks. I was warned " don't get in there way because if that ball hits your head you'll go down!" Well of course I had to get in there way or that just wouldn't have been any fun! I was actually quite impressed with myself with my running capabilities. I could acutally give those girls a run for their money and make them kick the ball off side or at least challenge them. It was good stuff! What an adrenal rush though! Whoooo I got some advice at Sport Mart from this young kid who sold me all my gear. He looked no more than 15 and I nearly choked when he told me he had been playing 10 years! Anyhow he said, the main thing is when your running for the ball against several other people you have decide if your going for it or giving it up cause its the people that can't make up their minds that get hurt! Well I decided when i got on the field I wanted to make darn sure I wasn't considered a wall flower so for the ball I went! From the pic you can see I did get banged up a bit but it was all good. Now I just can't wait until Tuesday for our next game!Before the game Mom, Alistair and I went and was part of the "Silent Walk" here in PG. This was to raise awareness and funds for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Childrens Society in PG. Its such an interesting and inspiring world to be part of. I'm talking about the deaf and hard of hearing. There was a couple of girls around my age up from Vancouver. One was profoundly deaf and could only sign to communicate and the other could sign and translate for her. But it just made me desperately want to learn sign so I could communicate with her! Anyhow they belong to a couple of societies (can't remember the name at the moment) which advocate for deaf children in a school or public setting. So if the lack of hearing is getting in the way of a child become part of a class, sports team, event etc... they will intervene by educating staff and supporting the child so that they can meet their wishes. Anyhow all together the Children's Deaf Society in PG raised $2500 for that event which will help send kids and their families in the Northern Communities to a fun weekend adventure camp in September.

Heres a cute video of Alistair being giggly in his Vegas Onzie! Thanks NANA