little bitty girl

Every bloody muscle hurts. It hurts when I walk, it hurts when I lie down, it hurts when I lift my arms and when my feet touch the ground. My muscles are in muscle hell. Somehow, I got roped into playing Dodgeball on Saturday. Yup, you know that game played by grade school kids and then made popular by the Ben Stiller-Vince Vaughn movie of the same name. We went and played 6 hours of adult dodgeball.

I must say it was more fun than I expected although I've discovered that a dodgeball isn't as easy to toss as one first thinks. I was the "gatherer" of my team, collecting the loose balls and handing them off to players who are better with the ball hurling. Maybe that is why my ass feels like it's been hit by a million trucks.

We had two teams consisting of Team Canada (Big Bad Broadview) and Team Australia (Hawk Hurlers). The majority of the players play on Stef's Aussie Rules footy team. Team Australia had played before and were more competitive than Team Canada. They also had hilarious uniforms - cheap shirts from Kensington market, hot pink Playboy sweatbands and funny coloured headbands. Their captain, "Tomahawk" Gemmell was dressed in white. This is Forbsy, who didn't ever say peep in the beginning of the season and now you can't bloody shut him up.

Some teams were more competitive than others and some were being jerks. Stef and some of the boys got a little grousy and competitive while the girls just rolled their eyes and muttered under their breaths, "err....isn't this a game kids play?" But I think any type of sport that has any sort physical contact (albeit, a ball) will have that. Unfortunately, our other team didn't think about taking any pictures of us playing so I don't really have proof of me in action.

Overall, good times were had by all.