For the Love of the Game

Last night was the first volleyball practice/try-out of the year. I felt pretty confident when it was over and thought it was a really good practice. All of those thoughts were despite the fact that I hadn't really done a lot of training or exercise over the summer. Needless to say I have been pretty sore since. At 6am this morning we had to be in the gym again for agility/conditioning. I am the last thing from a morning person so this morning's workout didn't go well. I can't even remember some of the stuff we did because it seems so long ago but after a while I started to feel sick and weak. I pressed on as long as I could but then I was running to the bathroom and puking up my guts. I went back in the gym and tried to do as much as I could but thankfully practice was over. I laid down on the middle of the gym floor and found out that I couldn't move. I was so sore and sick. Wonderful Mary got me a powerade and sat with me until I thought that I would be ok to get up...well I got up but went running to the bathroom and proceeded to throw up all of the powerade I had consumed. Not a pretty sight. I finally made it all the way up the stairs to my terrace and crashed in my bed til' around noon. I thought the rest would help me but I continued to feel bad throughout today and did my best to take it easy. I was ready for practice but soon realized that moving and running and jumping did not make my stomach feel good at all. Sadly I had to sit out most of practice only doing certain things that I thought would be ok. All of this has made me realize that a) I am definitely not a morning person and my body isn't either and b) I am not nearly as strong as I once was. I just pray that my body gets adjusted to being a volleyball player soon. That would make things a lot easier. Our first match is 2 weeks from today against Piedmont. We are looking good after only 2 days of practice and our goal is to beat Clearwater this year. I need to continue to keep Jesus as my strength and persevere through all my aches and pains. It's only 9:14pm but I'm going to bed. 5:45am is coming sooner that I'd like it to.