I bought my ticket home this weekend. 10th of July. I have mixed feelings. At first I was very excited. I'll have Sara with me and we'll get to do a tour of the West coast. I'll get to see mom and dad and the rest of the fam who I miss so much! I'll also have a good chunk of time at home to get sick of it again.
But, now I'm realizing I have no idea when I'll be back to Spain. I'm really going to miss Iñaki's family and how they've welcomed me here and tried to make me feel at home. We had a birthday lunch for him on sunday with his dad's fam and I found myself looking up at the faces around the table and getting a little choked up.
And, I don't know if Iñaki will get to join me at home or not. Because we don't know where we'll be next year yet, he may just be in Spain, saving money until we can meet at our new home, wherever that might be. Scary. I know I can handle it, I'm Darby, not the girlfriend of Iñaki, but I kind of like having him around ; )
No matter what, I'm excited to be in Portland for the summer and in my neck of the woods and with my peeps and my language and my culture. I need to recharge my bats.
Aight, I better get to Spanish class. I'm taking the intermediate test for a degree in about a month! Javier says the intermediate should be easy for the level of our class and the advanced, a challenge. Since I have to pay to take the test, I'm taking the int.
Love to ya!
Monday, April 07, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008
Bum foot and Catholic guilt
Hi!
I've had a pain in my right foot for a while now. It's the same foot that caused me lots of discomfort in college with plantar fati-whatsits. Gotta love wearing a boot to bed. Now, the issue seems to be a little tendony and is starting in my ankle and aching down to my big toe (phys ther majors, feel free to comment), especially after practices and games. I'm taking a week or so off of hoops in hopes to heal up.
The issue is, I feel bad. I've never really taken a large amount of time like this off from a team. And half of me really wants that time off, injury or not. So, I'm afraid I'm making to big a deal of it. But, it's hurt for a month and not improved, so no matter how minor, I need to rest it or it won't get better.
Isn't it strange how playing competetive sports can do that to you? Guilt you? I mean, hello, my good basketball days are over, college was as competetive as it's gonna get and if I want time off I should take it. I don't even care about this team and half the time I spend with them is just uncomfortable for me. Why can't I just listen to my own body's reaction and stop? I want to stop. I should stop. But I feel bad.
It's Catholic school... just kidding. It's being conditioned to never stop. Sad but true. I'm a product of a thousand different psychological games that coaches have to play with you, it is their job to play with you, to get you to preform at your highest level. Sick and twisted.
But, I think I turned out ok. And, since I am obviously detoxing now, I think I'll make it through.
Newest update... Thailand may be in my near future. I just got a tiny bit of info on it and now I'm telling everyone. I'm so lame. Tomorrow it will probably be going to Australia to teach a small aboriginal tribe that wants to assimilate to the world! A ver...
Besos y abrazos y Guillrmos mojados!
I've had a pain in my right foot for a while now. It's the same foot that caused me lots of discomfort in college with plantar fati-whatsits. Gotta love wearing a boot to bed. Now, the issue seems to be a little tendony and is starting in my ankle and aching down to my big toe (phys ther majors, feel free to comment), especially after practices and games. I'm taking a week or so off of hoops in hopes to heal up.
The issue is, I feel bad. I've never really taken a large amount of time like this off from a team. And half of me really wants that time off, injury or not. So, I'm afraid I'm making to big a deal of it. But, it's hurt for a month and not improved, so no matter how minor, I need to rest it or it won't get better.
Isn't it strange how playing competetive sports can do that to you? Guilt you? I mean, hello, my good basketball days are over, college was as competetive as it's gonna get and if I want time off I should take it. I don't even care about this team and half the time I spend with them is just uncomfortable for me. Why can't I just listen to my own body's reaction and stop? I want to stop. I should stop. But I feel bad.
It's Catholic school... just kidding. It's being conditioned to never stop. Sad but true. I'm a product of a thousand different psychological games that coaches have to play with you, it is their job to play with you, to get you to preform at your highest level. Sick and twisted.
But, I think I turned out ok. And, since I am obviously detoxing now, I think I'll make it through.
Newest update... Thailand may be in my near future. I just got a tiny bit of info on it and now I'm telling everyone. I'm so lame. Tomorrow it will probably be going to Australia to teach a small aboriginal tribe that wants to assimilate to the world! A ver...
Besos y abrazos y Guillrmos mojados!
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