July 23, 2011 Track and Tennis

Like the first day I got here, I woke up at 1:30pm. After learning spanish for hours (I finally got past my brother! I now have 1454 points!), my mom and my brother going out to drop off some rackets that need restringing, and eating dinner, we all drove to the Millennium Hotel to pick up the two tennis rackets that were dropped off earlier. Actually, we had to wait awhile for the person to finish stringing (or would that be restringing?) so my parents sat on the bench, watching my brother and I build leaf boats, just to see them be devoured by the river. Eventually, the woman finished stringing the rackets and we were off to the tennis courts.
Once at the tennis courts (and after we finished warming up), I practiced serving with my mom. Half of my serves went into the net or out so I don't think the practice really improved my serve. I also hit my shins and knees while I was practicing so that's another reason why it probably was a waste of time.
After a bit, my mom and I began playing a set where I lost...again. A lot of my shots hit the net (I'm starting to think that the ball has a magnet in it and so does the net. That's why whenever you hit a shot, it goes straight to the net. A Mag-Net. Pun intended) and I got so frustrated that I started hitting the balls all over the place. I guess you can call me competitive. Or short-tempered. Or a sore loser. Just like last time, we didn't finish out set (we ended the match at 5-2). When we cut our match short, we walked over to the track thing which was next to the tennis courts, and started to run.
Well, I tried to run. After a few laps, my dad and my brother decided to join and they ran three laps. All in all, I ran 5 and 1/2 laps. Well, technically, I ran only 1 and 1/4 of a lap and walked the rest but still. Lesson learned today, I'm pretty bad at running.
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Oh, I forgot to mention something yesterday. The Colorado State Champion last year was me :)! Then again, it was 10 and under so the the opponents were easy but I was 10 and under last year so...... I'm entering the tournament once again this year (I'm in the 12 and under division now) and the tennis coach put me in level 2 (level 1 is the highest) and now I may have to go against Katherine and Claire. The tournament starts on Tuesday! I can't wait! Anyways, more pictures of my racket.