Pre- Girls' Night Chatter

Pre- Girls' Night Chatter

I'm still feeling rather mentally exhausted from the summer. Two weeks off just wasn't enough. My mind is still rebelling against my studies. This past week, I totally forgot about a VERY easy assignment; I NEVER just forget. Perhaps it could be the lack of purpose I'm feeling in some of my classes. I have three classes with one professor. I like his teaching in that he doesn't believe in just sitting and taking notes; he requires discussion in class which I enjoy immensely. Sometimes though the discussions sound more like Sunday School than class. Sunday School is great and all, but I'm paying way too much for the classes to learn nothing new. That professors classes unnerve me a bit too, because the professor is also the fly-by-the-seat-of-your-p ants sort and so hasn't let us know when our tests are. I like to know so I can fit in the studying for each test around other tests, activities, etc. Enough about school...

Tennis is here. Our short season has just begun. We played our first tournie this past weekend. I got second in singles and ... not last but not good either in doubles. The singles play was really good for me. I wasn't playing super hard people that were way out of my league, but they weren't push overs either. Just what I needed. I lost the championship to a high national ranking D2 freshman in a 10-point tie breaker for the third set 9-11. (I know that probably doesn't mean much to most people, but basically we went to over time and I barely lost.) I was rather disappointed. Winning would have been a great cap for a great tournie. I'm not sure how the team as a whole did. I'm not entirely thrilled with this year's team yet. There are too many people first of all. Then some of them don't have the greatest work ethic. Well, I say that, but I hold myself to exceptional work ethic standards and so do for others as well. But then again, the team is really young and it could just be the immaturity coming through loud and clear. All I can say is that if they want to win they had better get over the cutting corners very quickly. Because if they don't, they'll have an angry Bria to deal with. There are no short cuts to championships after all. It has been a lot of work to get back into the sport, since I didn't play all summer long. I've wondered many times in the past few weeks if continuing to play is even worth all the effort I'm putting into it. The cons include: I'm really rusty and out of shape; none of my good buddies have returned to the team this semester, but one will be back next semester. The pros include: I'm still active and so improving my quality of life both currently and down the road; I'm making new friends; I'm still competing athletically; tennis gives me a break from school work and makes my mind work more efficiently; and lastly, I tend to manage my time better when I'm busy. So as you can see, the pros are there and so I'm still hanging around, despite having to swim up river in regards to general fitness for the sport and friends.

On a happier note, I've been invited to interview for the physical therapy school I want! And I got the interview date I wanted!!! I am so pumped and getting nervous too. It's on the afternoon of the 19th so say a prayer or a few hundred for me. Well, it's girls' night so I'm off to go chatter with my gal pals.