State Champs. Again.

Being water polo state champs is exciting and all... but it's just like last year.  Except less exciting.
State was such a disappointment.

1.  They didn't even sell shirts.  What is that?  Water polo shirts are my favorite!
2.  Bishop Kelley is dumb, so they left before we played them.  They said they were "tired," but everyone knows they were just afraid because they knew they were going to lose.
3.  Coach barely played me at all.  Which is very angering because not only am I a senior, but I'm the only girl who has been on the team for four years.  Instead he played Tara all the time... and she just barely started this year!  Ughh... I was mad.

But hey... state champs.  Woot!

Oh, and... BYU has an unofficial water polo team.

It's coed and they play games and everything!

So I'm gonna play on it.  It will be so flippin' fun!

Quite Possibly the Worst Day Ever

• This morning I woke up late but still needed to finish my English homework.  (I did get it finished, though.)
• My mom made pancakes, but by the time I got downstairs there was no more syrup or powdered sugar.
• When I went to print out my paper the printer wouldn't work, so I had to open my paper on a different computer connected to a different printer.
• Because I left late, I was late to school.
• When I got to school I realized that I had forgotten my calculator and English binder at home.
• Because of my lack of calculator, I couldn't do most of my Calculus and Physics work in class... and today was a day when she actually gave us time in class to do our work... as in like the entire class period-worth.  So I was pretty much pointless.
• When I was in line for lunch, the food in my line ran out right as I was up to get food.  Like no joke. I was the next person in line.  And I didn't have enough time to get into a different line... so I just bought a milk and ate Maddie's carrots.  (Thank you Maddie.)
• I was informed that when you pass out while giving blood they take the needle out right away.  And if you weren't done then they can't use your blood.  So they throw it away.  So I wasted my time, blood, and energy giving blood.  I didn't even save three lives like I originally thought I had. :(  I feel so useless.
• I was in such a bad mood that I couldn't concentrate in Chamber Singers, and Mr. Casperson kept making comments towards the alto section about not paying attention.  I knew he was referring to me.
• After school I checked the MVSPA page on Facebook to see if they had posted parts.  I knew Ursula was between me and one other girl.  She got it.  I'm the understudy.  I don't mean to sound like a diva, but I'm now not going to do the play.  I know being the understudy is a better part than I could have gotten, but if I had actually gotten the part I would have made time for it... but understudy isn't worth my already over-crammed time.  Oh, not to mention, everyone said I would get the part because I'm a senior, but I lost it to a freshman (or maybe she's a sophomore... frankly, I don't really care).
• I'm in charge at home, and my little neighbor boy wanted to play with my little sister, and I said yes, but then his mom had to leave, but she said she'd be back before I had to leave to go to swim team, so I said he could stay.  And then my dad came home and had to take my older little siblings to piano, and since I would have to leave before he was back he had to take my younger little siblings too.  And then he realized there was an extra child at our house, and this child's mother wasn't home.  So he took him in the car to piano too... after yelling at me for having him stay over when his mom wasn't home.
• And I've felt like crying all day long.
• So now I am crying as I type this.

Well... see?  It just wasn't really the best day. :(  Maybe swim team and water polo will make the day better...?

Adventures in H2O

Swim Team...
I hate it.
But I love it.
I would much rather stay home and sleep, but while I'm in the water swimming it just feels so good!
Oh how I love butterfly.

and

Water Polo...
I am so excited for this year.
Tonight we scrimmaged, and it was perfect.  It was so flippin fun!
Everyone (even the majority of the team who are new) did great!
We actually ran plays and understood what was going on.
Why is water polo the best sport in the history of he world?!
I love it.
So much.

The Sport.// My Sport.//

State Water Polo Tournament. Need I say more? Actually yes, I do. Saturday, November 5, 2011. Let it be known that the Magic Valley Water Polo Team became State Champions... and almost twice in one day. (I'll explain a little later.)

First game, versus Idaho Falls. Let's just say that game was incredibly easy... :) We won 13-2. Second game, versus Hillcrest. That was very possibly even easier, 15-1, I think. The third game wasn't so easy, however. This game was for the combined schools' teams State Champs. We were up against Moscow. Points were scored back and forth; it was a close game. But we ended up winning by two in the end, 6-4. And that was it. We were State Champs. The end, right?

WRONG.

Well, not completely wrong. We still were State Champs, that just wasn't the end. By some odd miracle we were allowed to play against Bishop Kelly (yes, THE Bishop Kelly, the State Water Polo Champions for many years consecutively in the past) for the individual schools' State Champs title. Why they let us play for that when we are a combined team, I know not. ...But that doesn't matter. What matters is that we played them. And almost won. Heck yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, people always say "Almost doesn't count," and such, but for us, for this, almost does count.

Bishop Kelly wasn't pleased when they heard they were playing us. They assumed we would be just like all the other teams they played that day: sucky. During the first sprint they butterflied. BUTTERFLY. Wow, losers. I think they were trying to intimidate us. it didn't work. They just looked like idiots. And it cost them the ball. We got it first, and went in for a shot, and made it. That's right. We got the first point. Suck it, BK. By the end of first quarter we were ahead 2-1. I think BK got it into their heads that we weren't messing around, though, and they started to pick it up. Second quarter no points were made till the very end when BK made a lucky shot. We went into half tied 2-2. Over the second half it was really intense and the game ended 4-4. More shots went into the net than that, however. A lot of them just didn't count due to fouls and such. But yeah. Because the game was tied we went into a shoot off. We pick five shooters; they pick five shooters. The pressure is on. Especially for the goalies. We ended up losing, but barely. But it doesn't matter. We still won a State title and showed BK up. That's all that matters isn't it? :D

Water Polo=Life.