Fútbol!

This week started off normal and then ended up being absolutely incredible! I spent Monday and Tuesday at school, running, and playing ukulele in my free time. On Wednesday, my friend Vicho agreed to go to track practice with me after school. It was about 90 degrees when we began to run and we ran on turf so it was reallyyyyy hot! We ran 15 laps and complained about the heat the entire time. Afterwards we collapsed in the shade to wait for our buses feeling very accomplished. He is so sweet hahah. He really didn't want to run but he knew I didn't want to run alone so he came with me. Afterwards he was super worried because my face was really red and kept asking me if I needed anything and how he could help. It's so weird for me having my friends here always worrying about me. I am so used to doing things on my own and having people worry about themselves instead of me. I'm starting to wonder if maybe I have changed a little here into a person who allows other people to help them a little.. I don't know hahah. Thursday was another normal day, but then came Friday! Friday was a color day at school so we didn't have to wear our uniforms. It is warming up here so everyone was dressed in summery clothes! 

After school, a friend named Laura agreed to go to soccer practice with me! We practiced with the boys! It was soooo much fun! I was so nervous to practice with them but it ended up being the highlight of my week. Whenever I made a pass, the boys made "ohhh" noises because they were surprised I could kick so far with both feet. I even almost scored a goal! During a corner kick, I was waiting back on defense and the kicker passed the ball to me. From about 35 feet out, I took a shot with all my might (one of those Sally shots that I always make on my team back at home) and it sailed over the other players heads and up towards the top left corner of the goal where the very tall goalie jumped up and barely tipped it out with his finger tips! The boys were super nice to me and a boy in my class who was playing, Roro, sort of looked out for me. He was on my team during the game and was always telling people when I was open. He also helped translate for me a little because he is used to the way I speak Spanish and knows how to use words I will understand. That was the hard part of playing; the Spanish! I was very confused the entire time because I really couldn't comprehend the Spanish and try to play at the same time. It was hard but amazing and wonderful and so fun! 

After soccer practice, I changed clothes and went to eat sushi with Francesca and Diego again. 

After sushi, we walked to Diego's house and played with his new puppy!

 At about 7pm, Diego's mom drove Francesca and I back to the school because there was a special ceremony for the seniors that Francesca had to sing for. Earlier that day, my teacher had asked me if I would help out with the ceremony because they needed more people and I said yes even though I had no idea what she wanted me to do. My parents met me at the school with my uniform, and I quickly changed my clothes and then went searching for my teacher so she could explain what I needed to do. I finally found her backstage and she explained to me that my job was to smile and hold a tray that carried the awards for the seniors. I was to do this with two other girls in my class. The thing was that the two other girls had practiced and done this ceremony before. I didn't have time to practice and I didn't completely understand the directions in Spanish. Because I am Sally and because these things always seem to happen to me, you could imagine how the evening went. The first time I walked out on the stage to deliver some of the awards, the people who had told me it was time for me to walk out where incorrect, so basically I strided out on to the stage with a smile and a tray full of gifts, and was then told to turn around and leave the stage! I turned back around to walk off embarrassed, and then couldn't find the opening in the curtain! I was so embarrassed hahaha. Thankfully, I got the hang out my job after a while and the night went well and was very fun! 

On Saturday I went and had another nice day in Doñihue with my family again and in the night I went to Laura's house to help through a surprise birthday party for Pancho. We all ate burgers and talked and had a really nice time! It was a little hard for me to understand what people were saying because there were so many people talking and they were talking very fast and I was tired. I just smiled and laughed when everyone else laughed and had a happy time. :)