Soccer Report, and Writing Progress

[przed]

It was an interesting game tonight. First the ref didn't show up, leaving me and the other coach to share reffing duties. Then three quarters of the way through, the skies opened up. Since there was no ref to keep us playing in the downpour, and since we only had about ten minutes to go anyway, the other coach and I mutually decided to call the game and we all legged it.

The game itself went much better than last week. The kids did pretty well at the passing drills I ran for the practice, and were all mostly trying hard. Final result of the incomplete game: 1 - 2 for the other team. But hey, it was close! Also, Ros played in goal and really dug in. She let one goal in, but it was a beautiful kick that would have been hard to defeat. And otherwise she kept everything out, including some really tough shots. She's asked for goalie gloves, so I'll be off to the soccer store this week.

I spent a lovely weekend up at my mom's with Ros--the weather was gorgeous, so most of it was spent on the beach, building sandcastles and swimming--so I didn't get too much writing done, but I'm fast closing in on finishing my TT Big Bang story. Here's the official word count:


I'm hoping to finish it tomorrow, but as I'm off to see a documentary about The Who's Quadrophenia with a mate tomorrow night, I may not get that last thousand words done. Fingers crossed.

Once that one's done and dusted, it's back to Pros and zombies, which is coming along nicely:


That's a lot of words already down, but a lot still to go. I'm optimistically hoping to be done by the end of August. We'll see.

Comments

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Words! I do like me some words. Glad the soccer is still moving ahead and you all seem to be learning more each time you play. That's great.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Words are always good. I'm just hoping I can stay on track with the Pros BB story.

As for the soccer, I think last night was about the second time I really felt confident that the practice went well, so yay! I've played soccer for years, but never in a formal league, so running a practice and teaching kids strategy has been a bit of a struggle. I've been researching coaching courses lately, and might take one if I decide to take the plunge and coach again next year.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Good to hear that the practice and game went so well and that Ros enjoyed it enough to want the gloves.

Also, happy to hear about the nice weekend away.

\o/ for the word counts. :D

[przed.livejournal.com]

One of our best players has goalie gloves, so Ros decided she wants them too. And since she's pretty good in goal, I'm totally down with it.

The weekend away was lovely, and the word counts are promising. I half thought I was insane taking on both BBs, but looks like I may get away with it.

[soundofthesurf.livejournal.com]

She's going to be a goalie!! OMG!!! I love this! Please, do buy her some fancy goalie gloves - seriously, goalies are the best!

Okay, sorry, I may be a bit over-excited, but we watched the rowing here at work and I always get over-excited when our eight wins a medal. Awwww, they're just asdfgnietujiortgkrkkkkkgnnnnng! (And the rowing isn't too bad either...*g*) Also, gives me a very good reason to watch the The-Flood-video a couple of dozen times again (though their rowing is utter crap...*g*)

I'm sooooooo dead jealous of your word count. I'm horribly behind. Le sigh. I still only have snippets and single sentences and it's driving me insane. I'm seriously pondering taking Friday off and making it a writing day, so that I'll GET somewhere. If that's not possible I'll write the whole weekend through. Yes. *nods*

[przed.livejournal.com]

I don't know that she'll want to be a goalie permanently--she's not as keen on the position as she used to be--but she is good at it.

I saw on your Tumblr that Germany also won in fencing. That's the sport I seriously love. Rowing is fun, too!

though their rowing is utter crap...*g*

Yes! OMG, yes! I almost can't watch the video any more because their rowing really is utter crap. Though to be fair, I'd watched the video a few bazillion times before I really noticed that their rowing was crap. But then that was all I could see.

I'm sending good writing thoughts your way. Selfishly, because I can't wait to see how your story turns out. (I'm hoping I'll have a full draft to send you by the end of today. Stay tuned...)

[soundofthesurf.livejournal.com]

Talk her into it! Tell her goalies are allowed to ride on giant caterpillars and jump from things! :)

Oh, and the fencing has only just started! There's more to come!

To be fair, for people who've never rowed before they're doing quite good (you can see the Barlow is suffering!). But it's like you say - once you've seen it, you see nothing else...

Please do! It's all in my head, you know, it's ALL there! That's what keeps me thinking positive, because I know when the story's up in my head, I CAN write it.
And of course I'll stay tuned! I'm sooooooo looking forward to what comes my way...*g*

[przed.livejournal.com]

She might see through the giant caterpillars argument. And she's already jumping off frighteningly high things. But the goalie gloves might do it. ;-)

We're getting practically no fencing coverage here, but I downloaded 5 hours of women's foil from BBC coverage. Yay! Not that I have time to watch it, but at least I know it's sitting on my computer. Now I've just got to get some badminton. (That was my other big sport growing up.)

TT probably row better than I would, so I've got no right to criticize, but that's not necessarily saying much. ;-)

I know the story is in your head. Now you just have to get it out into the world so the rest of us can enjoy it! YOU CAN DO IT!

[lilithilien.livejournal.com]

Awww seeing your word count tickers is making me nostalgic. I really need to write more. Or some, even.

Well done, btw!!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And yes, write! Writing is fun! Or at least, it keeps me somewhat sane. :-/

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Yay words! That's mightily impressive *g* Can't wait to read 'em!

And I'm so glad Ros is embracing sport and sticking with it and improving (it's not the winning, I do believe that, but having the self-belief to keep at it despite maybe not being the best or the one who just doesn't have to try to be amazing - now that's a skill for life)

[przed.livejournal.com]

The TT BB story is done! Well, the first draft is, anyway. Now there's just the whole beta/editing process to go through, but that's the fun part for me. And now I can get to the Pros/TT zombie story!

I'm pretty much with you on why sport is important. It's totally not about the winning. It's about finding something you love doing, and sticking with it, and trying to be the best you can be, forget everyone else.