This morning I am super exhausted, because we finished our annual sports camp yesterday. It's two whole days of sports activities and games. Now I can hardly move...
Our team didn't fare too well. We lost every game! The event climaxed at our final volleyball game, where we played the most intense game I have ever been a part of! We managed to get into a deuce, but ultimately lost to a spike block against me; a loss that put our team captain (pictured on the right) in tears... So our team was in pretty low spirits, but we managed to pull ourselves together and get third out of nine in the final "three legged race" event! Even though we did well in the final event, we were pretty certain we got last overall, but we actually got seventh place, which made our team really happy!
So overall it was a fun time. In the beginning, it was hard, because most of the members of my team don't speak English, so I felt like a burden to the team, because we only spoke Japanese , and while I could understand almost everything, I couldn't contribute to any of the team discussions about strategy or what not. It was more of a "listen and obey" situation, as my dad would say. So it's when I don't feel valued that I have the hardest time, but I know that's not true, and by the end we all felt closer to each other, which is really what this sports camp is all about!
