Futbol

So near the end of our match last night against San Lucas, we get a free kick in our opponent's end of the field (it's a smaller field, indoor, with walls, almost like a hockey arena). Normally Sabina takes those, but she had scored a ton of goals already so she let me have at it. As I stepped up, she says, "El angulo" which means "the top corner." Of course, what do I do? I slice it at about hip level right at the keeper. Two minutes later, we get another free kick, and this one Sabi takes, puts it away in the upper right 90. I was kind of like, "Oh, that angulo" and we had a laugh about it. Later, I got a goal off a kick-in from out of bounds, with my left foot, which I was pretty proud of, and the best part of the whole night was that Sabina put herself 17 goals clear of the other challengers in the race for the goleo, so hopefully she'll take home that title.

Be careful where you park your car

I've started running before work in the mornings, mainly because my car got busted by a piece of falling ice last week so my daily schedule is prolonged just enough that I don't get home with enough light left to run. The sun rises around 7 in the morning now, but it's light by about 6:30, so that's when I go out. This morning, I scared a little cottontail rabbit while running up one of the streets in the neighborhood behind our house, and the poor thing was trying to outrun me but having a devil of a time trying to get a grip on the icy road. He did a very awkward skid-slide into a driveway and bolted under the parked car there to get away from me. I hope he wasn't too offended that I giggled the rest of the way home about him.

Here are some pictures of my car.

The repairs will total about $5000, and we received $3200 from the insurance company. Once the car is repaired, my parents and I have come to the conclusion that the car will become my responsibility, so any repair costs/oil changes/insurance will be mine. It's a fair deal, even though it still feels kind of strange that I'm doing all these grown-up things like working and commuting and taking over responsibility of my own car.