Semifinals...

Sorry I've been slacking a lot on my blogs this year. Currently, all I got on my mind is knowing I have a few weeks left until I return home. When that's not on my mind, it's Lele & Rvca (Who's not a pup anymore). When that's not it's In-n-Out. When that's not it's Mexican food. When that's not it's Shasta Lake. When that's not it's BBQin' out back. When that's not it's spending time with family and friends. When that's not that it's...............You see what I'm getting at especially this time of year.

We just advanced to the finals. In the semifinals we faced a familiar foe, a team we had already faced 5 times, 3 times in the regular season, in the League Cup semifinals & in the Swiss Cup Finals, winning 4 of them. Monthey is a talented team and difficult to prepare for because a lot of what they rely on is creativity in the flow of their offense. They tend to break off plays and create opportunities for themselves one on one and also for their teammates. In other words they're very unpredictable and erratic at times. We won the first game fairly convincingly 91-71. We had a very energetic 1st quarter, they made a run early in the second half but we were able to hold them off. The second game we won 88-75. I was a little disappointed in my contribution this game or lack there of but I could of cared less because we got the W and a 2-0 lead in a best of 5 series. Game 3 we hit the road looking for a sweep. We were down by 2 at half time and once again I didn't make much of a contribution mostly because I got in foul trouble. We blew them our by 30 points in the second half winning 77-49. The nice thing about sweeping these guys is after our 1st win the main sponsor of our club took a break from his busy business schedule and stopped by to present us with a proposition if we swept them. Lets just say my pockets are full and my pant sag is a little lower than normal Lol.

Right now we have 8 days until our next game and we're still waiting to see who our opponent is. We have a morning shoot around on Saturday and Sunday off but the weather isn't supposed to be the greatest the next couple days, so I'm a little bummed. I can't complain too much though for the most part the weather has been great this year. My first year here I remember 2 practices getting cancelled because our cars were snowed in. Anyway, that's all I got for you nothing new to share, still have the same ol' routine: eat, sleep & play. Actually I do have some news, my dad was recently inducted to his high school's hall of fame. Pretty cool honor. I hope all is well back home. I love and miss you. Until next time........................................ Love

P.S. What do you think of the hair?

"Enjoy the Journey"

Love

Bud

Updating to update...

It's been a while since my last post. I don't really have much to write about. We're in the Quarterfinals of the playoffs and my days are filled with walks downtown in the improving great weather. Today was 82 degrees! I'm going to just list a few things that have been going on the last week or so, obviously nothing to exciting just citing my daily activities...

- Most of the my walks downtown lately are to a pastry shop in the center where I people watch, study a little Italian and then head back to the apartment to internet surf/ relax. Here are a few things that caught my eye:

Now that the weather is nice people are starting to get a lot of use out of the paddle boats and sailboats. This is a picture of a Ferrari paddle boat. It, like most Ferrari's stood out when compared to it peers.

This photo is of a group of kids learning how to sail. Something I'd like to add to my bucket list/things I've done before list...

This is picture of a Breitling Jet in the middle of the shopping area in the center, which some teammates and I found very impressive to get the jet in the spot it was located.

I had to change vehicles again. I'm on my 5th car of the year and this time I received a Nissan Micra. This is probably my favorite of the bunch because it has a radio that works LOL. The the first car shown is an old school Mercedes that was parked outside of the Louis Vuitton store downtown. No that the weather is nice I'm starting to notice a lot more classics being driven around, especially convertibles.

The last month or so I've been researching places to rent for the summer while I am home for 3 months. After getting a Skype tour of Carp & Abby's new casa it makes my taste in places go up a little LOL. They have a sweet set up there in Brisbane. I'm really looking forward to having my own place especially with the new addition of Rvca. I can't believe how big he has gotten. I can't wait build a relationship with him. I hope he likes running...

I hope all is well back home. I love and miss you. Until next time................................... Love

"Enjoy the Journey"

Love

Bud