Sounders Game.

Tonight my wonderful parents and I went to a Sounders game! I have never been before, so I was pretty excited. My mom had made us all scarves of the bright green and blue colors of our soccer team, Dad had his Sounders shirt, and I had a blue and green beanie. On our way there, my parents told me that the Sounders fans were a little different than Mariners baseball fans. I thought to myself, "How different could it be?" But when we walked into the stadium, all you could see in the stands was blue or green, and it seemed like everyone was yelling. Let me just say that the game hadn't even started yet.

It was almost time for the game to start. The announcer was saying each players name of the opposing team, and after each name, a loud "Boooooo!" came from the crowd. Then it was time for the announcer to say the names of each player for the Sounders. Before he did this, every single person who had been sitting down, now stood up. I think if anyone hadn't stood up...they would've gotten shot...These people were intense! Front and center of the stadium was a huge group of people that kind of resembled a pep band to me...only there were no instruments. For the ENTIRE game they were singing, yelling, clapping, jumping, and led the entire stadium in cheers for the Sounders. 

Whenever we made a goal, the crowd went wild. Seriously. Everyone cheered and high fived each other even if you didn't know who the person was that you were high fiving. And when the ref made a call against our team, I was a little afraid for him. People. Got. Mad. To say that Sounders fans are emotional about games would be the understatement of the century. 

Within ten minutes of the game, I would say about 90% of the people around us were already wasted. It was interesting to see grown men acting like they were six years old. The guy sitting in front of us was one of those men. He kept turning around and talking to us like we were best friends. He high-fived us, drank lots of beer, talked to us about how he needed a haircut, and cheered for the Sounders. Actually, he yelled for the Sounders. 

I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but I have absolutely no clue what the rules are for soccer. I used to like to play it in the backyard with friends until I had a bad experience that ended up with a smashed eye and a bloody nose that I thought would never stop. Let's just say that playing soccer isn't exactly a pleasant thing for me, what with my complete lack of hand-eye coordination. So I didn't really know what was happening the entire game until someone scored a goal. But hey, we won! 

The Importance of Family.

          My family is fantsmagorical. We help each other out. We've got each others backs. We talk with a lisp when it's just us together. We're awesome.

          We have birthday enchiladas, Wii tournaments, and skype dates.

          

          We fight over who gets to sit in the recliner, have wrestling matches, and eat popcorn every time we watch a movie.

          We tell each other everything, give advice, and support each other with every decision.

          We give each other compliments, tell each other about cool new things we've found, and laugh at the same things.

          We have placemats from everywhere we've been, take pictures at every important moment, and have been to some of the most beautiful places.

        

          We can have conversations entirely out of movie quotes, love to surprise each other, and joke around.

          We have laughing attacks, use sarcasm a lot, and plan vacations in a minute by minute schedule.

          We know exactly how to make each other laugh, say "I love you" at the end of every phone conversation, and have a silly picture for every serious one. 

         

          We take a trip to Leavenworth every year, have "fend for yourself" nights when there's too many leftovers in the fridge, and have family prayer every night. 

          We help set the table for dinner, play with the dog, and call Mom and Dad when we need help.

          We cry when we're overwhelmed with happiness for each other, we cry when we say goodbye for a while, and we smile when we say hello again. 

          We get to see our family growing, we cherish every moment, and we keep adding to the list of things we do.

          This list of things wouldn't exist without my family. 

Enriche.

          For my first post on a blog ever, I decided to take you through my day yesterday. My sister has told me that if my life were a TV show, it would be hilarious. Well, this one would definitely be a funny episode. Most of the time, when I have days like yesterday, I think it's because of my stupidity. But then I realize I'm not stupid, I just think I have bad luck when thinking. Such as yesterday.
          After a wonderful day at church I walked out to my car, Enriche. I unlocked the door, sat down, closed the door, put the key in the ignition....and nothing. I had tried starting the car about 15 times when I had lost hope. Enriche needed help. So I walked back into church and asked around for someone who had jumper cables, which someone did. He drove his car around next to mine, and I opened my door and pulled the latch to open the hood. I set my keys down on the seat and closed the door. After we had successfully connected the jumper cables to both cars, I tried to open my door and realized that it was locked. I looked through my car window and saw my keys that I had set on the driver's seat. Out of habit, I had locked the doors while stepping out of the car. I had had bad luck with thinking...I had no other way of getting the spare key which was at my house either, because the parentals weren't home and I didn't have a key to unlock the front door since it was in my locked car. So my two poor friends had to wait for half an hour until I could call my dad to see what to do. One of those poor friends ended up having to take me to my house which is a 20 minute drive. I got the spare key and we drove another 20 minutes back to the church building where I was finally able to unlock my car and start it.
          Enriche and I were finally able to drive home together after a very eventful episode in the life of Alyssa.