Mahinda’s Little World

I’m in pain. Specifically, the muscles that move my arms hurt. You know, the ones on your sides just below your armpits. Well, they hurt. Particularly the one that’s just under and behind my right armpit.

Why?

Well, first up was hockey training on Tuesday evening. One of our drills was a sort of 3 defenders vs. 3 attackers affair - if one of the sides got it wrong, they had to do 10 press-ups. Predictably, my side (we rotated) got it wrong many many times - 8 or 9, I think. That equates to a lot of press-ups.

Now, I’m not exactly light, and neither do I do press-ups often. If ever. So it’s no surprise that I hurt quite a bit on Wednesday.

Wednesday evening featured the first Jabez ceilidh of the new student term. And guess what? There was a very long dance that involved a basket. Too long. Too many baskets. A basket is where two couples stand in a circle (technically a "square"), put arms around each other, and then spin. This translates to the blokes supporting the girlies while they’re lifted off the ground.

Not that either partner (I was dancing with Ceilidh Cat, who’s certainly been mentioned on these pages before) was exactly heavy - I guess it was just because I was hurting anyway.

The upshot of all this is that I hurt. Lots. Did I mention that?

A relaxed night in tonight, nothing planned for tomorrow, and then my first hockey match of the season on Saturday. Hopefully I’ll have healed. I’ve got a shooting competition / day out at Appleton Rifle Club on Sunday - hopefully the muscular stuff won’t completely ruin my shooting position