Hey Folks!
So if you follow my parent's blog as well you may know that the past two weekends have been jam packed with softball. Two weeks ago the Hoyas drove the five hour trip down to Elon, North Carolina. We played four games, two games against both Elon and Rider. It was such a relief and excitement to get back on dirt (which we hadn't touched since before Christmas), putting on brand-spankin'-new cleats, and competing with my team once again. Sometimes I forget the excitement that I should feel when I play the game of softball, because it has almost become my job and I am always doing it. But this first weekend it was like I was ten again and I actually GOT to play softball. It was definitely exciting. We had a good start going 2-2 losing both games to Elon, but we definitely could have gone 4-0 for the weekend. Unfortunately, in one of my at bats, I fouled a ball off my ankle bone so that has been an injury that I have been seeing the trainer about every day, twice a day these past two weeks.
After returning back to school and barely getting time to unpack and settle into our normal routine again, we were on the road but this time we were headed to Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was definitely an effort to actually get there, because the travel included: an hour bus ride to BWI airport where we caught a plane to Atlanta, Georgia, where we picked up our two rental vans and one SUV and drove the two hours to Chattanooga. We made it safely and were tucked in for a good six hour sleep before we were rudely awakened by our alarms. I haven't seen 7:15 in I don't know how long and that was my wake up time every day last weekend. We played five games and we came out of the weekend 2-3. That final record was somewhat disappointing, but we haven't hit our stride yet and are lacking some consistency with performance. We will get there though! Unfortunately, I was not able to pitch as much as I would have liked, because of the injury that I received last weekend. The swelling from my ankle actually moved down to the outside of my foot making it very painful to walk or run.
So coach had me take it easy last weekend, but I am ready to go this weekend! We leave tomorrow for the start of our spring break extravaganza which includes a trip back down to NC State and then a cross country flight to Fresno, Ca. So excited to get to see the California Carters and I feel so lucky that my parents have been able to come to every game so far! My dad has been able to take some awesome pictures of the Hoyas in action and I posted the link below so you all can check them out!
Elon Tournament
Chattanooga Tournament
Lent has been going well so far and I hope that continues! I have felt distracted the past couple weeks with the beginning of season and midterms, so if you could be praying that God uses this time over spring break to just refocus me and pray that I would draw close to Him so He will draw close to me. Also just pray for me because I have been experiencing some frustration with softball and just that I wouldn't let that affect my performance, my attitude, or my experience this season. Thank you so much for following me on this journey and I just hope that you will let me know if there is anything I can be praying about for you as well!
Peace. Mackensey
