So it has been a couple of weeks. We have officially finished the 1st half of the regular season. We are tied for 4th in the league right now which is pretty exciting since the team was tied for last a year ago. We closed out the first half with a 3-1 win against Academic Espinho to put us at 7-4. The following weekend (this past weekend) was a big match on the road vs. the team currently sitting tied for 1st, Vitoria. They are led by former BYU standout Carlos Moreno so it's always fun to play against people I played against while at Penn State. Anyway, the match was probably the best we played all year, and unfortunately we lost in 5. It was very frustrating since we were up 2-1 in games, and then after a slow start in game 4, our coach pulled out all the starters when we were down 9-6!!! Yes, it was a 3 point game and he gave up so we could "rest" for game 5. Quite a bizarre move I thought since we still had a chance in that game. Plus I don't think any of us were tired so we didn't exactly need rest. If anything it made us cold to start game 5. Oh well, I think the positive to come from the match is that in games 2 & 3 which we won, we played at a very high level and if we can learn to play like that consistently, we could certainly make a run in the playoffs.
So other than volleyball, it was very nice having a visitor here. We had a lot of fun having Maureen here and I know she certainly enjoyed her stay here. Her and Alli got in a lot of sightseeing of both Porto and Lisbon and got to experience a lot of what Portugal has to offer. We will hopefully post a slideshow soon for everyone to see some fun pictures we have taken while here.
We hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving back home and is enjoying the hectic Christmas shopping. It's no different here! Alli and I went to see the new Twilight movie (New Moon) at the mall on Sunday and it was packed! It's lovely here this time of year because everywhere you look, there are Christmas lights and nativity scenes. Outside our apartment, there are lights up and down every street and speakers every block or so that is playing Christmas music so as Alli likes to say, it feels like you are in a Winter Wonderland while walking down the street!
Two more matches this weekend so hopefully we can come out with two more victories! Hope everyone is doing well!
D & A
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