Camel with a soccer ball

Ok, lemme talk about soccer practice. I've never really played soccer...just in high school gym class. But I've come to realize that I'm a lot more athletic than I ever knew I was. I just happened to live in a place where EVERYONE was athletic. I apparently was a star goalie today, on my first try. Of course that's an overstatement since it was my first time playing, really ever. But still, it's nice to know that athleticism transfers. And it was fun. I really enjoyed running around....though during the scrimmage I really didn't do much of that at all....being goalie....but let's face it...I'm always good at goal....

That said, it makes me nervous cuz a kid in our town just died after being injured playing soccer. He was in grade 12, playing goal and went to grab the ball....someone was going to kick, tried to avoid him and hit him in the head with their knee. The poor kid was suspected of a broken neck but later died of internal injuries. Senseless. Tragic. Terrifying.

And given that my brain works on a "glory-first, body-later" principle, I need to start training myself to be a little more conscientious. I didn't even make it through my first scrimmage without a (minor) injury of my classic scraped knee.