Day 24

Saturday, February 11, 2012

The last few days I’ve been playing basketball on the ship!  It’s been a lot of fun, but I would definitely say it’s not your traditional 3 on 3 basketball!  The court is very small (which is good because I’m in awful shape) so there is barely any room to spread out or anything and the walls are dangerously close to you on both sides.  Being the spas/klutz that I am, this poses quite a few problems for me!  I keep running into the metal sides of the ship or getting my limbs caught in the nets surrounding the court or we end up passing the ball off the wall.  Also, you might as well not shoot from anywhere further than right under the basket because as soon as you do, the ship shifts the entire basket to the side while the ball keeps going in the direction you shot it.  BUT, I’ve still had so much fun!  It’s nice to get to play a sport again, especially basketball.  I’m on a team with all girls and our last 2 games have been against teams of all guys.  We lost both, but only by a few points.  TWO MORE DAYS TO GHANA!