Day 35

Today I woke up at 7am to go to my 12's tournament. I was really tired becauase I went to bed at like 2 last night. Last night I went over to my teammate Sara's where the girls were going to watch a movie..i hung out for a little while there, and then me and Freja left..Later on we met up with Jill and Emelie and their boyfriends Frederic and Andreas. Then we went to Adam's place where there were more people..mostly just a bunch of guys watching hockey..which i've learned to like watching:) I spent most of the night talking to Adam and this guy Daniel..they are really sweet. They wanted me to explain the rules of American football:) It was so funny..They were like "So what does the kicker do"? And "Whose that guy with the ball"? It was really cute. haha..Anyway, so today was a very long day. Jessica, the other coach, picked me up this morning and we drove 45 minutes to a nearby town where the tournament was held. The girls did really well:) They are all so cute. I took a bunch of pictures of them:) Poula is still my favorite..shes always having a good time even though 90% of her time spent on the court shes on the floor. haha..shes always falling I swear:) The rules are very different for 12's here. They play with only 4 on the court at one time..and the ball is allowed to bounce one time during each play. It was a long day..but very rewarding when I see them put some of the things we worked on in practice into play. Maybe I will enjoy coaching after all. There was this one mother who I talked to forever at the tourney..Hannah's mom. She was so so sweet. She was talking to me about how her and her daughter moved to Norsjo from Stockholm "escaping" from Hannah's dad ( she said something really awful that i dont want to repeat on here)..and how hard it's been on Hannah..and how much volleyball, and the friends shes made in volleyball, mean to her. I was like wow..I will definetely take Hannh under my wing after listening to her mom today. Her mom ( i forgot her name) also was talking to me about how important it is for me to travel and experience the world..She asked me what I wanted to do in life and I said evrything:) But lately ive beedn thinking about designing clothes. I know its a competitive field, and i have to make sure i really really want to do it and commit to it..but clothes are all i ever really think about..it sounds shallow kind of..but im obsessed with shopping and constantly creating new outfits.. we got to talking about her sister and how she moved from Stockholm to Paris to learn french and eventually ended up going to art school there..and is now THE designer of H&M's underwear collection! Talk about an amzing connection...I was like, I would LOVE to talk to her!! Her life sounds amazing..she went to art school in Paris..is fluent in Swedish, English and French, and travels from Tokyo to L.A. every few weeks. So it was a great day actually:) We had practice from 4-6..Rebekah wasnt there..she was getting x-rays because she totally dislocated her thumb before our game yesterday and popped it back into place..eww..so hopefully shes ok because we definetely dont have another libero..oops. And Joosy wasnt at practice either..shes sick..She should be back on Tuesday though..Practice wasnt that great today..we did the same damn drill for like 45 minutes..it was kind of annoying, and it really changes the dynamic of the team when 2 of the starters are missing you know..anyway..Im gonna go to bed now..im really tired..More later!
xoxo Kerri