Friends, Football, and the Emergency Room

I am so happy for Thanksgiving break. It couldn't have come at a better time. I was exhausted from tennis practices and I really needed a break. It was good to get away from all that and see my old friends again.

Tuesday
I visited Leadership with good ol' Niyanth. We climbed up that awful staircase I've always hated on the way to Leadership only to find out that the class was in the student center for Connections. And Ms. Moore kicked us out because she said that we were distracting everybody. So we walked around the campus for awhile and talked about college and reminisced about high school. Man, I missed that fool. Girl watchers FO LIFE. Haha. After Connections, we hung out with the Leadership kids. It was so weird being in that room without the people from last year's Leadership. Everything felt so unfamiliar and out of place. I guess it's time to move on.

Wednesday
I went to lunch at Popeyes with Matt Wilson. It was great seeing him again. We ate some greasy chicken and he updated me on what he's been up to. He told me some disturbing stories about his roommate. Haha. And we joked about our trips to Tuxedo Wearhouse and getting hit on by old ladies.

Then I went to the movies with some friends. We were supposed to watch Madagascar 2 but there weren't any more seats open so we decided to watch Zack and Miri Make a Porno. But at just before the movie started, everybody changed their minds and we went to watch Bolt instead. We were the only ones in the theater that weren't either kids or parents of the kids. But I enjoyed it nevertheless.

After dinner with family, I went to In N Out to meet up with some other people. There were so many people there, meeting up with their old high school friends. It was like a big reunion party. Fun stuff. I mostly hung out with Niyanth, Matt, Vivek, and Whitey. It felt so good to talk about sports with people who knew what they were talking about.

Thursday
Happy Thanksgiving!! In the morning, I went to IHop with friends to have breakfast. It was interesting talking to them again.

For dinner, we went to a family friend's house. I met up with a church friend that goes to Lynbrook who now goes to Davis. We played cards like we used to every year when we hung out. And we watched Eulogy.

Friday
At 9:30, I woke up to go play football with Jason and his church friends. It started pretty slow because we were playing flag football and there were girls playing with us. After, we started playing tackle and not as many girls played. On a sweep play, I was running with the ball but I got tackled and I either rolled my ankle or somebody fell on it. I thought I just tweaked it so I kept on playing for a little while then went to Monta Vista to play football with another group of guys. It was a very exhausting morning to say the least.

After football, Marc and I went to Chipotle for lunch, and talked for awhile. I really missed talking to him about my problems so it felt good to get that out. Later, we met up with Jason and hung out at Marc's house. Jason told us some stories about his roommate.

When I got home, my ankle started to swell up a lot and I couldn't even put any weight on it. So I used my physiology skills and used R.I.C.E! Thanks Mrs. McElwee!

Saturday
When I woke up, my ankle felt worse than it did the day before. So I went to the Emergency Room and found out that I tore my deltoid ligament in my right ankle. They wrapped up my ankle and told me that I have to be on crutches for about two weeks. Then I can start walking and three weeks later, I can start jogging but no intense physical exercise for a month. This injury could not have come at a worse time. My tennis season is starting in two months and if I don't practice, I might lose my spot on the ladder. I'm scared to tell my coach on Monday because I know she'll get mad at me for being stupid and getting injured playing football. Oh well, I'll deal with it. I'm hoping to do some extra rehabilitation and be ready to play in three weeks at the latest. Wish me luck!

Sunday
This morning I went to Quickly for a little bit to say goodbye to the people going back to college. I don't even know how I feel about that anymore..