I Don’t Know What The Hell I’m On So 1,2…1,2,3 Slam!!! (Lara)

In my last post I mentioned how things are looking up lately…It’s not like everything has just gone *BOOM* and become better again, there’s still definitely times when I am down, but I’ve felt that since I have come back and made more of an effort to keep myself happy, that it’s slowly working and more of the sun is visible than it has been for a while!

Last Thursday, my trail ride for Working With Animals was lots of fun…My horse, Jacko, got a bit of a fright near then end though and reared up and bolted a bit through the forest… Luckily I can ride though so it wasn’t too scary lol. On Thursday night i played water polo and for some odd reason my team was man-down, so we got beaten for the first time this season. It was still a really good effort though by everyone considering each of us would have to mark 2 players in at least one stage of the whole game… by the fourth quarter we were all pretty worn out!!!!

Friday saw a 10am-1pm practical for Genetics and Evolution which by far (sorry to all those involved) was the most BORING practical class I have ever been to! It was more like a lecture or a tutorial… taking down notes and answering questions then doing a test for 99% of the 3 hour duration. Argh! After class I hopped on the tram to the city and ventured into The Basement at Myer where I had to find a dress to wear that night to the Booze Cruise because I stupidly didn’t bring much back with me after my break. The first one i tried on was the one i bought thank God, then I grabbed some lunch and came back to college.

Now I tend to do some pretty crazy stuff… but I’m not sure if this would be defined as Crazy, or Lara You Just Have Too Much Time On Your Hands. I decided it would be a cool change if I straightened my hair, so i globbed on all the stuff in the shower then spent 2 hours running straightening irons through my hair…which I guess was worth the effort in the end because it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself!

After going down to dinner looking like a tomato (that straightener was HOT!) I came back up to my room and got changed and all that jazz, then Mel, Chrissy, Boosh, Em, Penny, Liz and I caught the tram to the end of Elizabeth St. because we missed the main group of people. Somewhere after getting off the tram, Mel, Chrissy, Boosh and I got separated from the others so we ran around the side of the Yarra searching frantically for this boat we were meant to be boarding in 5 minutes! Finally we found it and hopped on, and the boat embarked on a few hours of boozing (for some…well most), cruising, dancing and fun!! It was yet another a good chance to have fun with 130 odd people I share calling this place home with and some much needed fun was had after such a busy week of uni stuff!

The after party was held at Melbourne Central Lion Hotel (I think that’s what it’s called?) which was AWESOME…The band were lots of fun and were playing covers of great songs, even the song we had to do the Fresher Dance to in O Week, pretty cool. So we all danced and continued the celebrations into the morning; some stayed till reaaaaally late but I was dead by around 2ish, so was Joe so we caught a cab back to college… Funnily enough I still woke up at 8.30 or 9.30 or something ridiculously early like that after going to sleep at 3am!

On Saturday I managed to finally get myself showered and ready in my uniform to play soccer then went down to lunch which was pizza…I must say it wasn’t the best feeling to be running around with melted cheese sitting in my stomach lol! Our first game was against Queens College and I was playing left forward for the game… I almost scored once which was annoying but oh well… Oh and I kind of came a bit too close to their goalie a couple of times haha which brought cheers from the Whitley supporters… I guess inter-college rivalry is all just a part of the experience of living in such a place though, which is fine when it’s all just in the name of fun! So we lost to Queens I think 2 nil (could have been more) but we had lots of fun so we didn’t mind.

Our last game was later on in the afternoon against Newman, who we also lost to 4 nil lol but hey we put our team together at LITERALLY the last minute. This game was more intense.. I was right forward this time and got a fair bit of the ball and managed a few headers and tackles and came close to having a go at some goals too which was good.

HOWEVER, during the last 5 minutes of the first half I was going for the goals with a clear break and only the goalie coming out at me, when all of a sudden 2 more players came out of nowhere and next thing I’m on the ground in a position I didn’t know my body could physically bend into, and a Newman player flying up, up, down, and….straight onto my leg with her studded football boots.

O-u-c-h.

I didn’t think it was that bad, just a kick, but when I tried to get up once, twice, two times….and my leg just kept collapsing under me I thought Maybe It Wasn’t Just Like A Normal Kick In Water Polo. Finally I managed to get up (might I add I didn’t even get awarded a penalty shot and the game just kept on going around me!) and attempted to jog back to my position but ended up hopping every 4 or 5 steps…UtOh.

We were man-down for the game so I couldn’t go off… I just kept playing until half time where I stretched it out a bit and tried to get my muscles going again. The second half was torture because I had to keep sprinting up and down the sideline…but by the time the last 10 minutes came it was too much pain so I just stayed in the goal half ready to receive the ball and only have to run with it half the distance. All the girls played really well considering most of the team had little to no experience, and finally the whistle went, the one time I was relieved to hear game over in a soccer match I was playing when we were losing 😛 and I walked (hobbled) back to college for a shower and dinner.

By Sunday morning I couldn’t really walk properly at all so that day was just spent watching the guy’s matches and working on assignments which I handed in on Monday as well as doing my mid-semester test for biology. I couldn’t go to training Monday night ’cause of the leg and I’ll be missing my game tonight, too 🙁 and UNI GAMES ARE SO CLOSE!! AHH!!!

Today I was meant to be going to a horse practical at Flemington for the day but it got postponed, and my leg is still killing and the pain has spread to my knee (yeah, the fractured one :|) so I’m going to go to the doctors after lunch. AND, tonight is our college AGM! I’m running for female sports rep; my poster is up in the JCR and I’ve made a (corny) video which has a bit of comedy, some quotes, and some clips of me playing soccer and water polo, and I just need to write down a few points I can look at when I say my speech tonight.

It’s funny, not very long ago at all I would never have dared to run for something, even if I really wanted it…not sure what it is, but I guess it’s just what I talked about at the start of this post…Everything slowly returning back to normal. I’ll be over the moon if I get this position, but if I don’t I won’t be too fussed…Besides, the person who gets voted in is meant to be the person that a majority of the place wants as their representative for that aspect of the college. After the AGM everyone’s heading out to celebrate at Keeper’s hotel so that will be a good night nevertheless.

On Saturday I’m going to an Alpaca farm for a uni excursion which is exciting! And Sunday I’m doing some work at the football; a friend helped me out with getting a bit of extra cash from a small casual job.

Anyway I guess I’d better hop out of bed (yes, I’m sitting in bed on my laptop cause of that wretched leg being in so much pain!) and get myself showered and ready for lunch and the doctors. I just really hope it’s nothing too serious, especially if it’s going to stop me from competing in Adelaide.

Hah, what injury/illness will be next.

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