You heard right, I finally tried some of the famous Vegemite on a piece of toast with ALOT of butter. The only thing I can say is that I'm just not quite sure how the first person who tasted that thought... Yes, this will be a popular spread. Pretty much everyone here eats it, but at the same time they are aware that ya.. It tastes pretty bad. After our first game (which we lost, I'll cover that topic briefly later) I was approached by a young boy and his mom who was welcoming me to Adelaide. He handed me a bag with a jar of Vegemite, and a package of FruChocs. Safe to say those FruChocs were gone pretty quick. Chocolate is always going to advance in the "Food that tastes good" tournament. Vegemite will always lose in the first round. Always.
Another monumental moment. I was trusted enough to drive. I was reluctant of course due to the fact that I would be getting into the drivers seat on the RIGHT side of the car, and because I would be forced to drive down the wrong side of the road, which happens to be the correct side of the road here in Australia. The first time I drove the car I had one of the men's players in the passenger seat to help me out. I think he was more nervous than I was but I didn't do bad. A couple curb checks and flipping the windshield wipers on instead of the blinker was about as bad as it got. Today I drove myself and Tess to practice, and on the way back there was a bit of a glitch because there was a sizable spider on the INSIDE of the car. Safe to say Tess and I have similar dislikes of spiders because there was a lot of screaming and hitting the windshield with a shoe.
So now I guess I'll give an update on the game this past Saturday. We ended up losing, pretty much to one player as she had about 80 percent of their points ( I know my honor roll mother, sister, and statistician brother-in-law will say that's wrong math.) I think a lot of nerves were in play and we really didn't settle down until the second half. I'm confident that we'll be okay, the offense we run is about reading your teammates and I think playing with each other more will help that run more smoothly.
I've also gotten the opportunity to coach a u16 team for the club. It'll be fun to watch them improve over the course of the season but we have a lot of work to do. Along with that I'm getting set up with getting some work experience at a local news station! I'm very excited about that and learning about the TV side of media as I've already gotten a taste of radio.
Despite the fact that I'm having good experiences here, I still think of my family and friends and how everyone is doing! Last night I actually had a dream about hanging with my girls meg, Michelle, and Amanda.. Then the next day I missed a FaceTime call from Meg.. That was crazy to me! But just know that I'm missing all of you and hoping everything's going well. I've been able to check up on my puppy (who looks huge now). So all is well. Thanks for reading!
Oh and this weekend is a showdown footy competition between the two Adelaide teams.. The Crows and Port Adelaide. Apparently this is a HUGE rivalry. I want you guys to youtube Australian footy and see how intense it is! It's very entertaining! Okay that's all.
Until next time,
Jessica Koch
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