lately has been pretty crazy for me. it is the end of the school year, but i cant really slaow down yet. i still have that huge C-SPAN paper (mines 16 pages) a geology paper in science, an EOC is science, Algebra stuff, Civil War test in social studies..... i am kinda just done with school.
i also have soccer. i am hoping to make JV at Farragut next year, which could be difficult. i am trying to get in shape for the dreaded 6 mile race before tryouts, get my speed up, better my ball handling and touches, play on my team that i am on now, and build muscle. that is something Coach Lindsey (FHS Varsity coach) always stressed to me. he says that incoming Freshman will be undersized, and other players we will compete against will out muscle us. he wants us to be able to be strong enough to hold our own and not get pushed around like dolls on the field. harder than it sounds!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Rain
on monday we had a make up game schudualed at the pellissippi fields. if you are knew to the world of soccer amke up games in our league, they are not cancelled. it is a very rare occasion. so, big suprise, come 5:45 we were on the feild for our game, even though the other team had yet to show up. they were not from around here, obviously! so, while we waited for about an hour for them to show up, we engaged ourselves in many safe, parentally approved activities.
these activities include.... wrestling/running through/making a slip a slip and slide out of the "river" as we called it. it was a river all around the feild, about knee deep of mud and water. you know, in the ravine between all the feilds to keep them seperated. it was not pretty.
while it was pouring, we also simply laid on our backs in the 3-4 inch puddles that consumed over half of the feilds getting mud on our previously bright white unifors, and getting wet.
we also had numerous mud fights. this is both throwing, as well as wiping mud on people. caution: if someone slaps mud of you, specifically your neck and calves and sometines back (target areas) it can be very painful.
the last thing we did was we scrimmaged ourselves. we would put mud on our arms, and when shoulder to shoulder with someone, we would wipe it all over them. or, just push them in the river and take off downfeild. whichever was easier.
dont we sound like a mature team? hey, you gotta admit, there is no way you can say we dont have good team chemistry and bonding!
so, after that we had the actual game, and i got a ride home with Beckers. as we walked up, her mom handed me a plastic bag thing that was cut open, the kind the dry cleaners give you with your clothes, and a wrapped up and hopped in. by the time i got home, the Gibsons, Jacksons, and Greskevitches (sp?) were all in my basement playing games with the rest of my family. i warily creeped down there to say i was home and getting in the shower (i was very late because of that other team) i scampered back upstaris amongst many laughs. but then again, surely they were imagined! why would they laugh at me????!!!!
these activities include.... wrestling/running through/making a slip a slip and slide out of the "river" as we called it. it was a river all around the feild, about knee deep of mud and water. you know, in the ravine between all the feilds to keep them seperated. it was not pretty.
while it was pouring, we also simply laid on our backs in the 3-4 inch puddles that consumed over half of the feilds getting mud on our previously bright white unifors, and getting wet.
we also had numerous mud fights. this is both throwing, as well as wiping mud on people. caution: if someone slaps mud of you, specifically your neck and calves and sometines back (target areas) it can be very painful.
the last thing we did was we scrimmaged ourselves. we would put mud on our arms, and when shoulder to shoulder with someone, we would wipe it all over them. or, just push them in the river and take off downfeild. whichever was easier.
dont we sound like a mature team? hey, you gotta admit, there is no way you can say we dont have good team chemistry and bonding!
so, after that we had the actual game, and i got a ride home with Beckers. as we walked up, her mom handed me a plastic bag thing that was cut open, the kind the dry cleaners give you with your clothes, and a wrapped up and hopped in. by the time i got home, the Gibsons, Jacksons, and Greskevitches (sp?) were all in my basement playing games with the rest of my family. i warily creeped down there to say i was home and getting in the shower (i was very late because of that other team) i scampered back upstaris amongst many laughs. but then again, surely they were imagined! why would they laugh at me????!!!!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Patrick
wow. today after church, i went to my Grandparents house, and my uncle Cameron, and cousins Nathaniel and Olivia were there. we hung out and threw football mostly... and almost broke a TV.... but thats beside the point. next, we went to Beckers for cookies. WOW! not only were there endless delicious cookies, a wrestling match between Luke Rainey (age 8) and Dustin Rainey (age 15, almost 16) but Patrick had his new guitar. and man, can that dude play. he played for at least 2 hours straight, all from memory, with singing, never repeating a song. if he hears a song, he can play it. and he hasnt even played for 2 years yet. sometime, i will get a video of him for you guys, you cannot imagine his awsome pure ability. i could just sit and watch him for hours! and thats pretty much what i did.....
Saturday, May 2, 2009
soccer
boys game cancelled, my game cancelled. sunday game cancelled, but i wouldnt be in that anyway. soccer blues. instead, i am going to a movie with carter and jared. blog about it later.
cool pictures
this is scott rainey, who lost his middle finger quite a while ago. and now hes pretending to lose it again.
why do guys find pleasure in pretending to seriously damage their friends? i will never know. this is Trey, my Dad, Ty, and Dustin all pretending to kick each other.
above on the left would be connor and tanner lightsaber fighting with who knows what in a tide pool
and of coarse, we have connor executing the perfect dive... off the side of the pool... and hitting his stomach so hard.... poor guy.... but he got 4th out of 5, or something like that, which is not last! he is swimming against his buddy josh ebbert, and 2 or 3 other kids from other teams... you can see one of them...
beach
okay, so one of my favorite things to do is go to the beach woth the Beckers, Meeks, and Raineys. we always get a huge house (but it seems small with so many people!) that is right on the beach, and has a pool. well, when i say always i mean the twice that we have done it!it is tons of fun though, because Hannah, Katy, Broooke, Lauren, and i all shre a room downstairs with a mini fridge and microwave! plus, there are Tyler, Trey, Dustin, Patrick, Andrew, and Cristopher all in another room near us! needless to say, we reswulted to after midnight pranks a few times.... but hey, its all fun and games!
