Aint no rest for the wicked

This past weekend was full of sporting events for us. Kristen went off to Beijing with her Volleyball team to play in a tournament. They were supposed to fly out Friday night at 10pm but true to its reputation Dalian airport muck-ed it up and they didn’t leave until 4am. 9 hours of trying to rest in a freezing cold airport on chairs or floors or wherever. When they finally arrived in Beijing it was to late to go to the Hostel before the first game so instead they went looking for breakfast. They found Michael a stout German man how owned a brand new bakery. He served up fresh and free treats for the whole team basically saving us from killing each other.

The first day was long and tiresome but each game the team got better and better. We finally won our last game on Saturday.

Jumping like our life depends on it.......lol

Finally heading to the hostel around 6pm we checked in showered and took off for a dinner with some of the other teams at a Japanese restaurant. Kristen had never drank Saki before and having been awake for almost 40 hours, and only eating sushi for dinner it did a serious number on her. She almost passed out at the dinner table along with a couple of her teammates. So instead of hitting the clubs they went back to the hostel for some much needed sleep.

Kristen is on the left hand side WAY WAY at the back

On Sunday the team was up and back on the court at 11am “rested” and and playing much better as a team. Kristen got her first block and first real kill and a nice head cold/sore thorat just to round out the morning. After 2 games the team thought they were finsished and headed off to the showers, only to find out they had to play for 3^rd and 4^th place. The final game was the best yet, and the girls came of so close to taking it but ended up fouth. By that time there was only enough time to shower eat and rush off to the airport to literally run to our gate and catch the plane home.

Posing like we are 12....

 All in all a lot of fun. There were some bruises, skin burns, and many hours missed sleep but everyone had a great time!