I did run some errands which was good, but then it kind of dawned on me that my friends and I have...no hostel booked for when we leave for spring break...tomorrow. Oops? So our tentative plan is to sleep at the airport since we have to be at the transit station for our Moreton Island tour at 6:45 a.m.? Hrm....hobos anybody??
Anyways, after that awkward bit of planning, I dashed to BJJ which was quite possibly the best practice ever. We pretty much played for a full 2 hours. It was amazing. We started off with straight up tag, which got more and more intense as the playing area was condensed by Carmen. We then ended up playing tag in a 5x5 square in which if you tagged someone, you were then out of the game, and the last 2 people standing had to sumo each other out of the ring (no throws, :( much to my dismay)
When I finally got my turn, I was so close to uchi-mata-ing my opponent, that I got too distracted by the throw which I wasn't allowed to do that I got tossed out :( But afterwards, we moved on to what apparently is known around the gym as the "Zombie Booty Shuffle" game.......???? One person starts out on the ground and can roll/crawl, but can't come up higher than their knees, and must try to bring people down from standing. It was a great game until you realized where the zombie title came from. As more people got brought down, they joined the zombie team, which resulted in them slowly swarming the standing people, reminiscent of Dawn of the Dead? So me being the last one standing got to enjoy the creepy image of 25 BJJ fighters slowly turning and staring me down, and crawling at me slowly and menacingly until they peeled me to the floor.....
Carmen then decided to punish us with drills, including jumping into guard and holding yourself upright and resting your hands against your lower back for a full minute. It burned. A lot....*ow* but all in all, I was glad to get such a good workout. Carmen then decided for her own amusement to have relay races. The punishment for the losing team was decided by our newly promoted purple belt, Rich, who contemplated with the other winner teams (including me :D) about how to most embarrass said losing team.
We settled on them doing the gay panda walk (one partner gets down on hands and feet, the other partner climbs on their back and spoons them as they walk across the room), then when they got to the other side of the room, the most inappropriate drill in all of BJJ: One partner stands and straddles the other person, grabs them by the uniform lapels, and pulls them upwards towards their crotch? It was not cute, especially when the stipulation by Richard was that "OHHHH YEAH" had to be yelled upon each rep. Needless to say, the girls were CRACKING up by the end of it, given that the losing team was all guys.....awkward....
Anyways, post-practice I headed home to shower/gorge, as usual. I then met up with Melissa and headed over to Puggs, which turned out to be pretty fun. We met up with Camille, Christine, Stathi, and some of his friends, and just had a good night. It's been a ton of fun, but now it's almost 2:30 in the morning and the funny sounds coming from upstairs are concerning me, so I think it's time for bed.....
I'll be on spring break as of tomorrow, so updates will be at the mercy of my internet access.....
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