Ward Activity & India Fest

I got up around 9:00 so I could practice for our city league this morning. But of course by the time I got out the door, it was already 9:45. We did get a little practice before our game, but it was mostly because we started late. We only had one guy sub, but plenty of girls. None of the Randall guys were there on time, so it was just me, Mark, Neal, Dan, and a couple of new guys named Seth (who's pretty good—about like Dan), and Tim (who's never played seriously before, but did a pretty good job or running and catching). So without a lot of subs, and with game staying pretty close early, I decided to skip the intramural volleyball and ultimate games going on at 11:00. In the end, we may have won without me, but only because Matt showed up right after half. We were playing Melanie's and Nate's and Jon Jensen's team today. They had one really tall guy that we had to put Neal on the whole time—he wasn't extraordinarily good, but his height made him really problematic. They had another guy (named Darrin, I think), who loved to throw long. And that was their Achilles Heel in the end. We just barely took the half—they really exhausted us, but as we started pulling away in the second half, they became more desperate with their long passes, which only exacerbated the problem. And so we ended up winning 15-9. I played decently, with some really sweet passes, but was mistake prone towards the end, when we were under less pressure. Thus, it was a very long game (went til 12:00). As a whole, actually, that describes our team today. We showed a lot of athleticism, but we showed a lot of mental mistakes as well. Especially in dealing with the zone. But the fixes there may come with more experience working together.

After the game, I talked with Aaron Miller for a little while about law school, and he gave me some good advice. Actually, I gave him a ride home. He lives right over by the intramural fields, so I also stopped by there to see how our game went. They won, 10-3. Just as I expected. We're going to storm through this lower league, only to be unprepared once we get bumped up come tournament time. We've got to find some teams to scrimmage or something. Then I grabbed my camera from Becky and Wayne (who were painting at the HFAC), and drove up to South Fork Park for our ward opening social. That was fun, though I was a little disappointed when I got there to find there was no food. I was starved. So I ate some chips and drank some soda and then I got another stomach ache. I need to stop it with the soda, I think. Eventually, they fixed the food problem, but it the meantime I played a little volleyball and ultimate Frisbee a hula-hoop. It was fun.

I left the barbeque around 4:00, just after they pulled the peach cobbler out of the dutch ovens (this was an hour after the barbeque was supposed to have ended). Then I called up a whole bunch of people trying to take care of home teaching numbers, and by the time I was showered and ready to go, it was already 5:30. I sure wish I had had time for a nap. Luckily, Laura called and was running late, so I had a little bit of extra time to get ready, and also to talk to Erin, who had come over to visit Mike. I went over to Laura's at about 5:45. We went immediately to the Bombay House. I had lamb, and she had chicken. She went with the spiciest version of the dish, I went with medium. I can't believe she went for the super spicy. That nearly killed me last time I went there. Medium's fine for me. I don't think she realized how spicy it'd be, but even more amazing was the fact she finished it off. Completely. With only a minor amount of sniffling and crying. From there we went to India Fest, down at the Spanish Fork Hari-Krishna temple. (I had gone last year with Amber and Erin and Patrick and company). We ran into so many random people there. First of all, there was Amber and Monica, with whom we left our pillows and blankets as we went and explored the temple. Then we ran into Jared and Jake Taylor up in the temple. Then we ran into Becky and Wayne downstairs as we entered the gift shop (of course, I knew they were there, but it was an odd coincidence running into them exactly where we did). Then Michella from Austin (now this was way random. She had just moved up last week for a change of lifestyle). Then good old Tim Pearson from the freshman ward. Laura ran into her next-door neighbors, as well. I really don't think there were that many people at the event—I just happen to know a lot of people who'd go to that sort of thing. Anyways, when we got done looking at the temple and petting the Llamas (and using the bathroom—for which Laura had to wait in line for 10 minutes), we went down to where our blankets were as the show was about to start. And then we had a wonderful time watching the show. Then we got up and "slew" the demon—or a cardboard cutout of one. Actually, this involved everyone throwing rocks at it and then it catching on fire and then there being a lot of fireworks. At the end, as the cardboard burned, its still-burning ashes floated up into the air and rained down on us. Sure, on one hand ashes raining down on dry grass is a very bad idea. But on the other hand, it was magical. Afterwards we went down to collect our stuff and dance a little, but we soon left and went home to play scrabble. I won, but just barely. And then I took her home.

Posted September 13, 2003 (11:06 PM) | Comments (1)