The Diary Game || 19.08.2024 || A Day of Mixed Emotions

Hello friends of Recreative Steem, you might be wondering why I am smiling with a plaster on my face, next to my best friend. My Sunday was a day with mixed emotion...I had a lot of mixed emotions but what really happened on Sunday that had me this way? Well let's go through today's diary game to find out.

On the 19th day of August which was on Sunday, was a spectacular day, a Sunday service to commune with other believers. I went to church with my siblings. It was a women's service, they had a special convention. It was a lovely service. After the service we had a meeting till 1pm before I headed home.

I ate immediately I arrived home cos I was hungry and I needed to go for a football match that was happening in Uyo, my hometown. I love playing football and I was so excited. We had trained very well as a team before this day...So I prepared my boots and kits to use for the football match.

I took a bath before looking up the venue of the football arena we were to play at on Google map. I haven't been to the football field before, so I had to be sure I was going to the right address.

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I packed all my kits and took a bus to the venue, it was a 15-minute drive from my house. I was the first person to arrive the football field and soon other players came in.

Our opponents soon came in and were already dressed up. We also dressed up soon and we were all prepared for the football game.

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The match started soon and it was so competitive and exciting. I was nervous in the first 10 minutes but I was better with every passing second. I played very well in the first half but a goal was lacking.

In the second half, we continued with the same energy but we couldn't get a goal. Something tragic happened to me in the second half that brought me down. I was struck with an elbow on the face, that caused an uproar in the whole football field...fans shouted, my coach screamed from outside and ran into the field.

I couldn't open my eyes for a second because that was where the elbow landed. I tried opening my eyes and then I tried to touch my face and blood gushed out of my face...Oh God!
I exclaimed.

I was quickly turned over and administered first aid, and taken outside the pitch. I was asked to use ice on the face to stop the swelling. I had invited my best friend to come watch me play earlier on. So she was in the field at the moment. I was helped to stand; this was very tragic to me cause I was still bleeding though not profusely. My coach asked if I was concussed and I answered that I was okay, just the pains and bleeding. The team gave me money to get medical help immediately.

My best friend took me to the closest pharmacy there and the injury was dressed and cleaned. It didn't need stitches, so I was a bit relieved. A plaster was used to cover the wound and then medication were administered. I paid for it and we left the pharmacy.

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My plans for the day was to play football and then sit out with my friend in a restaurant to chat and have ice-cream with pies. She was aware of that. But because of the incident that happened, she wanted to take me home so I can rest, but I objected. I told her I was strong enough to go for the sit-out. So I had to look strong..lol.

We went to Madrid Foods, a lovely eatery there. I got ice-cream and pies and then we ate, had a lovely time out.

We chatted for long and finished the ice-cream and pie..we also took pictures before going home. It was an evening of mixed emotions. From getting elbowed to having dinner with my best friend.

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We went home and then I walked home, took my medication and couldn't look at my phone for long because of the pains so I had to sleep.

My day started out very well, was followed by a tragic event and ended well with a good time with my friend.
Like I said it was full of mixed emotions and reactions.
My teammates called and chatted me up to know how I was faring. My best friend did too to make sure I was okay.

Thanks for going through my diary.