Okay so I've been meaning to write this for a while now, as it seems very necessary after the last post. The plan was to reassure you all that I'm okay and I'm still playing rugby, and tell you about some of the good things that have happened since... well since whenever the last time I wrote an actual happy post. But like usual, I was always too tired or to distracted or too not-in-the-mood to write that post.
So instead you get the story of today followed by a response to that last, very long, post.
Ok so they have fitness sessions for the rugby girls, and obviously this is a thing I need. Thing is they are like 7am WAY on the other side of town. Other side as in I was planning on leaving my house at ~6:10am. So I set an alarm for 5:45 in the morning.
I woke up about an hour before that, and let me tell you, trying to go back to sleep when you have to wake up in an hour is not fun, but it's REALLY not fun when that wake up is already at 5:45am.
Ok so anyway, the fitness session was actually really rewarding and worth it - I was scared it would just kill me, but we didn't do like 100% cardio, it was mostly flexibility and weights stuff and learnign proper form, etc. I was really glad I went. By the time I got back to my house I was very awake and feeling accomplished and it was not even 10am yet!! That's so much better than normal.
Also, I finished my first draft of my essay on saturday, and met with my supervisor about it today and she actually really liked it! So that's hopeful. That said, talking with her made me realise how much WORK I have to do before my family comes up in March. Like dang. So much. I need to get my butt in gear and start actually working on my so called "time off" - need to stop acting like I'm an undergrad who just has to barely meet deadlines with good-enough papers and actually work on these like I care. Work on them whilst no one is making me.
What else happened today? I got to talk with some of the people here at wycliffe- im trying to make eating lunch at the hall a thing now just so i can see them because i like them. anyway, I don't know WHERE most of the day went, but then at 5:00 is was back out again to make it to more rugby! astro turf session, where I learned how to lift for a line out! So that was fun. And I'm not that bad at it either.
Ooh look at this nice transition - speaking of that - I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to you all. After that last post I received SO many messages of care and encouragement - messages from teammates offering support, or to meet up and talk, messages from friends supporting me in huge ways whether I stuck with the game or not, messages form people I had NO idea read my blog. So thank you. Really. After all that angst on my part, I went to 3/4 of the sessions since then, and I really enjoyed each one - despite the fact that I might not be able to walk down stairs tomorrow, and my legs have like 3 layers of bruises covering almost their entire surface.
Other exciting things that have happened over the course of this week and last: Oh Lord has it been that long? I can't remember that long ago. The Ashmolean Museum had a fun event where people were invited to come in superhero costumes, and they had people give cool presentations, including a series on the superheroes of myths - from Mesopotamia, Greece, Egypt, China, and probably more. It was really fun! I didn't take any pictures though. And one of my friends did the presentation on Mesopotamia! it was really cool.
What else? How can I not recall? Well I was sick for a good bit of it - you read some of that - so I guess I stayed in some. Here's one thing that was a huge blessing to me: I found out, through various ways, that several of my teammates are Christians. We had never talked about it before, and I don't know all of them that well, but something about that was just really really refreshing. I don't know why, it's not like it was a huge surprise, but something about it was just like God Himself whispering an encouragement to me when I was feeling really down. So yeah praise God for that.
There has to be some other story I can share. I guess mostly the last two weeks have been full of little stories - the kind that mean so much at the time, but don't stand out in remembrance. Mostly, I've benefited SO much from the Wycliffe community these past weeks - even if I only really see most of them over lunch - they are just such great people to talk with.
Oh here's a story, just 'cause I remembered; my supervisor (who is really nice and REALLY smart, obviously) gave a great presentation on Aristotle's Ethics on vice, and afterwards there were some people (I think three students and three faulty members) who were going out to dinner, and they invited me to come along. So that was really cool. Also I had to remember how to use chopsticks. I am VERY BAD at using chopsticks. Unfortunately I had to excuse myself early (since I hadn't planned on the dinner, I had some other plans) but it was nice getting to talk with people like that outside of the faculty/work/school setting. I miss that from JBU.
Ok I'm really done now. My brain isn't going to hang in much longer. Its just past 10, and as I just said, I've been up since about 4:30. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep in a little tomorrow, but then actually get some WORK done before my classes.
Thanks again for reading, everyone. I was really surprised to find who all read my last post. I don't know how you all can stand to listen to me ramble so much! But thanks.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow, praise Him all creatures here below, praise Him above ye heavenly hosts, praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
P.S. Because I have a serious weakness for taking post-rugby selfies (I swear I did not take selfies before I moved away from home.)
Also I had dressed rather quickly that day, running really late, and just kind of grabbed clean things, and ended up wearing more than 3 different shades of blue.... Apparently I own a lot of blue clothing...
Now I have this scrape on my head that everyone keeps asking about :P Half the time they ask "do you know..." and half the time it's "oh are you ok?" I have to admit, since it doesn't hurt, it's a little fun to just say "oh yeah, it's just rugby practice, it's fine"....
P.P.S. Oh my gosh I've gotten like 6 emails to my uni account just while writing this post - at 10pm. what is wrong with my life right now? stop emailing me neswletters and please stop sending important information i have to respond to. i don't wanna have to do more stuff!
P.P.P.S. You guys feel free to message though - i like y'all. and i like hearing from people who read this :P i'm not good at subtlety. (I also have a hard time spelling it). Ok bye for real.
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