Been almost 2 weeks (What, it's my birthday already?)

Hello!

Having already been here for more than a week and a half, I would say I'm starting to settle in.

I have already had a few school days. The american school system is believed to be more disciplined than what we have in Denmark. Sure, there's discipline. And then there's all the time spent joking around, probably all because the schoolyear has barely begun. I'm loving the high school spirit and atmosphere, it's awesome. I have had a taste of that already, as Fridays' "dress code" is anything in orange and blue to showcase your inner Warrior! It's different in a bunch of ways from Denmark. Coming from a 400-student elementary school to a high school with 3,000 students enrolled is quite a jump too. I still have to bring out a map sometimes just to find my way around campus on my way to another class. The campus is that big. I have always been on time though, so far!

In terms of football, and speaking of Friday, we had our weekly scrimmage, which was my first. Even though I spent most of the night on scout teams, and I "fumbled" the only pass I caught (A fumble is when you lose the ball before being down on the ground. I was actually ruled down on the field. But on film, well.... I wasn't exactly down, no), it was still an awesome experience. I did pretty well on defense as a cornerback, with a few tackles and no completed passes against me. I even came on for a handful of plays against the Varsity offense (1st team). I got a few atta-boy's from the coaches, so overall I was pretty much pleased about it all. There were a few hundred spectators at the scrimmage too, which just made it all quite a special experience.

Since my last post where I mentioned how hard conditioning is, I have found that isn't really the case afterall. I just happened to have my first practice on the same day that the coaches decided to make conditioning extra strenous. It's not that bad. I have also received my jersey, that you can see here:

I play in #85 in the blue, above, and #5 when we have white jerseys on (haven't received that one yet).
Our first game is the 25th.

Another special experience that I want to share with you is also football-related. All players have to participate in a fundraiser for the team, selling "pride cards". These are cards that give you free (as far as I know) access to games, and discounts to a bunch of restaurants and stores. All for 20$. The goal is that each player sells at least 12 cards, in which case they would get their team cleats (football boots/shoes) for free. If you don't sell 12, you have to pay for those cleats. Some of my teammates have sold more than 12, there's even one guy that has sold 30-40 cards. Well, I managed to sell 6.

To round off this blog entry, and as the title has kind of told you already, it is my birthday. Time flies! Well, since I was born in Denmark, I'm 16 already. But I'll have to wait another minute for it to be my birthday here in Arizona time aswell. The smart people have probably figured out it is then also time for me to go to bed.

Be back soon(er, hopefully, than this time) with more!