Sunsations Clinic

 

So my friend and I had a crazy idea of joining the Sunsations, so we went to the clinic yesterday and before we got to the Knight Sports Complex, the biggest "trolls" occurred.

 

First of all, we got there early- an hour and thirty minutes early and we couldn’t find a door into the volleyball court. The maze-like building resulted in us running around the track field, soccer field, football field, and tennis courts. We went through the Summer Olympics all over again. It was only after running around the periphery we encountered stairs, which apparently guided us into the boy’s locker room. We got out of there like lightning bolts.

 

After going through all that, we were about to collapse due to our dehydration. Thus, we looked for bending machines everywhere until a very nice security guard opened the Hall of Fame building, just for us so we can get Sprites or Sodas (there was no water there). We opened the door, and next thing you know it’s pouring. So we went to get water, but the water got us. No "sun" in sunsations.

 

Then, a random figure protrudes, with his sleek charcoaled-colored bike and a cryptic stare, into a roofed hallway to dry off. Definitely a creepy experience given that it was pouring outside, windy, dark, and we were alone- shivering and about to pass out. But it turned out the tough guy had a squeaky voice with a Spanish accent, so he wasn't fully intimidating.

 

What was intimidating was the running. That’s what we got, but backwards. Running backwards is not the most pleasant experience; let me tell you, given the slippery shoes and people’s tendency to bump one another. Not to mention some girls bumping one another on purpose, but that's to be expected given that we were all competing against each other. It seemed like a high-school dance rivalry: the newcomers(freshmeat) vs. the pros. The vibe proliferated given the two Russian girls who scrutinized the team's every move as if they were jealous. Not only was that awkward, but what was more awkward was the song they decide to use: Pop that. I absolutely, positively, despise this song content-wise. But, hey, it wasn't that bad.

 
 Anyways, despite the irony and the epic fails, we had fun. Unexpected events give life some “epic fail” moments, making it all the more interesting. The rain dries off, bikes eventually move, running is good exercise, and having a ‘bad day” is only temporary, because there’s always going to be a tomorrow.And although it went from “sunsations” to ‘rainsations”, and from a “clinic” into an “emergency- room-near-dehydration-death-experience”, we managed to make fool of ourselves and we managed to have a few laughs.

 
:p