I'm gonna eat Pizza Yo!

Why Ello good people...I find myself at a road block in how to even start this blog...lame. We'll start with the beach!

Yesterday my mom and I took the kids (my two pups Sox and buffy) to the beach. Sox as experience has shown...loves the beach. I've been wanting to take her cause she simply comes alive...she seems generally happy. We went to San Simean...a beach I haven't gone to...it was nice I liked it. The weather was nice...better than this 90 degree stuff. We got on the beach and I ran Sox into the water and she had a blast. Buffy on the otherhand...not a huge fan of water haha. We only stayed for a little bit.



Then we ventured a little further down the road to see the Elephant Seals which are not the cutest creature on this earth haha. But I did like the seals. They were pretty cute.



Anyhoots...we ate a nice little restaurant with an ocean view and then headed on back home. Overall fun great quick trip! Up next...well...i'm still working on Six Flags haha. We'll See!!

So today I started off the day with a P90X workout...I was in pain haha. I felt good afterwards...my arms were tired, but oh well. I also caught the WPS playoff game between the Washington Freedom and Sky Blue FC. This game was awesome in the second half with all three goals being scored. It got pretty intense towards the end. Natasha Kai was definitely a spark off the bench scoring a goal and coming oh so close to another. Sky Blue won it defeating the Freedom for the first time of the season...and then they play St. Louis Athletica next week I believe. Now I'm watching the Bandits play the Thunder in Softball. Bandits up 1-0. I'm awaiting the Carano/Cyborg fight. I bought the fight online since I don't have showtime. It's gratefully cheaper than pay per view and cheaper than a ticket and gas to go to San Jose...so I'm pleased. Hopefully it's good quality though.

That's all for now, i'm pretty bland right now haha. But oh well. I have a week of lovely vacation left before H-E-double L's starts...by that I mean school and by school I mean a crazy schedule and Physiology. Woot!

Perseid Meteor Shower and Soccer

So last night was one of the nights to catch the Perseid Meteor Shower. I haven't seen one, and was actually looking forward to it: NERD STATUS haha. I waited until about 12 packed up my pup in a backpack haha and headed up to the roof and sat till about 2. Within that time I saw 11. So I'm not complaining, but I had hoped that it would have been a little more miraculous. Maybe I called it "quits" too early. It did look a little hazy so maybe I didn't see all the ones that flew by. Overall, it was ok...maybe I'll give it another go tonight. ORrrrr maybe not!

Just finished watching the World Cup qualifying game between the US and Mexico...we hung in there till Mexico took the lead and won 2-1. I must say...it got a little rowdy, but who's complaining? Sessy men scuffling?? hahah. Boy those fans are rowdy too, a little horrible in my opinion simply because I may be too goody goody...but throwing cups at the players on the field...c'mon!!!

I guess today's a lazy/sports day...i'm watching Full House awaiting some softball Rockford/Chicago to come online. Vote on whether Softball's back in the Olympics for 2016 is tomorrow! Back Softball!!!

I need a "better" life haha. Beach this Friday...I'm excited...Six Flags next week I think...even more excited! Hope everyone's having a great day..this post was lame but whatevers.

US Softball, No. US Soccer, Yes!

At 330am yesterday morning I woke up anticipating a showdown between the US Softball team and Japan for Gold in the Beijing Olympics. Prior to the Gold Medal match up, the two teams met twice before, where the US came out on top. But in yesterday's game, my heart broke and I was left stunned. Japan had defeated the US 3-1 in the Gold Medal match.

It didn't seem possible. No one's supposed to beat this US team. They're unstoppable. They're 22-0 in the Olympics. Their battery is the best in the world 1-9. But yesterday Japan's ace pitcher Yukiko Ueno proved to be the hero of the games. I don't know the exact statistics of how many pitches she threw in two days, or how many innings she pitched, but my hope was that she would tire and the US would capitalize on it. But as the innings went on, it seemed like Ueno was still on top of her game. Cat Osterman started the game, and unfortunately two of her rise balls were hit. One was a home run. When I saw it...I didn't panic. Because the US has been down before, and came back for the win. I was still confident. However something didn't sit right. I was sitting there watching the game, and something didn't seem quite right. I don't know what it was.

