Well, there are many things one can predict for the Olympics, but to be honest, I never predicted we would get so much rain that our game would be cancelled and postponed to the next day.
We were down by one run and had the top of our order up to bat; Natasha Watley had a full count and you could just FEEL she was going to get on base and we were mounting a comeback. But then ... rain. In fact, I am back at the village hanging out in the athlete lounge right now and it is still coming down outside. Oh well.
We definitely kept ourselves entertained in the locker room while we waited it out. We played a card game called "Spoons" but instead of spoons (we had none) we had to use these random tubes of mystery meat they gave us to snack on (we had no idea what was in them, but there was a picture of a lion on the wrapper, ha! I don't think anyone ate any ...).
Basically how the game works is that there are only enough "spoons" for everyone playing minus one, so one person is eliminated each round. So take a competitive group of 15 women who are in the middle of a very competitive game of softball already and are now using all that energy to play this game. You can imagine how crazy and loud it got when we all had to dive in for our mystery meat tubes, wrestling each other and grabbing for these gushy tubes to stay in the game. Lauren Lappin and Caitlin Lowe ended up ripping one in half and we had flying meat all over the place. Needless to say, it kept us occupied with laughter and good fun.
Tomorrow is going to be exciting. We play Japan at noon (who is one of our toughest opponents) and then go back to where we left off in the top of the 4th against Canada. Big day for us -- it is just so hard to think about tomorrow when we are all so fired up to play today! So pray for clear skies and USA to come out with two more wins!!
Jessica Mendoza #2
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