Were sitting at 3-2 right now in pre-season play. Although practices have been long and tough time seems to be flying by. I've been here for almost 2 months now, training rigoriously, eating well, enjoying my time in the small village and skyping with Lele & family.
Since my last post we've played 2 games. Won one and lost one. Both games were winnable and both we had double digit leads in. I did not play as well as I'd liked in the first game. I struggled a little bit defensively and I missed the game winning shot with 22 seconds left that would have put us up 1 but they end up winning by 3. In the 2nd game I did a little better. We watched film of our loss and I spoke with coach about my play and the teams play, made some adjustments and I had a better understanding of what coach wanted me to do on the floor. Granted the team wasn't as talented as the first, we bounced back and got the W. We travel this weekend to Rewal in northern Poland on the coast of the Baltic Sea about 4 and half hours away. We'll play 3 games all against teams in our league. The last team we play is who we open the season with on October 10th. I hope we can walk away from this tournament with 3 more wins under our belt. I'll let you now how goes when I get back.
Enough basketball talk for now. One of my closest friends Jason "Carp" Carpenter arrived here a few days ago and man it is sure good to see him. He's on is Euro Adventure and my apartment in Poland is his homebase. He has only been here 2 nights and has already left for Munich, Germany to attend the much haileded Oktoberfest. I sure wish I could be apart of this experience. He's meeting up with a couple of my Santa Clara friends, they'll be doing the tent hopping and a castle tour. I'm looking forward to hearing about all the stories when he returns.
I just got off the phone with my nephew and he has his third game of the season tonight against Anderson. We leave for the tournament tomorrow morning at 8:20am so I'll be up at 6am to skype with him so I can get all the highlights. Good Luck Baboon ! Play hard and have fun.
On an ending note, I think we have finally finalized my sister and Lele's trip out here. They will make their appearance in late December just after Christmas. Carp will be here for 3 months and then the girls will show up after. I love it! I miss you guys and I hope all is well. Until next time. Love
"Enjoy the Journey"
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Bud
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