Soccer game

Yesterday, Con Rouge (my soccer team) had a soccer game in Godoy Cruz, a city that borders Mendoza City (where I live). Poor Nicol has three exams Tuesday so she couldn't go, soooooo by myself I organized with my teammates how we were going to go! Usually I sit back while Nicol organizes everything, but thiiiisss time I had to do it all by myself! What a big girl!!!! After 25 plus text messages, all in Spanish, I finally understood that I would meet some of the girls at one of their apartments, three blocks from my house. On my walk over one of them called me on my cellphone and spoke to me as though I had been living in Argentina my whole life! I was like "Eliiii, despacio por favor" (Eli, slow please). Buttt she just kept talking a million words per minute! Finally I got a word (in spanish) in edgewise and was like Eli, "I am walking to Mile's house, Bye" (Estoy caminando a la casa de Mile, Chau), and I hung up the phone. When I got to Mile's house she was waiting outside with her sister Anto, and together we walked to Plaza Independencia to meet Eli. Usually there is at least one person with a car driving from La Quinta, our part of Mendoza City, to the game. But yesterday no one with a car was going so we took a bus! What an adventure!!! After a 30 minute bus ride in the heatttttt we walked for another 20 minutes to the field. When we got to the field our teammates were laughing at us because we looked so destroyyeeeddd!!! The game started 20 minutes later and was against girls who made me look small. We played our hearts out, but boy was it HOTTTTTTT!!!! As a result of no one wearing shin guards we all leave the game limping, with huge bruises on our bodies. I managed to walk away from this game with a golf ball size bump on my shin and a very colorful bruise on my arm!!! Now I understand American rulesss!!!! lol! After the game we always sit and share a huge bottle of coke! Could you imagine that in the States? Not to mention that during half time the organizers of the tournament provide each team with a big 1 liter bottle of soda..... how refreshing!!! What happened to water!!! lol. All in all the game was great! When I got home I showered, and headed to Ayu's house (Nicol's grandma), for some apple pie and of course Coke! God do they love Coke here. At Ayu's everyone swooned over my bruises and made me put ice on them. The day ended with a great meal at Lily's house and a relaxing night with Nicol. Lights out early!!!