soccer, school, and random

so, i survived preseason!!! yeay! last week was really, really, really busy! it started off on monday with the 9th grade retreat for all the freshmen. it was pretty cool, and i think it was really good to get to know people before the first day of school, so you aren't walking in on the first day and knowing 2 people. so, i met a lot of people and a bunch of the teachers, too. the retreat went from monday to tuesday, and we slept over at a church. on tuesday afternoon, i started preseason for soccer. it had already started for everyone except the freshmen on monday, but we couldn't go because of the retreat!! sooo, my coaches (coach mike [he's a character, that's all i'm supposed to say!], coach scott [he's great!], and coach becky [she's great, too!]) are awesome, and so are the captains (jamie, kelsey, and holly)! preseason was really, really, really intense!! we did a lot of fitness, like running/sprinting, push ups (real ones! *cringe*), sit ups/crunches, and things like that. it was most definitely intense, and i was sore for the whole week except for thursday and friday. oh, we had 2 sessions in the afternoon which made up preseason, session 1, which was from 1-3, and session 2, which was from 5-7. so, on wednesday during the 2nd session, all the freshmen and sophomores scrimmaged against coach mike's club team! we won, 1-0, but it was just a scrimmage. it was pretty fun, just to get to actually play, but we were pretty bad, seeing it was the first time playing together! oh, another thing, on wednesday's last session, the coaches said that they were going to post varsity and jv teams the next day. so, i'm on the jv team! all the freshmen (except for 4) are on it. well, now it gives me something to work for! :) on friday instead of our sessions, we had a scrimmage against a public school. it was good, i guess! we played a 40 min. half, two 20 min. quarters, and then 30 more min. mostly the varsity team played for the 40 min, and the 20 min quarters. then the jv team got to play for the 30 min. at the beginning of the 2nd 20 min quarter, our coaches were telling everyone where they were going to play, and he said something like "and tori, you're going in on defence with jamie. we're playing 4 now" (we had been playing 3 in the back before that) "just listen to jamie, and you'll be fine." i was just like O_O no way! i think i was the only freshman on the jv team to play during the 40, 20, and 20 min. i thought that was pretty cool! jamie is totally awesome! she's an amazing soccer player, and really patient and just great! soo, i got to play center back with jamie in the last 20 min, then i played center back with emma and jamie (during the 30 min)! we lost something like a lot to 0, but it's all good! soccer is so much fun! :) all the girls are really friendly and just plain awesome! so, jv has practice every other day, while varsity had it everyday, but next week, there's a tournament thingy for the varsity, and the coach said he wanted me to play with them! another O_O no way! moment! lol! so, we had a busy week, and next week is the start of school (the 4th is the first day), so that's going to be interesting!
a couple random things, i found my locker!!! it's pretty cool! there are 2 different kinds, little gray ones and big blue ones, and i got a blue one!! :) happy, happy! and i opened it all by myself a bunch of time! now the question is if i'll be able to open it during school! so, if you all could pray for me, that would be totally great, i'll definitely be needing it! :)
another thing that made the week a little busier! we had orientation on thursday. it was pretty cool, saw a bunch of people i knew, and got to know the layout of the school a little better!
so, i guess that's all for now, happy 1st of september (already!)!!