My best friend said I was being like a teacher when we were choosing teams and I got FULL ON angry because somebody had to make them fair, otherwise all the good players were on one side. Then she went to stand with another girl and I felt worse, not because of the teams now, just because usually she stands next to me without thinking. I nearly said fine go then, but she came back to ask if I had water. So we shared and talked normally. I still think my teams were correct. I also wish she had said it quietly instead of in front of everyone. Both are true, okay, not cancelling the whole friendship over cricket.

I am trying to work out why I remember every run from the trial but cannot remember which Hindi rule goes with the sentence in front of me. It is not that my brain has no space, it has space for a completely useless score from two weeks ago!! I drew boxes around the words like field positions and it looked promising until I couldn't remember what the boxes meant. Papa said explain the rule to him, so I started and found the part where I was guessing. Now he is asking questions like a very annoying student. This must be how my tutor feels. We have done FOUR sentences and he wants tea already.

Coach made us practise leaving the ball and somehow NOT hitting is more tiring than hitting because my whole body starts going and then I have to stop it. My fingers were squeezing the bat so much he told me to loosen them, then I loosened too much and nearly dropped it. Excellent start for a school opener!!! By the end my hair was sticking inside the helmet and I had a red line on my forehead which my brother said looked funny. His entire face looks funny. I ate two helpings at dinner and still wanted something crunchy. My arms feel heavy now but I keep doing the movement with a pencil. Aaji took the pencil away.