Field work or Take it to the Limit

Hey there!

Well a bunch of stuff has been happening, and I fear I have been lax in my blogging responsibilities. I apologize profusely.

Let's see...we've been spending a lot more time in the water each day, sometimes up to six hours, so I've been busy! I really enjoy being in the water, so I don't complain. I tried to post some fun pics earlier, but it didn't work, so I'll try again later. There's also been some fun things happening.

We went to Allo Pizza two days ago for dinner (otherwise known as the best pizza I've ever eaten!), a place we've been once before. The guy there greeted me with "Hello Emily." I love being a regular, and I must make a good impresssion, if after one time there he remembers my name. So that was fun.

Last night, I went up to a friend's house for couscous, but then after dinner, we got to watch rugby. Now let me say, for all you football lovers out there, I think rugby would be right up your alley. They are having "Super 14" now where the provincial teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are playing. Shane's home team and favorite team are the Hurricanes from NZ, and as a bunch of the people we have been hanging out with are Kiwis, so I think we are a Hurricanes station. I only got to catch the last ten minutes last night because we were eating, but it was pretty exciting! Each half is only 40 minutes long with only penalty timeouts so it moves a lot faster than football. I have been learning about it from Shane for the past year now, but had yet to see a game, but it was suprisingly easy to get into and understand. You can only pass the ball backwards and if you fall to the ground, you have to give it up, but one of your teammates can get it. When I started watching it, the Hurricanes were down by 5 but in the last minute they tied, but then didn't score again, so the game ended as a draw. What's up with that!? In that way, football is one up on rugby, because I don't think you should just draw and no body wins. Maybe it has to do with Americans obsession with distinguishing winners from losers, and other people don't care as much. Anyways, it was way exciting, and I think you should check out rugby if you have a chance.

Today, we took a break and headed out to the Braveheart. They have a high deck and a low deck, and we all took turns jumping off the high deck. That was pretty awesome. It's always nice when I push myself, especially since I'm afraid of heights. Then we took it up a notch and did the crane. There is a crane, and a rope off of it, and you had to stand completely up on the railing, and then swing off. I tried it three times and swung flat on my face all three times. I'm all for trying, and trying again, but after I figured I would look like a victim of abuse tomorrow, I gave up.

Back to the field this afternoon!

Later,
Emily