Me Gusta Jugar Basketball!
I did it! I played basketball tonight. At church. With the men... Muahaha! (This is the same stake I was in a while back -- about 5 years ago-- where the Stake President didn't think it was appropriate for chicks to play basketball with the fellas, so I couldn't play.) Maybe I'll hear about it next time... Maybe not. Tee Hee.
So, I when I got to the church building, I stretched and shot a few hoops. Then, we had an opening prayer at center court. I walked out there with the rest of my ward. No one batted an eye and I got to play!
... of course, I haven't played basketball or done anything exercise-oriented since basketball last year... so, heh, I got tired after about 5-minutes. I was dogging it REALLY bad. But, they had enough people to play 4-on-4, so that's what we did. Eventually, both teams got a 5th player, but both teams wanted a substitute. I admit I hogged most of the sub-time... but I did go in a couple more times. I even scored a basket-- a baseline bank shot! (Course I'm that's me not mentioning the 4-5 missed shots I took-- one of them a blocked shot.) I also had fast hands and got a few swats in at crappy passes. It's just too bad my legs weren't as fast as my hands, or I could have done more than slap the ball mid-air.
I had fun... and I girlishly asked if the guys in my ward wanted me to come again next time. They said they did because it was nice to have a substitute. I'll have to see if I can get more people to play...
Now... It's time to load up on motrin and take an 8 hour nap! Yay! Monica from work would be proud-- I just burned about 1000 calories! Haha.
So, I when I got to the church building, I stretched and shot a few hoops. Then, we had an opening prayer at center court. I walked out there with the rest of my ward. No one batted an eye and I got to play!
... of course, I haven't played basketball or done anything exercise-oriented since basketball last year... so, heh, I got tired after about 5-minutes. I was dogging it REALLY bad. But, they had enough people to play 4-on-4, so that's what we did. Eventually, both teams got a 5th player, but both teams wanted a substitute. I admit I hogged most of the sub-time... but I did go in a couple more times. I even scored a basket-- a baseline bank shot! (Course I'm that's me not mentioning the 4-5 missed shots I took-- one of them a blocked shot.) I also had fast hands and got a few swats in at crappy passes. It's just too bad my legs weren't as fast as my hands, or I could have done more than slap the ball mid-air.
I had fun... and I girlishly asked if the guys in my ward wanted me to come again next time. They said they did because it was nice to have a substitute. I'll have to see if I can get more people to play...
Now... It's time to load up on motrin and take an 8 hour nap! Yay! Monica from work would be proud-- I just burned about 1000 calories! Haha.