Soccer: Game Nine, and a Slight Disaster

[przed]

So, there was some doubt that I'd make tonight's soccer game.

See, this morning was a Taekwando morning, and because it's summer and people are on vacation, today it ended up being just me, one other guy, and our replacement instructor. This is the instructor who makes our usual instructor, the one who regularly gets me lifting 20 pound kettle bells, look like a wimp. It was a great class, and I pushed myself really hard and totally enjoyed myself. I tripped my asthma a couple of times, but seemed to get away with it. But when I got home I went from covered in hives, to face swelling and throat doing funny things in a few minutes. Exercise-induced anaphylaxis strikes again! So it was two Benedryl for me, which meant passing out for the remainder of the day. Which is marginally better than the alternative of taking my Epipen and spending 4 hours in the E.R. whilst they make sure I'm not going to keel over.

All in all, I wish I wasn't allergic to exercise. Because I really, really love that class.

Oh, well. I surfaced in the afternoon, and was alert enough to coach. And the Sweetie took over the player rotation, which was helpful. We played a really tough team (the last time we played them, when the game was over all of my players started telling me about how they'd been poked, prodded, tripped and generally roughed up by their players) and whilst we put in a really great effort, they beat us, 1 - 5. But we still all had a great time.

Ros put in a good effort, and really got stuck in a few times, which was nice to see.

I am, unfortunately, going to miss our next game. They re-scheduled our rain out for this coming Friday, and we're due at a friend's cottage for the weekend. Fortunately, another mom has volunteered to step in, even though we'll only be fielding five players. The other team has the same number coming, so at least it'll be even.

Comments

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Eeek, I'm glad you were able to keep the allergy on the self-management side of things, do be careful! ♥

Getting away for the weekend sounds fun - enjoy! *g*

[przed.livejournal.com]

Self-management is always preferable. (I hate when I end up waiting an extra hour or two in the E.R. while they find a doctor to discharge me. Though I'm sure it's no fun from your side either. *g*) And I did class this morning with no problems! \o/

Getting away for the weekend is going to be awesome. Have a great one yourself!