Day 7: Ain't No Muerte-ing Today
Sadly, our trip is coming to an end. However, our last full day was filled with beauty, relaxation, and a lot of good laughs. For example, our academic advisor coined two phrases. First, the title, "ain't no muerte-ing today" which means we are not going to die today. I'm not sure how, but after our zip lining excursion, Sherry has been reminding us all that no matter what exhilarating activity we're engaging in, there will be no dying today... It always instigates a good laugh. Secondly, every time something exciting happens, Sherry yells "HELADO!" This trend came about when the team was finally granted permission to get ice cream, and Sherry informed us by yelling it down the street in Granada. Today, she said it every time there was an exciting point at our game. Her voice echoed through the entire gym. It was awesome.
Our main activity today was heading to Apoyo Lagoon, a crater lake located at the top of a dormant volcano. My words will never be able to describe the area justly. It was beautiful.
At the lake, we could indulge in activities such as kayaking, laying in tubes, and pushing our trainer off the dock. The coaches only got us out of the water one time... for pizza. Other than that, we spent the whole day playing in the water and enjoying our last day together until summer school.
Throughout the fun, our coaches had individual meetings with each one of us to discuss training improvements and leadership qualities. See? This trip isn't all play... It was really nice to sit in front of our coaching staff and understand what each one of us can do to make the team the very best it can be.
We maximized our lake time by heading straight to our match in Managua, arriving just in time to warm up. Nicaragua came out strong tonight, defending nearly every ball we sent their way. They played us close due to their scrappiness and "bonus points," but we ended up winning in four sets, 25-23, 22-25, 25-19, 25-14. Our series against the Nicaraguan national team has concluded with LMU winning three out of four matches.
After the game, we celebrated our win, as well as our transfer to an Adidas sponsorship, with a jersey jump into the pool.
We finished the night off with dinner where another great memory was created. So, Sav has been working on her Spanish during our stay here, and besides last night when she thought, "moolah" meant money, she's been doing a pretty good job. At tonight's dinner she turned to me and said, "Tess watch this... I can order myself a horchata." She called a waiter over and asked for one in Spanish. Wow, Sav, pretty impressive. Well, our waiter came back with a silver platter full of spoons. Apparently, he heard "cuchara." We laughed at this mishap for the remainder of dinner as we sipped on our horchata that Kristen helped out with. For what it's worth, Sav got the "can I have" part right.
We are off to bed before our early flight in the morning.
Tess :)
Our main activity today was heading to Apoyo Lagoon, a crater lake located at the top of a dormant volcano. My words will never be able to describe the area justly. It was beautiful.
At the lake, we could indulge in activities such as kayaking, laying in tubes, and pushing our trainer off the dock. The coaches only got us out of the water one time... for pizza. Other than that, we spent the whole day playing in the water and enjoying our last day together until summer school.
Throughout the fun, our coaches had individual meetings with each one of us to discuss training improvements and leadership qualities. See? This trip isn't all play... It was really nice to sit in front of our coaching staff and understand what each one of us can do to make the team the very best it can be.
After the game, we celebrated our win, as well as our transfer to an Adidas sponsorship, with a jersey jump into the pool.
We finished the night off with dinner where another great memory was created. So, Sav has been working on her Spanish during our stay here, and besides last night when she thought, "moolah" meant money, she's been doing a pretty good job. At tonight's dinner she turned to me and said, "Tess watch this... I can order myself a horchata." She called a waiter over and asked for one in Spanish. Wow, Sav, pretty impressive. Well, our waiter came back with a silver platter full of spoons. Apparently, he heard "cuchara." We laughed at this mishap for the remainder of dinner as we sipped on our horchata that Kristen helped out with. For what it's worth, Sav got the "can I have" part right.
We are off to bed before our early flight in the morning.
Tess :)
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