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I know that you probably don't care about how I do in fencing or even know what the hell it is, but it is a typical physical activity blunder. I was fencing my nemesis, let's call her blondie (that's my nickname for her that is), and I was just catching up after being behind and when I made a lunge, I got the touch, but when I landed, I stepped on the edge of the strip, which is elevated by about two inches (I know not much, but enough), ang I badly rolled my ankle. I couldn't stand u pand I just asked the referee to give me a minute to rub it off.
now to really understand this, you would have to know me very well, but I just sat there and refused help and to be taked to the trainer because I would have to forfit the bout. one of my friends from my club came over to see what was wrong and try to help me, but i didn't want him to see me because I was crying, it hurt so much, so I just told him I was fine and stood up. . I hate crying. I don't like to show any sign of weakness, physical or emotional, when I'm around my friends or at all for that matter.at this time, the adrenaline was running through my system and I could bearly feel the pain. I managed to stand up and finish the bout, though I lost. it would have been a heroic story if I won, but it just didn't happen that way.
after the bout, I stumbled down the hallway alone to the trainer's room and got some ice, trying to calm myself down. I was extremely angy about loosing to her since I was doing so well that day, but I finally calmed down and walked back into the gym. blondie and her mom came running up to me and asking how the ankle was. I am a very competitive person, and though I was limping badly, I wouldn't let them closee enough to help. to me, it was just their wasy of rubbing it in that I was injured and I lost because of that. so now, I'm starting to feel the real pain. it's swollen and is throbbing and I have a major competition to go to next week. the weird thing is that I'm not upset that I'm hurt, but that I'm missing out on the opportunity of a lifetime by being injured, and one of my club members saw me crying. he looked rather surprised to see me cry, (that is the reputation that I have) I'm just glad that the guy that I like wasn't there to see me crying and in a weak, volnerably state.
 Megami Tsuruko · Sun Sep 26, 2004 @ 05:17am · 0 Comments |
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