The past 4 years I got to spend spring break in St. Joseph, Missouri and let me tell you every year it feels like the farthest place from the beach there is.
While most people were on the beach in warm sunny weather us softball players got to experience 30 degree weather and snow.
Whoever has played an outside sport knows playing in the cold is probably one of the worst things to play in. I can't tell you how many times we all said we couldn't feel our hands or had people go get hand warmers for us. We even had two little heaters in the dugout, and with 18 girls you have to get closer than you have ever been to your teammates to feel the warmth. We just looked at it as a way of bonding with one another.
Driving 6 hours away to play softball in freezing weather in the snow isn't what we thought we signed up for. Games got cancelled and pushed back because of the weather and honestly we played probably the worst we have played in awhile.
Even though we didn't get to spend spring break on a beach or an island, we made it worth it because we were together. It may not have seemed like it if you walked by us because we were probably all complaining about being in Missouri in the snow. But in the end we will appreciate being together and having memories even if they aren't on the beach.
