After two weekends of tryouts, I found out on Monday that I made Brute Squad. They are doing rolling acceptances onto the team because of Worlds, so they took 4 people after this weekend (Jess Blanton, Sarah Cook, VY and me - as you can tell, Godiva is no longer). I'm not sure how many they are going to take - as far as I can tell, they lost 4 or 5 people from last year, with 24 on the team in 2009, so I wouldn't think they would take too much more beyond the first 4. Personally, I think they should take at least one or two college kids, but it seems like a rough year to be trying out with a lot of Godiva players on the market.
I'm excited but not giddy like a young college kid would be about hearing the news. The team is nice - I really like a lot of the people, but I just feel like something is missing. As cheesy as this is, I think the thing that I'm missing is my friends. Boston and Brute Squad don't feel like home yet. I think they will, but sometimes I still think I'm on vacation and I'll be headed back to Atlanta any day now. As much as I am trying to settle in and make this my life, it doesn't feel real yet. But I'm trying.
I'm still waivering on whether or not to go to Worlds. I don't have a job right now and it's hard to know if I will by then (and if I do, asking for time off will be tough). Plus, I was looking forward to being able to see the area outside of Boston, which will be decidedly harder during the season. But if I don't go, I will have July off to get out some, which would be nice. I think that I can feel myself pulling away from being fully committed to ultimate. I could see this being my last season playing on a competitive, practicing team. 2011 might be the year of coed. Anyone else? Maybe we can start organizing now. :)
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