- Tuesday morning I scheduled practice for 6:30-8:00 a.m. so we could have a time to get together before the tournament later in the week. That's one of the main reasons I'm glad that the season is over...those early mornings (although they woke me up) really hit hard mid-afternoon.
- Wednesday I helped take some Science Olympiad kids to Benedictine University to look at some fossils and stuffed animals (I first typed taxidermied animals, but it just didn't sound right, or look right for that matter). It turned out to be VERY cool. I struggled to find an animal that they didn't have on display in one way, shape, or form. They even had a skeleton of a baleen whale suspended from the ceiling! Our guide told us that they bought it from another college for $50...the price it took to ship it. Man...for fifty bucks I would've taken it and stuck it in my future basement. How many people that you know have a life-size skeleton of a whale in their basement??? Huh? Huh? That's what I thought. Anyways, it was complete with bison, lions, mule deer, baboons up to whazoo and even dinosaur bones. It was quite the experience.
- I think Thursday was a boring day. I say that because I can't remember what happened during the 30 sec. I thought about it.
- Friday night we had Game #1 of a tournament at a local middle school. We played another school that was much, MUCH larger than us. Not that it should've made a difference, but we lost by 30, so I'm going to say that it did. After the game we stopped at Timothy to check out the Homecoming festivities. We couldn't even find a parking spot on the school's campus, so we parked illegally in the church parking lot across the street. We walked into the school but couldn't see a spot to sit looking at the bleachers from the doorway, so we watched for a few minutes and decided to call it a night.
- Saturday we had Game #2 of the tournament, and it felt like more of the same after being down by 3 at half to a team who I know can't shoot an outside shot. At halftime...here was my speech..."Alright guys, we're switching to a 2-2-1 press and falling back to a 2-3 zone. Whatever you do, don't let #30 dribble down the middle anywhere on the court. Let's go." (Not even kidding...direct quote) Some of the parents commented on it after we got back out, and all I said was..."Not much to say, they know what we need to do." Well, turns out Coach K Jr. did his job at halftime after we outscored them 28-5 to take a 46-26 lead into the 3rd quarter. The bad news...I should have given that 10 sec. speech at the quarter break as well, because we scored a measly 3 points in the 4th quarter to squeak out a 3 point win. Great way to end the year.
- Saturday night we decided to make our way to the Darien Sportplex. A place we've driven past many times, but never before entered. We decided to spend the night doing a little ice skating, which took a little convincing of Linds to go. I already knew I was a natural at ice skating...you know...simply because I'm from MinneSOOOOta and you knOOOOOOw, that's all we do up der in dem woods. (I think I've gone twice...maybe three times) When we walked in the building, we expected the public skate to be packed, based on the hundreds of cars in the parking lot. What we didn't know, however, was that there were not one, not two, but THREE ice rinks in the complex, and that two of them had league hockey games going on...and there were all of a dozen people on the rink for public skate. (they also have a full soccer field fieldhouse somewhere in the building...not to be outdone) So for the next 1 1/2 hours, we spent some time mastering how to 1) not fall (which we didn't, despite some close calls), 2) avoid the REALLY good skaters playing tag & weaving in and out of us, 3) trying to figure out how they do that sweet slide stop like you see the pros doing (I think I need lessons from Luis Mendoza), and 4) being showed up by the next Michelle Kwan...age 4 (honestly...the whole triple reverse quadruple lutz double axel combo put her a step above me)
- Here's a picture from our last date night...
Well, that seems to be about it as far as adventures for for the week. On another note, however, I had always wondered how many people actually read my blog...and at times I wondered if I should even bother write. Although I will admit, even though none of you would take this seriously, I've always aspired to be one of those sports columnists in the newspaper. At least...write enough that I could eventually become one of the Baseball Writers of America and be eligible to vote for Hall of Famer's. Maybe Bert would make it in then. Wow...off on a tangent, back to the blog... I learned from Justin Van Zee that you could get a program called Google Analytics attached to your blog to see how many people look at your blog daily and where they're from. I was slightly surprised...here is some rough data:
- I've had 194 visits since Jan. 3, and by Bert's California Math, that comes out to about 9 visitors/day.
- I've had 48 unique visitors (which means from 48 different computers)
- State by State breakdown:
- 55 visits from Iowa
- 47 from Minnesota
- 33 from Colorado (little shout out to Gwyn...Go Rockies!)
- There are a few iffy stats on there...like hits from Vietnam, Venezuela, and Estonia (1 each), but also from some random states (FL, AZ, UT, ND, NY-1 hit each) and cities (Eldridge, IA, Seahurst, WA, & Detroit Lakes, MN). Now I apologize if I know people there, or if your internet service runs through there, but I don't know who you are...which is sweet! If I don't know you, I hope you enjoy reading my blog!
- I must admit though, I am a bit curious, so if you do want me to know your true identity, feel free to shoot me an email or comment on my blog to let me know what you think!
1 comment:
Hey Matt,
I read your blog like once a week and we're from NC so if you get someone from NC popping up that'd be us. Hope you guys are well.
Jason
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