As the game went on I was hoping for the table setters of Natasha Watley and Caitlin Lowe would slap and use their incredible speed to get on base. Then has a base hit for Jessica Mendoza and hey, how about a Crystl Bustos home run. But it didn't happen that way. No matter how hard I wished for it. Crystl Bustos was able to get a home run to cut Japan's lead 2-1. In the last inning with 2 outs and Japan up 3-1, I remember praying for a miracle hit, that one hit that'll solidify an unsure win. Vicky Galindo singled to get on first, then Caitlin Lowe stepped up. I envisioned another World Championship like win where Jessica Mendoza had a home run double and the US defeated Japan 3-0. I just remember hoping Caitlin Lowe would make it to first, Galindo to second, with Mendoza on deck. It seemed plausible. But it just didn't happen. Lowe was out at first and Japan erupted in jubilation of having one of the biggest upsets in the Olympics.

I sat there in shock. I didn't cry for the US. I didn't cry at all. It felt unreal. Even right now, I still can't believe it happened. If anything was a sure thing in this Olympics, I felt it was Softball's fourth consecutive gold medal. But it just didn't happen that way. How I wish it did. Because Softball was voted out of the 2012 London Olympics, this was probably the last time seeing many of these players. I can say I'm just a "baby" still, following this team late. I followed them a little during the Athens Olympics. But this year I followed them through and through. This was a team I was thoroughly proud to support. After familiarizing myself with the players and the legacy this team has had, I didn't want anything more than for them to win the Gold. To leave it all on the field, and go out strong.

It just didn't seem right that this was the way it was all going to end. After all their hard work leading up to that very moment in four years, they left with a silver medal. A medal where some wouldn't mind having at all. But for this Gold Standard Team, is was like a disappointment. I sat there stunned wondering if I, as a fan, soaked in all I could of this sport and team. As it was the last time I was going to see Crystl Bustos, Tairia Flowers, Kelly Kretschman, Lovieanne Jung, and Laura Berg playing internationally as they retired and left their cleats on the field. But was it the last time I would see pitchers Jennie Finch, Cat Osterman, and Monica Abbott? or the last time I was going to see Jessica Mendoza, Caitlin Lowe, Natasha Watley, and everyone else on this team? It could have very well been. I think I did enough to have had enjoyed it to its fullest. Even if that meant waking up at 330am to watch a game that didn't have the outcome many thought it would.

Now a day later I still don't believe the articles I'm reading about the loss. I still don't believe the pictures. I still think it's all just a bad dream. Although I don't doubt Japan's passion or talent within this sport, I just felt no one deserved it more than the US. It almost doesn't seem fair. The US defeated Japan in the semifinals to get into the gold medal game. Why play them again in the gold medal match? It didn't seem right. The only positive I could take out of this was that maybe this US loss was exactly what this sport needed to prove that the rest of the world is catching up to the amazing powerhouse team that is the United States of America.

So Back Softball for 2016!

Switching gears and sports completely...

The US Women's Soccer team also had a gold medal match against Brazil. I have to say that that was the best soccer game I have ever seen. Maybe it was because it was the Olympics, or because this was the gold medal game, but in all honestly, I was left awestruck. The two teams went scoreless in the full 90 minutes of play which led them to go into two overtime 15 minutes halves. Wow, it was the LONGEST 15 minutes. US midfielder Carli Llyod shot a rocket in the 6th minute of extra time. It was Shannon MacMillan like...and wow. I went nuts! US goalkeeper Hope Solo came up with some HUGE saves and it would be too hard for me to describe them to you. Just use your imagination. They were really good. The US defense was on point, and as Hope Solo put it, the defense won the game. Brazil had many chances to tie the game, but came up just short. The US was able to hang on for 30 minutes for the Gold Medal. It was exciting, and definitely not the outcome many had predicted. It was almost like another "upset" but with the US coming out on top.

This is what I love most about the Olympics...great games, great players, and the outcomes could go any way.