it's official!!

im so pumped! we're officially at the world cup! its so crazy! i barely know what to do with all of my excitement! : ) everything is amazing! i hope this feeling lasts through the whole trip, but really i don't care right now because i just love whats happening!

we arrived this morning to our new dorms, just a short van ride from our previous location, and immediately i was impressed. not only do we each have our own rooms, but we each have a bathroom (with a shower) in our impressive single bedrooms. the rooms are much bigger than the last place. we have a common kitchen area connected to each pod of 6 players where we plan to play more mini ping-pong and do puzzles.

we started the afternoon off with a visit to the dining hall, yumm! after lunch, i laid outside in the grass while a few teammates played frisbee above my head. i watched a few other teams load into the dorms, said hello to some of the wc volunteers, then headed inside for a power nap before practice.

today's session was really fun and started the trip off quite amazingly! : ) as for tonight--just settling into the new digs, reading a bit, and going to sleep early. tomorrow begins 2 hours earlier than we've had to begin since we arrived in england.

cheers to the world cup in action! : )