Game 2: Triumph

Here is a recap of our 2nd game:

Friday I met Shalynn, Wheels, and Barbara off of I-5 at around 2pm. They got a little delayed in meeting me so I decided I was hungry and went into the Chevron to the A&W to get a corn dog cuz the lady in front of me got one and it sounded good.

When I told them I got a corn dog for some reason they though it was pretty damn random and funny. This would be our trip theme.

Shalynn took the first leg driving and it was a beautiful day. Barbara came prepared with lot's of snacks. And she brought red vines so I will forever love her! lol

I took over in Medford. We got a little lost around Weed trying to find a gas station.

We stopped in Redding for dinner. Little did we know that there was an old car parade going on at the same time but we were able to find an Olive Garden. We sat down. Our waitress had a voice like she worked at Disney Land. Little kids were running around and I couldn't tell if the voices were the kids or her.

Then Shalynn said that a corn dog actually did sound good. We decided that we would be part of a Corn Dog Annoymous group. For some reason this was hysterical to us and I cried laughing.

We had a nice dinner and jumped back in the car. We arrived at our Hotel in Sacramento around 10pm. It was a nice hotel. We got to our room and got ready for bed. Apparently there was a group of kids staying next door that thought it was fun to be loud and run up and down the hall. Shalynn told them to be quiet but really she should have put on a helmet and chased them.

They woke us up at 7am. We showered and had breakfast. Wheels was happy because there was a waffle maker.

We jumped back into the car and drove the last 2 hours to the hotel in Madera. We got there around noon. As we were pulling up we saw one of our vans pull up.

We had 2 large vans driving down as well as 3-4 groups going down separately. One of the vans at 3am hit a deer. Bambi did not make it. The van wouldn't start. The cops were called. Then rainbow fixed the van and all was ok.

Everyone was drained so we took a little nap. We had Quiznos for lunch and chilled in the room for a bit. At 4:30 we ran to Big 5 so Barbara could buy knee pads cuz she forgot hers.

We arrived at the high school just before 5. We were the first ones there. After everyone finally got there and we got settled in we took the field for warm ups.

It was in the high 70s all day but our kickoff wasn't until 7pm so it was a bit cooler after we kicked off.

They returned the opening kick off for a touchdown.

We bounced back and scored right back.

They burned us deep.

We bounced back and scored right back.

Their team although talented resorted to some unorthodox methods of trying to take me down. But I bounced right back.

They tried to intimidate us. But we bounced right back.

Instead of folding we stuck together.

And it ended up being a very hard fought game. But I am so very proud of my team because we willed out that win. We took all the adversity and channeled it to do better. That's the sign of a good team.

Our offensive line was amazing. Everytime I ran up the middle they created huge holes for me.

Their quarterback had a great arm but we were able to force her out of the pocket and make her throw on the run. After some adjustments our D slowed them down.

I really feel like we proved something to ourselves this game.

It was a great feeling to be tested and come out on top.

I was exhausted. I took off my pads and my undershirt was literally soaked. I think I grossed people out lol There were times when I was beat up and tested but I wanted to keep going for my team.

We had crazy fun times celebrating at the hotel. And no we did not get kicked out. You can check out some of my pics on my facebook page.

The CDA (corndog annoymous group) left the hotel at 8am. The drive back was LONG but I was able to try to sleep through part of it. I did NOT sleep well at all the night before because I was so sore I couldn't get comfortable.

I got home around 6pm. Threw my clothes in the washer. Ate dinner. Took Ibprofen. Watched the Blazers steal game 1 from the Suns. And passed out.