Cantares

Back in high school, I was a wrestler. Every season the people who were also football players came and joined the rest of us part way through the season. They had been in good shape for football, but when they got to wrestling practice, they were always hurting. We said that they were in football shape but not wrestling shape.

Yesterday I went to church, as always, and afterwards went to a restaurant called Pollo Loco, which is a pretty good place for roasted chicken. Anyway, there were twelve of us, so we just got a whole lot of chicken to split. Therefore, I am not sure how much I ate, but there is a very good chance that although I was one of the lightest people there, I ate the most. I enjoyed the chicken a lot. And was apparently hungry (which I guess is not too surprising).

After eating all that chicken, we returned to the church and a group of us decided to play some soccer. At first there were only four of us, and my team got up something like 4-1. Then the other team got another person, so they had three and we only had two. We did not fare so well after that. They won 10-8. I of course ran a lot. I had to. And after all that chicken, I am not sure how good of an idea that was. Especially with the temperature in the 90s (the day before it was over 100, so I guess 90s isn't that bad?).

After we finished, we went into the church and I stood or sat in front of a fan trying to recover until time for the service (during which I led a prayer at this church for the first time). I enjoyed the soccer a lot. But I definitely realized that I am no longer in soccer shape. Cardio at the gym just isn't the same. All the quick bursts and directional changes apparently dominated me. That or too much food coupled with too much heat.

Anyway, after the service, we celebrated one of the church member's birthday. We all went to someone's house and had pizza and sang karaoke. I even got in on it (probably a good thing Linnea was not there to be completely embarrassed by my lack of singing ability). For a long time I could not find a song that I knew. I know some Spanish songs, but most are fairly new and there were not cds with the songs I knew. Then I found "Cantares." Yes, you read that correctly, Luke, "Cantares," as in Todo pasa and todo queda. I karaoked that song. And even have video evidence.