Day 10

The weather got a bit cooler here (low around 40, high in the low 60s) but it's still way better than back home. The rain has cleared out and it's supposed to be sunny the rest of the week. We had another test today. I missed a question about the umpire interfering with a catcher's attempt to throw out a stealing runner. I was torn between two answers and picked the wrong one. The rest of the morning was typical lecture material. In the afternoon I had some ups and downs. On the positive side, I did really well in my field work. We have added in awarding bases on overthrows and I nailed that a few times and was pointed out as a good example. On the negative side, when my group went into the cages, my stomach was killing me for some reason, so I was a little off, especially with my volume. But I'll get that fixed up for next time. On the entertaining side, I played a little shortstop today and had a hillarious play where the pitcher deflected the ball, causing me to charge in and barehand the ball. There was no prayer of me making the play at first, but I still flung it over there completely offbalance. It turned into a chance for the umpires to practice their out of play and awarding of bases mechanics.

Other notes:
-The stretching routine was a little slower today. That was probably just by chance, but maybe they listened to my comments a little bit.
-Jodie Meeks
-I forgot to mention this before: On my way down here, I was looking for a place to stop for lunch. I was near Gainesville, but I wasn't about to stop there, so I kept on going. Meanwhile, I kept seeing these billboards for a 24-hour strip club that welcomed couples and served lunch. The quantity of billboards rivaled Tom Raper. I even exited at the exit for that strip club. But I couldn't find the place, so I ate at Burger King instead.
-We had some impressively bad beef with broccoli for dinner last night. I think I was the only person who liked it even a little bit and that's only because I really really like beef with broccoli. Then tonight, we had a lo mein dish that had eerily similar beef and broccoli in it, along with some chicken and water chestnuts. It was better, but still nowhere near Wah Fu, Sesame or King Doh quality.
-My fortune cookie tonight said "As long as you don't sign up for anything new, you'll do fine." I don't know what to make of that.