Today was Jorge's first U.S Tennis Tournament at BYU. He won the first game, and had to play another one against an opponent, who was fresh and it was his first game of the day. Every once in a while I heard Jorge "talk" in Spanish when the game wasn't going his way. I thought that maybe it was some chosen Spanish words that I didn't understand because I didn't hear him say "Ay Carramba" once. Towards the 3 set, Jorge started cramping up in his left leg. We would see him limping around, and trying to play as best as he could. He lost the first set, won the second and barely lost the third. All in all, it was a good game. Just felt so bad that he was in so much pain. Good job, Jorge!
After driving home I asked Jorge what was he "saying", suggesting that it was maybe Spanish swear words and he said that he doesn't swear (good boy), but it was mostly "stupido" geared toward himself for hitting the ball into the net etc. I'll buy that.
Next week he will be in another tournament and we are going to load him up with bushels of bananas and gallons of Gatorade. No more cramping up on our watch!
Jorge serving. Can you hear him grunt?
Is he trying to take-off in this one? He is flying!
2 comments:
That is great he won his first match. Too bad about the cramping in the second one though. What a great kid to not use cuss words.
That's funny. Oh, and if you ever want to learn some swear words in Spanish, I have a Spanish -speaking neighbor who has a parrot that curses in Spanish. It's very hilarious!:)
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