another fun tradition we have is to go to the family owned beach house that we have in oak Island, sometimes bringing people along. we have gone with raineys.... i think twice, and extended family a few times, on both sides. we have also gone alone, with tyler rainey, and with the whites .... i think that covers most peole recent.
so, last time we went with the Raineys, Dustin caught a gator! there is a little swampy area between our house and the beach, which there is a bridge over. cross the bridge and you are on sand. well, he had other ideas. he got some fish heads, a net on a 30-40 foot rope, and a big pole, and i think a baby shark of two to use as bait. we caught many snaping turtles, and an allligator! it wasnt big, probably just 3, maybe three and a half feet.... but it was cool!
we (more like he) tried to get it to fit in this big plastic box that we found, but the lid wouldnt fit on it. so, he just put the net on top, and called everyone down to see it. not the best idea. it go out, right when the moms and little kids came to see it! it was so funny, a bunch of peopleall running around and sceaming, while dustin, ty, and there dad desperatly tried to keep it in there! needless to say, it was a one hit wonder. after that, it was kicked off the edge of the bridge by yours truelly. but thats just because we didnt want it to fall so far as a baby, and it wouldnt let go of the net, so we igured it could go off its own accord. it didnt. it got a little too close for comfort for me, so i let it go flying!
i wish i could claim credit for this amazing adventure, but i cannot. he did it all. i tried.... but i just couldnt get that gator to go in the net! but i did catch a turtle or two, and helped get one that was so huge! i thought it was a sea turtle, it must have been 3 or 4 feet around! but sadly, we couldnt lift it up to the bridge. :-(
p.s pictures were taken june or july of 2007. they are of... A. connor holding a shark.
B. Dustin jumping over Tyler and Trey. and C. Sydney and Austin Rainey jumping over the edge of the hot tub. which is filled with about 15 people.
Friday, May 1, 2009
our friday game
earlier today, our team had a game out at Oak Ridge. After successfully finding the field, we had team warm-ups and stretching, and got checked out by the refs. after the customary shingaurd/earring check, we were suprised to here him announce that no braclets were allowed.... including hair bands, string things, and the braclet i got at Niagra Falls! (green and light green) well, you cannot take those things off, so i found someone with shingaurd tape, and threw some over it. that way, it was taped to my wrist.... no ones finger coulda gotten in that thing to get broken if they had tried!
the rain started. of coarse! for the first few minutes of the game, it was raining pretty hard, but not pouring. that was all we needed, i got a pass in the corner around the 18 yard line, my hotspot. i had a shot that hit the upper cross bar at an angle so that it didnt go in, but it bounced right in front of the goal. thankfully, a defender on the other team go frantic in her attempts to clear it, and ended up handballing it. our right forward, Lauren, converted with ease. after that, it started raining pretty hard. lots of families retreated to cars, and watched in safty while we continued to play. we got another goal scored about 15 minutes into the first, by Lizzy Keane, the center-mid. very nice shot. now, it was getting frantic. both sides were resulting to even more physical play than usual, with lots of back pushing, shirt tugging, ankle kicking soccery goodness. unfortunatly, the ball rolled soooooo fast across that flat wet grass that we had trouble keeping up! you know how it is.... you feel weighed down by all the rain thats all over you, youre sliping and sliding, and your being pushed..... it makes for slow movement.
the game didnt last long though. no more than 20 minutes into it, we had to break for lightning, and after a while it was still lightning and thundering, so the ref called it off. :-( those kinds of games are my favorites.... nothing fancy, just plain, physical soccer.
so, after the game, the whole family, except trey, went to panaras to eat. i must have been quite a sight, sweaty, soaked, shivering, smelly, and in a white jersey with my socks, shingaurds, and cleats all still on! (it was not raining that hard back in turkey creek)
well, ive got the boys game tommorow at 9:30 *sigh* i guess i will be up early, plus my game tomorrow at 12, so i guess i should stop dwelling in the past on this game and get ready for my next one! blog tomorow about it!
the rain started. of coarse! for the first few minutes of the game, it was raining pretty hard, but not pouring. that was all we needed, i got a pass in the corner around the 18 yard line, my hotspot. i had a shot that hit the upper cross bar at an angle so that it didnt go in, but it bounced right in front of the goal. thankfully, a defender on the other team go frantic in her attempts to clear it, and ended up handballing it. our right forward, Lauren, converted with ease. after that, it started raining pretty hard. lots of families retreated to cars, and watched in safty while we continued to play. we got another goal scored about 15 minutes into the first, by Lizzy Keane, the center-mid. very nice shot. now, it was getting frantic. both sides were resulting to even more physical play than usual, with lots of back pushing, shirt tugging, ankle kicking soccery goodness. unfortunatly, the ball rolled soooooo fast across that flat wet grass that we had trouble keeping up! you know how it is.... you feel weighed down by all the rain thats all over you, youre sliping and sliding, and your being pushed..... it makes for slow movement.
the game didnt last long though. no more than 20 minutes into it, we had to break for lightning, and after a while it was still lightning and thundering, so the ref called it off. :-( those kinds of games are my favorites.... nothing fancy, just plain, physical soccer.
so, after the game, the whole family, except trey, went to panaras to eat. i must have been quite a sight, sweaty, soaked, shivering, smelly, and in a white jersey with my socks, shingaurds, and cleats all still on! (it was not raining that hard back in turkey creek)
well, ive got the boys game tommorow at 9:30 *sigh* i guess i will be up early, plus my game tomorrow at 12, so i guess i should stop dwelling in the past on this game and get ready for my next one! blog tomorow about it!
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