I've been back to my "real life" for about two weeks now, and honestly it's a little surreal. Canada and Nation's Cup seem like a dream, but then having the opportunity to play rugby for two weeks was a dream. It was as like being a professional athlete, without the big contracts and players' unions that will argue for you if you don't want to do two-a-days at training camp or if $50 million just isn't enough.
As most of you know, we won our last match against South Africa 29-9. We dominated the second half. I think they only got into our half of the field twice in that 40 minutes. I even got on the board with my first international try, as did my fellow USA and MARFU teammate, Laura Miller.
After that satisfying victory, we went old school with our transportation to the social. And when I say "old school," I mean that literally. All four teams boarded some old school buses and sang our way to the social. I can only imagine what the Canadian drivers must have thought about a school bus full of grown women belting out "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
The social itself was fun. It was a nice release, after beating up on each other all week, to get to hang out. However, I'm not sure many restaurants in Canada know how to handle four rugby teams. Rugby players are eating machines, and this place, like the banquet in Chatham, had a problem keeping the serving trays full.
Despite the food shortage, we all enjoyed ourselves, and we all left Canada with smiles...well, that is until flights got delayed and cancelled, but let's end on a good note. It was a wonderful trip. I'm looking forward to more and to building a winning team culture with some awesome women.
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